Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | From | Sriram Nambakam <> | | Subject | [RFC PATCH v1 14/42] KVM: Add per-plane memory attribute support for cross-plane EPT protection | | Date | Wed, 5 Aug 2026 04:02:56 -0700 |
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Extend the KVM memory attributes framework to support per-plane R/W/X permission control, enabling a higher-privilege plane (e.g., plane-1 / secure kernel) to restrict a lower-privilege plane's (e.g., plane-0) EPT permissions.
This is the KVM equivalent of the AMD SEV-SNP RMP (Reverse Map Table): each plane has its own mem_attr_array, and attributes like NO_WRITE and NO_EXEC are enforced by filtering pte_access bits during SPTE creation.
Changes: - include/uapi/linux/kvm.h: Add KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE (bit 4) and KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_EXEC (bit 5). Add struct kvm_plane_memory_attributes and KVM_SET_PLANE_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES ioctl (0xd6) for targeting a specific plane's address space.
- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c: Extend kvm_supported_mem_attributes() to return NO_WRITE|NO_EXEC when CONFIG_KVM_MAX_NR_VCPU_PLANES is enabled. Add KVM_SET_PLANE_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES ioctl handler that validates the target plane and delegates to the existing kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes() infrastructure.
- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h: Add kvm_plane_filter_pte_access() helper that reads the plane's mem_attr_array for a GFN and strips W/X from pte_access when NO_WRITE/NO_EXEC are set.
- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c, arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c: Wire kvm_plane_filter_pte_access() into both TDP and shadow MMU SPTE creation paths, filtering pte_access before calling make_spte(). --- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 4 +++- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 4 +++- include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c index a0d9a0a33c5f..3b861a42a712 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c @@ -3107,7 +3107,9 @@ static int mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, return RET_PF_EMULATE; } - wrprot = make_spte(vcpu, sp, slot, pte_access, gfn, pfn, *sptep, prefetch, + wrprot = make_spte(vcpu, sp, slot, + kvm_plane_filter_pte_access(vcpu, gfn, pte_access), + gfn, pfn, *sptep, prefetch, false, host_writable, &spte); if (*sptep == spte) { diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h index 13eea94dd212..421836fd3932 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h @@ -579,4 +579,37 @@ static inline u64 restore_acc_track_spte(u64 spte) void __init kvm_mmu_spte_module_init(void); void kvm_mmu_reset_all_pte_masks(void); +/* + * Apply per-plane memory protection attributes to pte_access. + * If the plane's mem_attr_array has NO_WRITE or NO_EXEC set for a GFN, + * strip the corresponding access bits before building the SPTE. + */ +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES +static inline unsigned int kvm_plane_filter_pte_access(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, + gfn_t gfn, + unsigned int pte_access) +{ + struct kvm_plane *plane = vcpu_to_plane(vcpu); + unsigned long attrs; + + if (!plane) + return pte_access; + + attrs = kvm_get_plane_memory_attributes(plane, gfn); + if (attrs & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE) + pte_access &= ~ACC_WRITE_MASK; + if (attrs & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_EXEC) + pte_access &= ~ACC_EXEC_MASK; + + return pte_access; +} +#else +static inline unsigned int kvm_plane_filter_pte_access(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, + gfn_t gfn, + unsigned int pte_access) +{ + return pte_access; +} +#endif + #endif diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c index 4503558211fd..0603445377aa 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c @@ -1140,7 +1140,9 @@ static int tdp_mmu_map_handle_target_level(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, if (unlikely(!fault->slot)) new_spte = make_mmio_spte(vcpu, iter->gfn, sp->role.access); else - wrprot = make_spte(vcpu, sp, fault->slot, sp->role.access, iter->gfn, + wrprot = make_spte(vcpu, sp, fault->slot, + kvm_plane_filter_pte_access(vcpu, iter->gfn, sp->role.access), + iter->gfn, fault->pfn, iter->old_spte, fault->prefetch, false, fault->map_writable, &new_spte); diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h index de670bd836bf..82189353ef35 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h @@ -1687,6 +1687,29 @@ struct kvm_memory_attributes { #define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3) +/* + * Per-plane memory protection attributes (VM planes / VBS). + * These control EPT R/W/X permissions enforced by the hypervisor on + * behalf of a higher-privilege plane (e.g., plane-1 restricting plane-0). + */ +#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE (1ULL << 4) +#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_EXEC (1ULL << 5) + +/* + * Set memory attributes on a specific plane's address space. + * Used by a higher-privilege plane to restrict a lower-privilege plane's + * EPT permissions (e.g., plane-1 making plane-0 kernel text read-only). + */ +struct kvm_plane_memory_attributes { + __u32 plane; /* target plane index */ + __u32 flags; /* must be 0 */ + __u64 address; /* GPA (page-aligned) */ + __u64 size; /* size in bytes (page-aligned) */ + __u64 attributes; /* KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NO_WRITE / NO_EXEC */ +}; + +#define KVM_SET_PLANE_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES _IOW(KVMIO, 0xd6, struct kvm_plane_memory_attributes) + #define KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD _IOWR(KVMIO, 0xd4, struct kvm_create_guest_memfd) #define GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP (1ULL << 0) #define GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED (1ULL << 1) -- 2.55.0
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