Re: [PATCH] kvm: fix wrong exception emulation in check_rdtsc

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Aug 18 2021 - 17:43:19 EST


On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, Hou Wenlong wrote:
> According to Intel's SDM Vol2 and AMD's APM Vol3, when
> CR4.TSD is set, use rdtsc/rdtscp instruction above privilege
> level 0 should trigger a #GP.
>
> Fixes: d7eb82030699e ("KVM: SVM: Add intercept checks for remaining group7 instructions")
> Signed-off-by: Hou Wenlong <houwenlong93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> index 2837110e66ed..c589ac832265 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
> @@ -4206,7 +4206,7 @@ static int check_rdtsc(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
> u64 cr4 = ctxt->ops->get_cr(ctxt, 4);
>
> if (cr4 & X86_CR4_TSD && ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt))
> - return emulate_ud(ctxt);
> + return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);

Heh, I was having some serious deja vu, but the fix I was thinking of was
for em_rdpid, and that was changing #GP -> #UD (commit a9e2e0ae6860).

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

> return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
> }
> --
> 2.31.1
>