Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] KVM: nVMX: KVM needs to unset "unrestricted guest" VM-execution control in vmcs02 if vmcs12 doesn't set it

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 02:30:46PM -0400, Krish Sadhukhan wrote:
> Currently, prepare_vmcs02_early() does not check if the "unrestricted guest"
> VM-execution control in vmcs12 is turned off and leaves the corresponding
> bit on in vmcs02. Due to this setting, vmentry checks which are supposed to
> render the nested guest state as invalid when this VM-execution control is
> not set, are passing in hardware.
> 
> This patch turns off the "unrestricted guest" VM-execution control in vmcs02
> if vmcs12 has turned it off.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> index cbc9ea2de28f..4fa5f8b51c82 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
> @@ -2224,6 +2224,9 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02_early(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
>  			vmcs_write16(GUEST_INTR_STATUS,
>  				vmcs12->guest_intr_status);
>  
> +		if (!nested_cpu_has2(vmcs12, SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST))
> +			exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST;

Has anyone worked through all the flows to verify this won't break any
assumptions with respect to enable_unrestricted_guest?  I would be
(pleasantly) surprised if this was sufficient to run L2 without
unrestricted guest when it's enabled for L1, e.g. vmx_set_cr0() looks
suspect.

> +
>  		secondary_exec_controls_set(vmx, exec_control);
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 



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