From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 39/45] KVM: VMX: mark VM dead on shadow VMCS or eVMCS access failures
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 12:45:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261102174512.8903-23-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261102174130.8779-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
KVM ignores failures when reading or writing L1's in-memory VMCSs (shadow
VMCS, eVMCS), allowing execution to continue with stale shadow VMCS values
or silently losing updates. Check both the HVA cache initialization
and the cached memory accesses, and mark the VM dead on failure; these
failures can only occur when guest memory permissions deny the access,
and terminating the VM is safe (though it precludes using memory attributes
as a replacement for e.g. userfaultfd, and only leaves the feature usable
for security purposes).
Likewise, treat a failed read of an enabled VP assist page as fatal too,
otherwise KVM continues by disabling enlightened VMCS.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.c | 7 ++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.c
index fa41d036acd4..746540e503e3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.c
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ u64 nested_get_evmptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_vcpu_hv *hv_vcpu = to_hv_vcpu(vcpu);
- if (unlikely(kvm_hv_get_assist_page(vcpu)))
+ if (unlikely(!kvm_hv_assist_page_enabled(vcpu)))
return EVMPTR_INVALID;
+ if (unlikely(kvm_hv_get_assist_page(vcpu))) {
+ kvm_vm_dead(vcpu->kvm);
+ return EVMPTR_INVALID;
+ }
+
if (unlikely(!hv_vcpu->vp_assist_page.enlighten_vmentry))
return EVMPTR_INVALID;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 2ac4a366ace4..bde151de0bf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -861,10 +861,13 @@ static void nested_cache_shadow_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (ghc->gpa != vmcs12->vmcs_link_pointer &&
kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(vcpu->kvm, ghc,
vmcs12->vmcs_link_pointer, VMCS12_SIZE))
- return;
+ goto error;
- kvm_read_guest_cached(vcpu->kvm, ghc, get_shadow_vmcs12(vcpu),
- VMCS12_SIZE);
+ if (!kvm_read_guest_cached(vcpu->kvm, ghc, get_shadow_vmcs12(vcpu),
+ VMCS12_SIZE))
+ return;
+error:
+ kvm_vm_dead(vcpu->kvm);
}
static void nested_flush_cached_shadow_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
@@ -880,10 +883,13 @@ static void nested_flush_cached_shadow_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (ghc->gpa != vmcs12->vmcs_link_pointer &&
kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(vcpu->kvm, ghc,
vmcs12->vmcs_link_pointer, VMCS12_SIZE))
- return;
+ goto error;
- kvm_write_guest_cached(vcpu->kvm, ghc, get_shadow_vmcs12(vcpu),
- VMCS12_SIZE);
+ if (!kvm_write_guest_cached(vcpu->kvm, ghc, get_shadow_vmcs12(vcpu),
+ VMCS12_SIZE))
+ return;
+error:
+ kvm_vm_dead(vcpu->kvm);
}
/*
@@ -5091,7 +5097,8 @@ void __nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
* do that when something is forcing L2->L1 exit prior to
* the first L2 run.
*/
- (void)nested_get_evmcs_page(vcpu);
+ if (!nested_get_evmcs_page(vcpu))
+ kvm_vm_dead(vcpu->kvm);
#endif
}
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-02 17:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-02 17:40 [PATCH v4 00/45] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 01/45] KVM: nVMX/nSVM: check unconditionally whether CR3 is valid Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 02/45] KVM: x86/hyperv: do not overwrite hc->ingpa for SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 03/45] KVM: x86: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 04/45] KVM: x86/emulate: Check TSS busy-bit writes during task switches Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 05/45] KVM: loongarch: do full validity check on the gfn-to-hva cache Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 06/45] KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2 hypercalls Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 07/45] KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 08/45] selftests: kvm: drop TEST_ASSERT_SUPPORTED_ATTRIBUTES Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 09/45] KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to userspace Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 10/45] KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 11/45] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 12/45] KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with fault->map_writable Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 13/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 14/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem VMs too Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:40 ` [PATCH 15/45] KVM: VMX: return error from kvm_set_cr* Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:41 ` [PATCH 16/45] KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 17/45] KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-03 9:25 ` kernel test robot
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 18/45] KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 19/45] KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86 Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 20/45] KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 21/45] KVM: Take memory protections into account for __kvm_vcpu_map Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 22/45] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 23/45] KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen() Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 24/45] KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-03 14:11 ` kernel test robot
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 25/45] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 26/45] KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 27/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 28/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during faults Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 29/45] KVM: x86/emulate: change return value of emulator_io_permitted to int Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 30/45] KVM: x86/emulate: Propagate memory faults to userspace Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 31/45] KVM: x86: "Handle" failed decode when skipping instructions Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:44 ` [PATCH 32/45] KVM: vmx/sgx: make return value of sgx_gva_to_gpa consistent with its callers Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 33/45] KVM: x86: Allow page fault fixup to return errors Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 34/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Adjust gva_to_gpa to allow returning an error Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 35/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Propagate errors from nested GPA translation Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 36/45] KVM: x86: Propagate memory faults through load_pdptrs() Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 37/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 38/45] KVM: x86: mark VM as dead after KVM_SET_SREGS fails to load PDPTRs Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 40/45] KVM: let kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes drop mmu_lock Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 41/45] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 42/45] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 43/45] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 44/45] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-02 17:45 ` [PATCH 45/45] KVM: x86: split out parts of load_pdptrs Paolo Bonzini
2026-11-03 14:40 ` [syzbot ci] Re: KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes syzbot ci
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