2018-01-24 23:12 GMT+08:00 Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> I was investigating an issue with seabios >= 1.10 which stopped working
> for nested KVM on Hyper-V. The problem appears to be in
> handle_ept_violation() function: when we do fast mmio we need to skip
> the instruction so we do kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(). This, however,
> depends on VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN field being set correctly in VMCS.
> However, this is not the case.
>
> Intel's manual doesn't mandate VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN to be set when
> EPT MISCONFIG occurs. While on real hardware it was observed to be set,
> some hypervisors follow the spec and don't set it; we end up advancing
> IP with some random value.
>
> I checked with Microsoft and they confirmed they don't fill
> VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN on EPT MISCONFIG.
>
> Fix the issue by disabling fast mmio when running nested.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index c829d89e2e63..54afb446f38e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -6558,9 +6558,16 @@ static int handle_ept_misconfig(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> /*
> * A nested guest cannot optimize MMIO vmexits, because we have an
> * nGPA here instead of the required GPA.
> + * Skipping instruction below depends on undefined behavior: Intel's
> + * manual doesn't mandate VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN to be set in VMCS
> + * when EPT MISCONFIG occurs and while on real hardware it was observed
> + * to be set, other hypervisors (namely Hyper-V) don't set it, we end
> + * up advancing IP with some random value. Disable fast mmio when
> + * running nested and keep it for real hardware in hope that
> + * VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN will always be set correctly.
> */
> gpa = vmcs_read64(GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS);
> - if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
> + if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) && !is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
> !kvm_io_bus_write(vcpu, KVM_FAST_MMIO_BUS, gpa, 0, NULL)) {
> trace_kvm_fast_mmio(gpa);
> return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
> --
> 2.14.3
>
