Re: [PATCH] KVM: MMU: Reset mmu->pkru_mask to avoid stale data

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Oct 21 2021 - 11:09:57 EST


On 21/10/21 09:10, Chenyi Qiang wrote:
When updating mmu->pkru_mask, the value can only be added but it isn't
reset in advance. This will make mmu->pkru_mask keep the stale data.
Fix this issue.

Fixes: commit 2d344105f57c ("KVM, pkeys: introduce pkru_mask to cache conditions")
Signed-off-by: Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index c6ddb042b281..fe73d7ee5492 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4556,10 +4556,10 @@ static void update_pkru_bitmask(struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
unsigned bit;
bool wp;
- if (!is_cr4_pke(mmu)) {
- mmu->pkru_mask = 0;
+ mmu->pkru_mask = 0;
+
+ if (!is_cr4_pke(mmu))
return;
- }
wp = is_cr0_wp(mmu);


Queued, thanks.

Paolo