Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Workaround errata#1096 (insn_len maybe zero on SMAP violation)

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On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:12 PM Singh, Brijesh <brijesh.singh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/12/19 11:41 AM, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 6:44 AM Singh, Brijesh <brijesh.singh@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Errata#1090:
> >>
> >> On a nested data page fault when CR.SMAP=1 and the guest data read
> >> generates a SMAP violation, GuestInstrBytes field of the VMCB on a
> >> VMEXIT will incorrectly return 0h instead the correct guest
> >> instruction bytes

Do you mean Errata #1096?
(https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/55449_Fam_17h_M_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf
v1.12 pg 61)

> >>
> >> Recommend Workaround:
> >>
> >> To determine what instruction the guest was executing the hypervisor
> >> will have to decode the instruction at the instruction pointer.
> >>
> >> The recommended workaround can not be implemented for the SEV
> >> guest because guest memory is encrypted with the guest specific key,
> >> and instruction decoder will not be able to decode the instruction
> >> bytes. If we hit this errata in the SEV guest then inject #GP into
> >> the guest and log the message.
> >>
> >> Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: "Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > This was ...
> > Reported-by: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> I will add the tag in next rev.
>
>
> > I'm curious why you chose to inject #GP rather than, say, requesting a
> > guest shutdown. Is the guest #GP handler expected to be able to
> > recover from this?
> >
>
>
> We will *not* be able to recover from this, I wanted to abort the
> guest and I should admit that I was not ware of requesting a SHUTDOWN
> method so decided to inject #GP so that guest does not continue.
> Browsing further, I see that kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT,
> vcpu) can be used to request a SHUTDOWN. I will use it in next
> rev. thanks for the hint .
>
> -Brijeshh

Should the pr_err() be ratelimited? Otherwise a guest suppressing #GP
could spam the host dmesg.

Thanks,
-- vs;




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