Re: [PATCH v3 12/21] KVM:x86: Add fault checks for guest CR4.CET setting

[Yang, Weijiang]

On 6/6/2023 7:03 PM, Chao Gao wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2023 at 12:08:48AM -0400, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> > Check potential faults for CR4.CET setting per Intel SDM.
> > CR4.CET is the master control bit for CET features (SHSTK and IBT).
> > In addition to basic support checks,
> To me, this implies some checks against CR4.CET when enabling SHSTK or
> IBT. but the checks are not added by this patch. Then, why bother to
> mention this?

OK, I'll remove these unnecessary words and change the commit logs.

> > CET can be enabled if and only
> > if CR0.WP==1, i.e. setting CR4.CET=1 faults if CR0.WP==0 and setting
> > CR0.WP=0 fails if CR4.CET==1.
> >
> > Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 ++++++
> > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index a768cbf3fbb7..b6eec9143129 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -995,6 +995,9 @@ int kvm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0)
> > 	    (is_64_bit_mode(vcpu) || kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_PCIDE)))
> > 		return 1;
> >
> > +	if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_WP) && kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_CET))
> > +		return 1;
> > +
> > 	static_call(kvm_x86_set_cr0)(vcpu, cr0);
> >
> > 	kvm_post_set_cr0(vcpu, old_cr0, cr0);
> > @@ -1210,6 +1213,9 @@ int kvm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
> > 			return 1;
> > 	}
> >
> > +	if ((cr4 & X86_CR4_CET) && !kvm_is_cr0_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR0_WP))
> > +		return 1;
> > +
> > 	static_call(kvm_x86_set_cr4)(vcpu, cr4);
> >
> > 	kvm_post_set_cr4(vcpu, old_cr4, cr4);
> > --
> > 2.27.0