Re: [Question] Intercept CR3 access in EPT

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On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 04:15:57PM +0800, R wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a student. And my teacher told me to monitor every process in guest.
> So, I try to intercept every Cr3 access. However, if kvm is loaded
> with EPT enable, Acesses to  Cr3  would not cause VM-exit.

Disable EPT by loading kvm-intel.ko module with enable_ept=0 parameter.
Then, CR3 accesses will trap.

> I modified the code to change vmcs configuration.
> To be specific, these functions are rewirted.
> static void ept_update_paging_mode_cr0(unsigned long *hw_cr0,
> 					unsigned long cr0,
> 					struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
>             ....
>                 } else if (!is_paging(vcpu)) {
> 		/* From nonpaging to paging */
> 		vmcs_write32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL,
> 			     vmcs_read32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL) &
> -			     ~(CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
> +                           ~(    //   CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING|
> 			       CPU_BASED_CR3_STORE_EXITING));
>           ....
> }
> 
> static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
> {
>          ...
>                 if (_cpu_based_2nd_exec_control & SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_EPT) {
> 		/* CR3 accesses and invlpg don't need to cause VM Exits when EPT
> 		   enabled */
> -		_cpu_based_exec_control &= ~(CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
> +              _cpu_based_exec_control &= ~(     //
> CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
> 					     CPU_BASED_CR3_STORE_EXITING |
> 					     CPU_BASED_INVLPG_EXITING);
>         ....
> }
> 
> I though it can force every Cr3 access to be trapped with EPT enable.
> However, VM seems to fail to boot when it changes from nonpaging to
> paging.
> Do U guys have any idea? Or Can someone tell me how can I intercept
> Cr3 access and why can not it work?
> 
> Thank U for answering.

> 
> -- 
> Thanks
> Rui Wu
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