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From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
	kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
	Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
	Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>,
	Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>,
	Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 14/17] KVM: arm64: Reject host access to protected VM private state
Date: Mon,  7 Sep 2026 07:59:59 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260907070002.3333525-15-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260907070002.3333525-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>

A protected vCPU's register and debug state is no longer exposed to
the host. Host ioctls that would reach that state now fail rather
than operate on a copy that is not the guest's:

  - KVM_GET_ONE_REG and KVM_SET_ONE_REG return -EPERM once the vCPU has
    run: the copy then holds reset values plus what the exit handlers
    marshal out. Pre-run access still builds the guest's boot state.
  - KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT returns -EPERM once the vCPU has run: it would
    reset the host copy alone and rewrite mp_state, which EL2 reads
    only at hyp vCPU creation, so a vCPU the guest powered off would
    come back RUNNABLE.
  - KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS rejects external-abort injection with -EPERM;
    SError injection is forwarded and stays permitted.
  - KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG returns -EPERM: a protected guest's debug state
    is hypervisor-owned.

Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c   |  7 +++++++
 arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 5c2587da815ab..37a260b139795 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,13 @@ static int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	bool power_off = false;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Re-init would reset the host copy alone and rewrite mp_state
+	 * after EL2 has read it. Pre-run init stays allowed.
+	 */
+	if (vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) && vcpu_has_run_once(vcpu))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/*
 	 * Treat the power-off vCPU feature as ephemeral. Clear the bit to avoid
 	 * reflecting it in the finalized feature set, thus limiting its scope
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index ab659795d4b2f..abab580a659d4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -701,6 +701,10 @@ int kvm_arm_copy_reg_indices(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 __user *uindices)
 
 int kvm_arm_get_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 {
+	/* Once the vCPU has run, the host copy is not the guest's state. */
+	if (vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) && vcpu_has_run_once(vcpu))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* We currently use nothing arch-specific in upper 32 bits */
 	if ((reg->id & ~KVM_REG_SIZE_MASK) >> 32 != KVM_REG_ARM64 >> 32)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -718,6 +722,10 @@ int kvm_arm_get_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 
 int kvm_arm_set_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 {
+	/* Writes build the boot state; once run, EL2 owns the registers. */
+	if (vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) && vcpu_has_run_once(vcpu))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/* We currently use nothing arch-specific in upper 32 bits */
 	if ((reg->id & ~KVM_REG_SIZE_MASK) >> 32 != KVM_REG_ARM64 >> 32)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -786,6 +794,13 @@ int __kvm_arm_vcpu_set_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	u64 esr = events->exception.serror_esr;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * EL2 injects an external abort only to complete a forwarded abort.
+	 * SError injection is forwarded.
+	 */
+	if (vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) && ext_dabt_pending)
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	/*
 	 * Immediately commit the pending SEA to the vCPU's architectural
 	 * state which is necessary since we do not return a pending SEA
@@ -883,6 +898,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	trace_kvm_set_guest_debug(vcpu, dbg->control);
 
+	/* A protected guest's debug state is not exposed to the host. */
+	if (vcpu_is_protected(vcpu))
+		return -EPERM;
+
 	if (dbg->control & ~KVM_GUESTDBG_VALID_MASK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.39.5


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-07  7:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-07  6:59 [PATCH v2 00/16] KVM: arm64: Confine protected VM vCPU state to EL2 Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] KVM: arm64: Sync HCR_EL2.VSE back to the host vCPU under pKVM Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] KVM: arm64: Reject the PVTIME vCPU attribute for protected VMs Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] KVM: arm64: Introduce per-EC entry handlers for pKVM Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] KVM: arm64: Skip fixed-feature state flush for protected vCPUs Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] KVM: arm64: Add {flush,sync}_hyp_timer_state() primitives Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] KVM: arm64: Add system register reset framework for protected VMs Fuad Tabba
2026-09-09 13:50   ` Joey Gouly
2026-09-10 10:05     ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] KVM: arm64: Implement HVC handling for protected guests at EL2 Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] KVM: arm64: Handle PSCI calls for protected VMs " Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] KVM: arm64: Restrict KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT and PSCI version for protected VMs Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] KVM: arm64: Prevent host PC adjustments for protected vCPUs Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] KVM: arm64: Inject an UNDEF at EL2 for unhandled protected guest exits Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] KVM: arm64: Add per-EC entry/exit state marshalling for protected guests Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] KVM: arm64: Pend a protected guest's SError with HCR_EL2.VSE only Fuad Tabba
2026-09-11 10:29   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-09-11 10:58     ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  6:59 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-09-07  7:00 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] KVM: arm64: Reject host power-on of a vCPU that EL2 holds powered off Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  7:00 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] KVM: arm64: Advertise the capabilities that protected VMs support Fuad Tabba
2026-09-07  7:00 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] KVM: arm64: Document the protected VM userspace API Fuad Tabba

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