Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Add emulation support for #GP triggered by VM instructions

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Tue Jan 12 2021 - 10:15:29 EST



> On Jan 12, 2021, at 4:15 AM, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Wei Huang <wei.huang2@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> From: Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> While running VM related instructions (VMRUN/VMSAVE/VMLOAD), some AMD
>> CPUs check EAX against reserved memory regions (e.g. SMM memory on host)
>> before checking VMCB's instruction intercept. If EAX falls into such
>> memory areas, #GP is triggered before VMEXIT. This causes problem under
>> nested virtualization. To solve this problem, KVM needs to trap #GP and
>> check the instructions triggering #GP. For VM execution instructions,
>> KVM emulates these instructions; otherwise it re-injects #GP back to
>> guest VMs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Co-developed-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 8 +-
>> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h | 1 +
>> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 7 ++
>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 157 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 8 ++
>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 37 +++++++-
>> 7 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> index 3d6616f6f6ef..0ddc309f5a14 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> @@ -1450,10 +1450,12 @@ extern u64 kvm_mce_cap_supported;
>> * due to an intercepted #UD (see EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD).
>> * Used to test the full emulator from userspace.
>> *
>> - * EMULTYPE_VMWARE_GP - Set when emulating an intercepted #GP for VMware
>> + * EMULTYPE_PARAVIRT_GP - Set when emulating an intercepted #GP for VMware
>> * backdoor emulation, which is opt in via module param.
>> * VMware backoor emulation handles select instructions
>> - * and reinjects the #GP for all other cases.
>> + * and reinjects #GP for all other cases. This also
>> + * handles other cases where #GP condition needs to be
>> + * handled and emulated appropriately
>> *
>> * EMULTYPE_PF - Set when emulating MMIO by way of an intercepted #PF, in which
>> * case the CR2/GPA value pass on the stack is valid.
>> @@ -1463,7 +1465,7 @@ extern u64 kvm_mce_cap_supported;
>> #define EMULTYPE_SKIP (1 << 2)
>> #define EMULTYPE_ALLOW_RETRY_PF (1 << 3)
>> #define EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD_FORCED (1 << 4)
>> -#define EMULTYPE_VMWARE_GP (1 << 5)
>> +#define EMULTYPE_PARAVIRT_GP (1 << 5)
>> #define EMULTYPE_PF (1 << 6)
>>
>> int kvm_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int emulation_type);
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
>> index 581925e476d6..1a2fff4e7140 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h
>> @@ -219,5 +219,6 @@ int kvm_arch_write_log_dirty(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>
>> int kvm_mmu_post_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
>> void kvm_mmu_pre_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
>> +bool kvm_is_host_reserved_region(u64 gpa);
>
> Just a suggestion: "kvm_gpa_in_host_reserved()" maybe?
>
>>
>> #endif
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
>> index 6d16481aa29d..c5c4aaf01a1a 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
>> @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
>> #include <asm/io.h>
>> #include <asm/vmx.h>
>> #include <asm/kvm_page_track.h>
>> +#include <asm/e820/api.h>
>> #include "trace.h"
>>
>> extern bool itlb_multihit_kvm_mitigation;
>> @@ -5675,6 +5676,12 @@ void kvm_mmu_slot_set_dirty(struct kvm *kvm,
>> }
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_mmu_slot_set_dirty);
>>
>> +bool kvm_is_host_reserved_region(u64 gpa)
>> +{
>> + return e820__mbapped_raw_any(gpa-1, gpa+1, E820_TYPE_RESERVED);
>> +}
>
> While _e820__mapped_any()'s doc says '.. checks if any part of the
> range <start,end> is mapped ..' it seems to me that the real check is
> [start, end) so we should use 'gpa' instead of 'gpa-1', no?

Why do you need to check GPA at all?