On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:30:33 +0200
Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 4/14/22 10:02, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> > Each secure guest must have a unique ASCE (address space control
> > element); we must avoid that new guests use the same page for their
> > ASCE, to avoid errors.
> >
> > Since the ASCE mostly consists of the address of the topmost page table
> > (plus some flags), we must not return that memory to the pool unless
> > the ASCE is no longer in use.
> >
> > Only a successful Destroy Secure Configuration UVC will make the ASCE
> > reusable again.
> >
> > If the Destroy Configuration UVC fails, the ASCE cannot be reused for a
> > secure guest (either for the ASCE or for other memory areas). To avoid
> > a collision, it must not be used again. This is a permanent error and
> > the page becomes in practice unusable, so we set it aside and leak it.
> > On failure we already leak other memory that belongs to the ultravisor
> > (i.e. the variable and base storage for a guest) and not leaking the
> > topmost page table was an oversight.
> >
> > This error (and thus the leakage) should not happen unless the hardware
> > is broken or KVM has some unknown serious bug.
> >
>
> Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > + /*
> > + * In case the ASCE needs to be "removed" multiple times, for example
> > + * if the VM is rebooted into secure mode several times
> > + * concurrently, or if s390_replace_asce fails after calling
> > + * s390_remove_old_asce and is attempted again later. In that case
> > + * the old asce has been removed from the list, and therefore it
> > + * will not be freed when the VM terminates, but the ASCE is still
> > + * in use and still pointed to.
> > + * A subsequent call to replace_asce will follow the pointer and try
> > + * to remove the same page from the list again.
> > + * Therefore it's necessary that the page of the ASCE has valid
> > + * pointers, so list_del can work (and do nothing) without
> > + * dereferencing stale or invalid pointers.
> > + */
> > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&old->lru);
> > + spin_unlock(&gmap->guest_table_lock);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(s390_remove_old_asce);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * s390_replace_asce - Try to replace the current ASCE of a gmap with
> > + * another equivalent one.
>
> with a copy?
will fix
>
> > + * @gmap the gmap
> > + *
> > + * If the allocation of the new top level page table fails, the ASCE is not
> > + * replaced.
> > + * In any case, the old ASCE is always removed from the list. Therefore the
>
> removed from the gmap crst list
will fix
>
> > + * caller has to make sure to save a pointer to it beforehands, unless an
> > + * intentional leak is intended.
> > + */
> > +int s390_replace_asce(struct gmap *gmap)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long asce;
> > + struct page *page;
> > + void *table;
> > +
> > + s390_remove_old_asce(gmap);
> > +
> > + page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, CRST_ALLOC_ORDER);
> > + if (!page)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + table = page_to_virt(page);
> > + memcpy(table, gmap->table, 1UL << (CRST_ALLOC_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT));
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * The caller has to deal with the old ASCE, but here we make sure
> > + * the new one is properly added to the list of page tables, so that
> > + * it will be freed when the VM is torn down.
> > + */
> > + spin_lock(&gmap->guest_table_lock);
> > + list_add(&page->lru, &gmap->crst_list);
> > + spin_unlock(&gmap->guest_table_lock);
> > +
> > + /* Set new table origin while preserving existing ASCE control bits */
> > + asce = (gmap->asce & ~_ASCE_ORIGIN) | __pa(table);
> > + WRITE_ONCE(gmap->asce, asce);
> > + WRITE_ONCE(gmap->mm->context.gmap_asce, asce);
> > + WRITE_ONCE(gmap->table, table);
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(s390_replace_asce);
>
