From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Jethro Beekman" <jethro@fortanix.com>,
"Alexander Potapenko" <glider@google.com>,
"Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH 02/21] KVM: SEV: Reject attempts to sync VMSA of an already-launched/encrypted vCPU
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:48:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310234829.2608037-3-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310234829.2608037-1-seanjc@google.com>
Reject synchronizing vCPU state to its associated VMSA if the vCPU has
already been launched, i.e. if the VMSA has already been encrypted. On a
host with SNP enabled, accessing guest-private memory generates an RMP #PF
and panics the host.
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ff1276cbfdf36000
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x80000003) - RMP violation
PGD 5a31801067 P4D 5a31802067 PUD 40ccfb5063 PMD 40e5954063 PTE 80000040fdf36163
SEV-SNP: PFN 0x40fdf36, RMP entry: [0x6010fffffffff001 - 0x000000000000001f]
Oops: Oops: 0003 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 33 UID: 0 PID: 996180 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Tainted: G OE
Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7625/0H1TJT, BIOS 1.5.8 07/21/2023
RIP: 0010:sev_es_sync_vmsa+0x54/0x4c0 [kvm_amd]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
snp_launch_update_vmsa+0x19d/0x290 [kvm_amd]
snp_launch_finish+0xb6/0x380 [kvm_amd]
sev_mem_enc_ioctl+0x14e/0x720 [kvm_amd]
kvm_arch_vm_ioctl+0x837/0xcf0 [kvm]
kvm_vm_ioctl+0x3fd/0xcc0 [kvm]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0xa3/0x100
x64_sys_call+0xfe0/0x2350
do_syscall_64+0x81/0x10f0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7ffff673287d
</TASK>
Note, the KVM flaw has been present since commit ad73109ae7ec ("KVM: SVM:
Provide support to launch and run an SEV-ES guest"), but has only been
actively dangerous for the host since SNP support was added. With SEV-ES,
KVM would "just" clobber guest state, which is totally fine from a host
kernel perspective since userspace can clobber guest state any time before
sev_launch_update_vmsa().
Fixes: ad27ce155566 ("KVM: SEV: Add KVM_SEV_SNP_LAUNCH_FINISH command")
Reported-by: Jethro Beekman <jethro@fortanix.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/d98692e2-d96b-4c36-8089-4bc1e5cc3d57@fortanix.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 3f9c1aa39a0a..fa319a66938c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -882,6 +882,9 @@ static int sev_es_sync_vmsa(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
u8 *d;
int i;
+ if (vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/* Check some debug related fields before encrypting the VMSA */
if (svm->vcpu.guest_debug || (svm->vmcb->save.dr7 & ~DR7_FIXED_1))
return -EINVAL;
--
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 23:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 23:48 [PATCH 00/21] Fixes and lock cleanup+hardening Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 01/21] KVM: selftests: Remove duplicate LAUNCH_UPDATE_VMSA call in SEV-ES migrate test Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 03/21] KVM: SEV: Protect *all* of sev_mem_enc_register_region() with kvm->lock Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 04/21] KVM: SEV: Disallow LAUNCH_FINISH if vCPUs are actively being created Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 05/21] KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish Sean Christopherson
2026-04-08 14:07 ` Aithal, Srikanth
2026-04-08 18:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-09 5:12 ` Aithal, Srikanth
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 06/21] KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs for the duration of SEV-ES VMSA synchronization Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 07/21] KVM: SEV: Provide vCPU-scoped accessors for detecting SEV+ guests Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 08/21] KVM: SEV: Add quad-underscore version of VM-scoped APIs to detect " Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 09/21] KVM: SEV: Document the SEV-ES check when querying SMM support as "safe" Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 10/21] KVM: SEV: Move standard VM-scoped helpers to detect SEV+ guests to sev.c Sean Christopherson
2026-03-17 10:33 ` Alexander Potapenko
2026-03-31 18:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 11/21] KVM: SEV: Move SEV-specific VM initialization " Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 12/21] KVM: SEV: WARN on unhandled VM type when initializing VM Sean Christopherson
2026-04-09 5:12 ` Yan Zhao
2026-04-09 18:48 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-10 7:46 ` Yan Zhao
2026-04-10 15:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 13/21] KVM: SEV: Hide "struct kvm_sev_info" behind CONFIG_KVM_AMD_SEV=y Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 14/21] KVM: SEV: Document that checking for SEV+ guests when reclaiming memory is "safe" Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 15/21] KVM: SEV: Assert that kvm->lock is held when querying SEV+ support Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 16/21] KVM: SEV: use mutex guard in snp_launch_update() Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 17/21] KVM: SEV: use mutex guard in sev_mem_enc_ioctl() Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 18/21] KVM: SEV: use mutex guard in sev_mem_enc_unregister_region() Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 19/21] KVM: SEV: use mutex guard in snp_handle_guest_req() Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 20/21] KVM: SVM: Move lock-protected allocation of SEV ASID into a separate helper Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 23:48 ` [PATCH 21/21] KVM: SEV: Goto an existing error label if charging misc_cg for an ASID fails Sean Christopherson
2026-03-11 14:29 ` [PATCH 00/21] Fixes and lock cleanup+hardening Jethro Beekman
2026-03-12 16:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-08 0:14 ` Sean Christopherson
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