This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled KVM: nVMX: Inject #GP, not #UD, if "generic" VMXON CR0/CR4 check fails to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: kvm-nvmx-inject-gp-not-ud-if-generic-vmxon-cr0-cr4-check-fails.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 9cc409325ddd776f6fd6293d5ce93ce1248af6e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 00:19:56 +0000 Subject: KVM: nVMX: Inject #GP, not #UD, if "generic" VMXON CR0/CR4 check fails From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 9cc409325ddd776f6fd6293d5ce93ce1248af6e4 upstream. Inject #GP for if VMXON is attempting with a CR0/CR4 that fails the generic "is CRx valid" check, but passes the CR4.VMXE check, and do the generic checks _after_ handling the post-VMXON VM-Fail. The CR4.VMXE check, and all other #UD cases, are special pre-conditions that are enforced prior to pivoting on the current VMX mode, i.e. occur before interception if VMXON is attempted in VMX non-root mode. All other CR0/CR4 checks generate #GP and effectively have lower priority than the post-VMXON check. Per the SDM: IF (register operand) or (CR0.PE = 0) or (CR4.VMXE = 0) or ... THEN #UD; ELSIF not in VMX operation THEN IF (CPL > 0) or (in A20M mode) or (the values of CR0 and CR4 are not supported in VMX operation) THEN #GP(0); ELSIF in VMX non-root operation THEN VMexit; ELSIF CPL > 0 THEN #GP(0); ELSE VMfail("VMXON executed in VMX root operation"); FI; which, if re-written without ELSIF, yields: IF (register operand) or (CR0.PE = 0) or (CR4.VMXE = 0) or ... THEN #UD IF in VMX non-root operation THEN VMexit; IF CPL > 0 THEN #GP(0) IF in VMX operation THEN VMfail("VMXON executed in VMX root operation"); IF (in A20M mode) or (the values of CR0 and CR4 are not supported in VMX operation) THEN #GP(0); Note, KVM unconditionally forwards VMXON VM-Exits that occur in L2 to L1, i.e. there is no need to check the vCPU is not in VMX non-root mode. Add a comment to explain why unconditionally forwarding such exits is functionally correct. Reported-by: Eric Li <ercli@xxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: c7d855c2aff2 ("KVM: nVMX: Inject #UD if VMXON is attempted with incompatible CR0/CR4") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221006001956.329314-1-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c @@ -4970,24 +4970,35 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu * | FEAT_CTL_VMX_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX; /* - * Note, KVM cannot rely on hardware to perform the CR0/CR4 #UD checks - * that have higher priority than VM-Exit (see Intel SDM's pseudocode - * for VMXON), as KVM must load valid CR0/CR4 values into hardware while - * running the guest, i.e. KVM needs to check the _guest_ values. + * Manually check CR4.VMXE checks, KVM must force CR4.VMXE=1 to enter + * the guest and so cannot rely on hardware to perform the check, + * which has higher priority than VM-Exit (see Intel SDM's pseudocode + * for VMXON). * - * Rely on hardware for the other two pre-VM-Exit checks, !VM86 and - * !COMPATIBILITY modes. KVM may run the guest in VM86 to emulate Real - * Mode, but KVM will never take the guest out of those modes. + * Rely on hardware for the other pre-VM-Exit checks, CR0.PE=1, !VM86 + * and !COMPATIBILITY modes. For an unrestricted guest, KVM doesn't + * force any of the relevant guest state. For a restricted guest, KVM + * does force CR0.PE=1, but only to also force VM86 in order to emulate + * Real Mode, and so there's no need to check CR0.PE manually. */ - if (!nested_host_cr0_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr0(vcpu)) || - !nested_host_cr4_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr4(vcpu))) { + if (!kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_VMXE)) { kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR); return 1; } /* - * CPL=0 and all other checks that are lower priority than VM-Exit must - * be checked manually. + * The CPL is checked for "not in VMX operation" and for "in VMX root", + * and has higher priority than the VM-Fail due to being post-VMXON, + * i.e. VMXON #GPs outside of VMX non-root if CPL!=0. In VMX non-root, + * VMXON causes VM-Exit and KVM unconditionally forwards VMXON VM-Exits + * from L2 to L1, i.e. there's no need to check for the vCPU being in + * VMX non-root. + * + * Forwarding the VM-Exit unconditionally, i.e. without performing the + * #UD checks (see above), is functionally ok because KVM doesn't allow + * L1 to run L2 without CR4.VMXE=0, and because KVM never modifies L2's + * CR0 or CR4, i.e. it's L2's responsibility to emulate #UDs that are + * missed by hardware due to shadowing CR0 and/or CR4. */ if (vmx_get_cpl(vcpu)) { kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0); @@ -4997,6 +5008,17 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu * if (vmx->nested.vmxon) return nested_vmx_fail(vcpu, VMXERR_VMXON_IN_VMX_ROOT_OPERATION); + /* + * Invalid CR0/CR4 generates #GP. These checks are performed if and + * only if the vCPU isn't already in VMX operation, i.e. effectively + * have lower priority than the VM-Fail above. + */ + if (!nested_host_cr0_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr0(vcpu)) || + !nested_host_cr4_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr4(vcpu))) { + kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0); + return 1; + } + if ((vmx->msr_ia32_feature_control & VMXON_NEEDED_FEATURES) != VMXON_NEEDED_FEATURES) { kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/kvm-nvmx-properly-expose-enable_usr_wait_pause-control-to-l1.patch queue-5.15/kvm-nvmx-inject-gp-not-ud-if-generic-vmxon-cr0-cr4-check-fails.patch queue-5.15/kvm-vmx-resume-guest-immediately-when-injecting-gp-on-ecreate.patch