[PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Acquire SRCU read lock when handling fastpath MSR writes

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Jul 21 2023 - 18:43:47 EST


Temporarily acquire kvm->srcu for read when potentially emulating WRMSR in
the VM-Exit fastpath handler, as several of the common helpers used during
emulation expect the caller to provide SRCU protection. E.g. if the guest
is counting instructions retired, KVM will query the PMU event filter when
stepping over the WRMSR.

dump_stack+0x85/0xdf
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x109/0x120
pmc_event_is_allowed+0x165/0x170
kvm_pmu_trigger_event+0xa5/0x190
handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff+0xca/0x1e0
svm_vcpu_run+0x5c3/0x7b0 [kvm_amd]
vcpu_enter_guest+0x2108/0x2580

Alternatively, check_pmu_event_filter() could acquire kvm->srcu, but this
isn't the first bug of this nature, e.g. see commit 5c30e8101e8d ("KVM:
SVM: Skip WRMSR fastpath on VM-Exit if next RIP isn't valid"). Providing
protection for the entirety of WRMSR emulation will allow reverting the
aforementioned commit, and will avoid having to play whack-a-mole when new
uses of SRCU-protected structures are inevitably added in common emulation
helpers.

Fixes: dfdeda67ea2d ("KVM: x86/pmu: Prevent the PMU from counting disallowed events")
Reported-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a6b9bea62fb8..8c073a4af484 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2172,6 +2172,8 @@ fastpath_t handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
u64 data;
fastpath_t ret = EXIT_FASTPATH_NONE;

+ kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_lock(vcpu);
+
switch (msr) {
case APIC_BASE_MSR + (APIC_ICR >> 4):
data = kvm_read_edx_eax(vcpu);
@@ -2194,6 +2196,8 @@ fastpath_t handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (ret != EXIT_FASTPATH_NONE)
trace_kvm_msr_write(msr, data);

+ kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_unlock(vcpu);
+
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff);
--
2.41.0.487.g6d72f3e995-goog