[PATCH v2] x86/sev: Update ghcb_version only once

From: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 05:41:06 EST


From: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat <ashwin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

kernel crash was observed because of page fault, while running
cpuhotplug ltp testcases on SEV-ES enabled systems. The crash was
observed during hotplug after the CPU was offlined and the process
was migrated to different cpu. setup_ghcb() is called again which
tries to update ghcb_version in sev_es_negotiate_protocol(). Ideally this
is a read_only variable which is initialised during booting.
This results in pagefault.

>From logs,
[ 256.447466] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffba556e70
[ 256.447476] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ 256.447478] #PF: error_code(0x0003) - permissions violation
[ 256.447479] PGD 8000667c0f067 P4D 8000667c0f067 PUD 8000667c10063 PMD 80080006674001e1
[ 256.447483] Oops: 0003 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 256.447487] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 6.1.45-8.ph5 #1-photon
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[ 256.447511] CR2: ffffffffba556e70 CR3: 0008000667c0a004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[ 256.447514] PKRU: 55555554
[ 256.447515] Call Trace:
[ 256.447516] <TASK>
[ 256.447519] ? __die_body.cold+0x1a/0x1f
[ 256.447526] ? __die+0x2a/0x35
[ 256.447528] ? page_fault_oops+0x10c/0x270
[ 256.447531] ? setup_ghcb+0x71/0x100
[ 256.447533] ? __x86_return_thunk+0x5/0x6
[ 256.447537] ? search_exception_tables+0x60/0x70
[ 256.447541] ? __x86_return_thunk+0x5/0x6
[ 256.447543] ? fixup_exception+0x27/0x320
[ 256.447546] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0xa2/0x120
[ 256.447549] ? __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16a/0x1b0
[ 256.447551] ? kernel_exc_vmm_communication+0x60/0xb0
[ 256.447556] ? bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16/0x20
[ 256.447558] ? do_kern_addr_fault+0x7a/0x90
[ 256.447560] ? exc_page_fault+0xbd/0x160
[ 256.447563] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30
[ 256.447570] ? setup_ghcb+0x71/0x100
[ 256.447572] ? setup_ghcb+0xe/0x100
[ 256.447574] cpu_init_exception_handling+0x1b9/0x1f0

Fix is to call sev_es_negotiate_protocol() only in the BSP boot phase (and
it only needs to be done once)

Fixes: 95d33bfaa3e1 ("x86/sev: Register GHCB memory when SEV-SNP is active")
Co-developed-by: Bo Gan <bo.gan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bo Gan <bo.gan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat <ashwin.kamat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
As per the review comments given by Tom Lendacky, did below changes in v2,
- Moved sev_es_negotiate_protocol() after initial_vc_handler if-check in setup_ghcb()
- Added Signed-off of Co-developer
---
arch/x86/kernel/sev.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
index 70472eebe719..c67285824e82 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
@@ -1234,10 +1234,6 @@ void setup_ghcb(void)
if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_STATE_ENCRYPT))
return;

- /* First make sure the hypervisor talks a supported protocol. */
- if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol())
- sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ);
-
/*
* Check whether the runtime #VC exception handler is active. It uses
* the per-CPU GHCB page which is set up by sev_es_init_vc_handling().
@@ -1254,6 +1250,13 @@ void setup_ghcb(void)
return;
}

+ /*
+ * Make sure the hypervisor talks a supported protocol.
+ * This gets called only in the BSP boot phase.
+ */
+ if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol())
+ sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ);
+
/*
* Clear the boot_ghcb. The first exception comes in before the bss
* section is cleared.
--
2.39.0