KVM: x86/mmu: Guard against collision with KVM-defined PFERR_IMPLICIT_ACCESS
authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:37:11 +0000 (15:37 -0700)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:48:39 +0000 (13:48 -0400)
Add an assertion in kvm_mmu_page_fault() to ensure the error code provided
by hardware doesn't conflict with KVM's software-defined IMPLICIT_ACCESS
flag.  In the unlikely scenario that future hardware starts using bit 48
for a hardware-defined flag, preserving the bit could result in KVM
incorrectly interpreting the unknown flag as KVM's IMPLICIT_ACCESS flag.

WARN so that any such conflict can be surfaced to KVM developers and
resolved, but otherwise ignore the bit as KVM can't possibly rely on a
flag it knows nothing about.

Fixes: 4f4aa80e3b88 ("KVM: X86: Handle implicit supervisor access with SMAP")
Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230721223711.2334426-1-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c

index 276157f..862604b 100644 (file)
@@ -5724,6 +5724,17 @@ int noinline kvm_mmu_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa, u64 err
        int r, emulation_type = EMULTYPE_PF;
        bool direct = vcpu->arch.mmu->root_role.direct;
 
+       /*
+        * IMPLICIT_ACCESS is a KVM-defined flag used to correctly perform SMAP
+        * checks when emulating instructions that triggers implicit access.
+        * WARN if hardware generates a fault with an error code that collides
+        * with the KVM-defined value.  Clear the flag and continue on, i.e.
+        * don't terminate the VM, as KVM can't possibly be relying on a flag
+        * that KVM doesn't know about.
+        */
+       if (WARN_ON_ONCE(error_code & PFERR_IMPLICIT_ACCESS))
+               error_code &= ~PFERR_IMPLICIT_ACCESS;
+
        if (WARN_ON(!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu->root.hpa)))
                return RET_PF_RETRY;