From: "Pierre-Clément Tosi" <ptosi@google.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: "Joey Gouly" <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
"Marc Zyngier" <maz@kernel.org>,
"Oliver Upton" <oupton@kernel.org>,
"Suzuki K Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
"Vincent Donnefort" <vdonnefort@google.com>,
"Will Deacon" <will@kernel.org>,
"Zenghui Yu" <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
"Pierre-Clément Tosi" <ptosi@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Prevent FWD_TO_USER of SMCCC to pKVM
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:26:42 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251201-smccc-filter-v2-1-03dab737a14d@google.com> (raw)
With protected VMs, forwarding guest HVC/SMCs happens at two interfaces:
pKVM [EL2] <--> KVM [EL1] <--> VMM [EL0]
so it might be possible for EL0 to successfully register with EL1 to
handle guest SMCCC calls but never see the KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL, even if
the calls are properly issued by the guest, due to EL2 handling them so
that (host) EL1 never gets a chance to exit to EL0.
Instead, avoid that confusing situation and make userspace fail early by
disallowing KVM_ARM_VM_SMCCC_FILTER-ing calls from protected guests in
the pKVM FID range.
Similarly, reserve the "Call UID Query" to ensure that a malicious host
can't mislead a protected guest into misusing the pKVM ABI, under the
premise that it would be interacting with a different hypervisor ABI, as
hypervisors share the same FID space.
Signed-off-by: Pierre-Clément Tosi <ptosi@google.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Restricted the range to pKVM HVCs & the "Call UID Query"
- Updated docs & removed mention of KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PROTECTED
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251201-smccc-filter-v1-1-b4831416f8a3@google.com
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst | 10 ++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
index a4d39fa1b0834b090318250db3b670b0b3174259..28ab2629e7e8f166def6f9efd18e8408ab4a8e63 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
@@ -400,3 +400,13 @@ will reject attempts to define a filter for any portion of these ranges:
0x8000_0000 0x8000_FFFF
0xC000_0000 0xC000_FFFF
=========== ===============
+
+Protected KVM (pKVM) handles some calls directly and will reject attempts to
+define a filter for a protected VM for any portion of these ranges:
+
+ =========== ===============
+ Start End (inclusive)
+ =========== ===============
+ 0x8600_FF01 0x8600_FF01
+ 0xC600_0002 0xC600_003F
+ =========== ===============
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
index 58c5fe7d757274d9079606fcc378485980c6c0f8..5329772f228d356322863a7150ffa40c25ea1ee2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ static bool kvm_smccc_test_fw_bmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 func_id)
ARM_SMCCC_SMC_64, \
0, ARM_SMCCC_FUNC_MASK)
+#define SMC64_PKVM_RANGE_BEGIN ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_HYP_MEMINFO_FUNC_ID
+#define SMC64_PKVM_RANGE_END ARM_SMCCC_CALL_VAL(ARM_SMCCC_FAST_CALL, \
+ ARM_SMCCC_SMC_64, \
+ ARM_SMCCC_OWNER_VENDOR_HYP, \
+ ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_PKVM_RESV_63)
+
static int kvm_smccc_filter_insert_reserved(struct kvm *kvm)
{
int r;
@@ -158,6 +164,29 @@ static int kvm_smccc_filter_insert_reserved(struct kvm *kvm)
if (r)
goto out_destroy;
+ /*
+ * Prevent userspace from registering to handle any SMCCC call in the
+ * vendor hypervisor range for pVMs, avoiding the confusion of guest
+ * calls seemingly not resulting in KVM_RUN exits because pKVM handles
+ * them without ever returning to the host. This is NOT for security.
+ */
+ if (kvm_vm_is_protected(kvm)) {
+ r = mtree_insert(&kvm->arch.smccc_filter,
+ ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_CALL_UID_FUNC_ID,
+ xa_mk_value(KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_HANDLE),
+ GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (r)
+ goto out_destroy;
+
+ r = mtree_insert_range(&kvm->arch.smccc_filter,
+ SMC64_PKVM_RANGE_BEGIN,
+ SMC64_PKVM_RANGE_END,
+ xa_mk_value(KVM_SMCCC_FILTER_HANDLE),
+ GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (r)
+ goto out_destroy;
+ }
+
return 0;
out_destroy:
mtree_destroy(&kvm->arch.smccc_filter);
---
base-commit: 7d0a66e4bb9081d75c82ec4957c50034cb0ea449
change-id: 20251201-smccc-filter-588ddf12b355
Best regards,
--
Pierre-Clément Tosi <ptosi@google.com>
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