From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] KVM: SVM: Filter out 64-bit exit codes when invoking exit handlers on bare metal
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:56:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251113225621.1688428-7-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251113225621.1688428-1-seanjc@google.com>
Explicitly filter out 64-bit exit codes when invoking exit handlers, as
svm_exit_handlers[] will never be sized with entries that use bits 63:32.
Processing the non-failing exit code as a 32-bit value will allow tracking
exit_code as a single 64-bit value (which it is, architecturally). This
will also allow hardening KVM against Spectre-like attacks without needing
to do silly things to avoid build failures on 32-bit kernels
(array_index_nospec() rightly asserts that the index fits in an "unsigned
long").
Omit the check when running as a VM, as KVM has historically failed to set
bits 63:32 appropriately when synthesizing VM-Exits, i.e. KVM could get
false positives when running as a VM on an older, broken KVM/kernel. From
a functional perspective, omitting the check is "fine", as any unwanted
collision between e.g. VMEXIT_INVALID and a 32-bit exit code will be
fatal to KVM-on-KVM regardless of what KVM-as-L1 does.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 202a4d8088a2..3b05476296d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -3433,8 +3433,22 @@ static void dump_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
sev_free_decrypted_vmsa(vcpu, save);
}
-int svm_invoke_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
+int svm_invoke_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 __exit_code)
{
+ u32 exit_code = __exit_code;
+
+ /*
+ * SVM uses negative values, i.e. 64-bit values, to indicate that VMRUN
+ * failed. Report all such errors to userspace (note, VMEXIT_INVALID,
+ * a.k.a. SVM_EXIT_ERR, is special cased by svm_handle_exit()). Skip
+ * the check when running as a VM, as KVM has historically left garbage
+ * in bits 63:32, i.e. running KVM-on-KVM would hit false positives if
+ * the underlying kernel is buggy.
+ */
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) &&
+ (u64)exit_code != __exit_code)
+ goto unexpected_vmexit;
+
#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
if (exit_code == SVM_EXIT_MSR)
return msr_interception(vcpu);
@@ -3461,7 +3475,7 @@ int svm_invoke_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
unexpected_vmexit:
dump_vmcb(vcpu);
- kvm_prepare_unexpected_reason_exit(vcpu, exit_code);
+ kvm_prepare_unexpected_reason_exit(vcpu, __exit_code);
return 0;
}
--
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-13 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-13 22:56 [PATCH 0/9] KVM: SVM: Fix (hilarious) exit_code bugs Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 1/9] KVM: nSVM: Clear exit_code_hi in VMCB when synthesizing nested VM-Exits Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 23:03 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 2/9] KVM: nSVM: Set exit_code_hi to -1 when synthesizing SVM_EXIT_ERR (failed VMRUN) Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 23:17 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 23:28 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 3/9] KVM: SVM: Add a helper to detect VMRUN failures Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 23:30 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 23:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 4/9] KVM: SVM: Open code handling of unexpected exits in svm_invoke_exit_handler() Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 23:33 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 5/9] KVM: SVM: Check for an unexpected VM-Exit after RETPOLINE "fast" handling Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 0:04 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 22:56 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-11-14 0:06 ` [PATCH 6/9] KVM: SVM: Filter out 64-bit exit codes when invoking exit handlers on bare metal Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-14 23:32 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-11-19 22:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 7/9] KVM: SVM: Treat exit_code as an unsigned 64-bit value through all of KVM Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 0:08 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-14 5:26 ` Michael Kelley
2025-11-14 15:22 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 18:29 ` Wei Liu
2025-11-14 18:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 18:40 ` Wei Liu
2025-11-14 15:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 15:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 23:33 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 8/9] KVM: SVM: Limit incorrect check on SVM_EXIT_ERR to running as a VM Sean Christopherson
2025-11-14 0:11 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-13 22:56 ` [PATCH 9/9] KVM: SVM: Harden exit_code against being used in Spectre-like attacks Sean Christopherson
2025-12-05 16:59 ` [PATCH 0/9] KVM: SVM: Fix (hilarious) exit_code bugs Sean Christopherson
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