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authorMichael Roth <[email protected]>2023-10-16 08:27:32 -0500
committerPaolo Bonzini <[email protected]>2023-12-13 12:46:07 -0500
commita26b7cd2254695f8258cc370f33280db0a9a3813 (patch)
tree645ce23ae242e0054cba49370ca4985b05613ff9 /scripts/gdb/linux/clk.py
parente39120ab8a04e5eb304cee3cfb42d628eb1f0d48 (diff)
KVM: SEV: Do not intercept accesses to MSR_IA32_XSS for SEV-ES guests
When intercepts are enabled for MSR_IA32_XSS, the host will swap in/out the guest-defined values while context-switching to/from guest mode. However, in the case of SEV-ES, vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected is set, so the guest-defined value is effectively ignored when switching to guest mode with the understanding that the VMSA will handle swapping in/out this register state. However, SVM is still configured to intercept these accesses for SEV-ES guests, so the values in the initial MSR_IA32_XSS are effectively read-only, and a guest will experience undefined behavior if it actually tries to write to this MSR. Fortunately, only CET/shadowstack makes use of this register on SEV-ES-capable systems currently, which isn't yet widely used, but this may become more of an issue in the future. Additionally, enabling intercepts of MSR_IA32_XSS results in #VC exceptions in the guest in certain paths that can lead to unexpected #VC nesting levels. One example is SEV-SNP guests when handling #VC exceptions for CPUID instructions involving leaf 0xD, subleaf 0x1, since they will access MSR_IA32_XSS as part of servicing the CPUID #VC, then generate another #VC when accessing MSR_IA32_XSS, which can lead to guest crashes if an NMI occurs at that point in time. Running perf on a guest while it is issuing such a sequence is one example where these can be problematic. Address this by disabling intercepts of MSR_IA32_XSS for SEV-ES guests if the host/guest configuration allows it. If the host/guest configuration doesn't allow for MSR_IA32_XSS, leave it intercepted so that it can be caught by the existing checks in kvm_{set,get}_msr_common() if the guest still attempts to access it. Fixes: 376c6d285017 ("KVM: SVM: Provide support for SEV-ES vCPU creation/loading") Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Tom Lendacky <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <[email protected]> Message-Id: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
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