Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Always check the state from hyp_ack_unshare()

[Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:44:06 +0000, Quentin Perret wrote:
> There are multiple pKVM memory transitions where the state of a page is
> not cross-checked from the completer's PoV for performance reasons.
> For example, if a page is PKVM_PAGE_OWNED from the initiator's PoV,
> we should be guaranteed by construction that it is PKVM_NOPAGE for
> everybody else, hence allowing us to save a page-table lookup.
> 
> When it was introduced, hyp_ack_unshare() followed that logic and bailed
> out without checking the PKVM_PAGE_SHARED_BORROWED state in the
> hypervisor's stage-1. This was correct as we could safely assume that
> all host-initiated shares were directed at the hypervisor at the time.
> But with the introduction of other types of shares (e.g. for FF-A or
> non-protected guests), it is now very much required to cross check this
> state to prevent the host from running __pkvm_host_unshare_hyp() on a
> page shared with TZ or a non-protected guest.
> 
> [...]

Sorry for letting this one slip.

Applied to fixes, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: arm64: Always check the state from hyp_ack_unshare()
      https://git.kernel.org/kvmarm/kvmarm/c/985bb51f17ab

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Best,
Oliver