[PATCH v7 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening

Yosry Ahmed posted 26 patches 1 month ago
arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h                    |  20 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c                     | 459 +++++++++++-------
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c                        |   4 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c                        |  72 +--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h                        |  50 +-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                            |   3 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm      |   2 +
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h     |   5 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/svm.h |  14 +-
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/svm.c     |   2 +-
.../kvm/x86/nested_vmsave_vmload_test.c       |  16 +-
.../selftests/kvm/x86/svm_lbr_nested_state.c  | 145 ++++++
.../kvm/x86/svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa.c   |  98 ++++
13 files changed, 644 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_lbr_nested_state.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa.c
[PATCH v7 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening
Posted by Yosry Ahmed 1 month ago
A group of semi-related fixes, cleanups, and hardening patches for nSVM.
The series is essentially a group of related mini-series stitched
together for syntactic and semantic dependencies. The first 17 patches
(except patch 3) are all optimistically CC'd to stable as they are fixes
or refactoring leading up to bug fixes. Although I am not sure how much
of that will actually apply to stable trees.

Patches 1-3 here are v2 of the last 3 patches in the LBRV fixes series
[1]. The first 3 patches of [1] are already upstream.

Patches 4-12 are fixes for failure handling in the nested VMRUN and
#VMEXIT code paths.

Patches 13-17 are fixes for missing or made-up consistency checks.

Patches 18-19 are renames and cleanups.

Patches 20-25 add hardening to reading the VMCB12, caching all used
fields in the save area to prevent theoritical TOC-TOU bugs, sanitizing
used fields in the control area, and restricting accesses to the VMCB12
through guest memory.

Finally, patch 26 is a selftest for nested VMRUN and #VMEXIT failures
due to failing to map vmcb12.

v6 -> v7:
- Dropped unification of VMRUN failure paths and refactoring patches
  leading up to it, consistency checks are now moved into the helper
  copying vmcb12 to cache instead of enter_svm_guest_mode().
- Clear reserved bits in dbgctl in KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE.
- Dropped consistency check on hCR0 as CR0.PG is already checked.
- Dropped redundant check on CR4.PAE in new CS consistency check.
- Correctly cache clean bits from vmcb12.
- Update selftest to use a single VMRUN instruction and avoid missing
  post-VMRUN L1 registers restore.

v6: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260224223405.3270433-1-yosry@kernel.org/

[1]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251108004524.1600006-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev/

Yosry Ahmed (26):
  KVM: nSVM: Avoid clearing VMCB_LBR in vmcb12
  KVM: SVM: Switch svm_copy_lbrs() to a macro
  KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs
  KVM: selftests: Add a test for LBR save/restore (ft. nested)
  KVM: nSVM: Always inject a #GP if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested VMRUN
  KVM: nSVM: Refactor checking LBRV enablement in vmcb12 into a helper
  KVM: nSVM: Refactor writing vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT as a helper
  KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested #VMEXIT
  KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT
  KVM: nSVM: Clear GIF on nested #VMEXIT(INVALID)
  KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ fields in vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT
  KVM: nSVM: Clear tracking of L1->L2 NMI and soft IRQ on nested #VMEXIT
  KVM: nSVM: Drop nested_vmcb_check_{save/control}() wrappers
  KVM: nSVM: Drop the non-architectural consistency check for NP_ENABLE
  KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for nCR3 validity
  KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EFER, CR0, CR4, and CS
  KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EVENTINJ
  KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->nested_ctl to vmcb->misc_ctl
  KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->virt_ext to vmcb->misc_ctl2
  KVM: nSVM: Cache all used fields from VMCB12
  KVM: nSVM: Restrict mapping vmcb12 on nested VMRUN
  KVM: nSVM: Use PAGE_MASK to drop lower bits of bitmap GPAs from vmcb12
  KVM: nSVM: Sanitize TLB_CONTROL field when copying from vmcb12
  KVM: nSVM: Sanitize INT/EVENTINJ fields when copying from vmcb12
  KVM: nSVM: Only copy SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP from VMCB01's misc_ctl
  KVM: selftest: Add a selftest for VMRUN/#VMEXIT with unmappable vmcb12

 arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h                    |  20 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c                     | 459 +++++++++++-------
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c                        |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c                        |  72 +--
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h                        |  50 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                            |   3 +
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm      |   2 +
 .../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h     |   5 +
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86/svm.h |  14 +-
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/svm.c     |   2 +-
 .../kvm/x86/nested_vmsave_vmload_test.c       |  16 +-
 .../selftests/kvm/x86/svm_lbr_nested_state.c  | 145 ++++++
 .../kvm/x86/svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa.c   |  98 ++++
 13 files changed, 644 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_lbr_nested_state.c
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa.c


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Re: [PATCH v7 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening
Posted by Sean Christopherson 3 weeks, 6 days ago
On Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:33:54 +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> A group of semi-related fixes, cleanups, and hardening patches for nSVM.
> The series is essentially a group of related mini-series stitched
> together for syntactic and semantic dependencies. The first 17 patches
> (except patch 3) are all optimistically CC'd to stable as they are fixes
> or refactoring leading up to bug fixes. Although I am not sure how much
> of that will actually apply to stable trees.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 nested, thanks!

[01/26] KVM: nSVM: Avoid clearing VMCB_LBR in vmcb12
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b53ab5167a81
[02/26] KVM: SVM: Switch svm_copy_lbrs() to a macro
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/361dbe8173c4
[03/26] KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/3700f0788da6
[04/26] KVM: selftests: Add a test for LBR save/restore (ft. nested)
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/ac17892e5152
[05/26] KVM: nSVM: Always inject a #GP if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested VMRUN
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/01ddcdc55e09
[06/26] KVM: nSVM: Refactor checking LBRV enablement in vmcb12 into a helper
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/290c8d82023a
[07/26] KVM: nSVM: Refactor writing vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT as a helper
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/dcf3648ab714
[08/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested #VMEXIT
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/1b30e7551767
[09/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/5d291ef0585e
[10/26] KVM: nSVM: Clear GIF on nested #VMEXIT(INVALID)
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/f85a6ce06e4a
[11/26] KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ fields in vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/69b721a86d0d
[12/26] KVM: nSVM: Clear tracking of L1->L2 NMI and soft IRQ on nested #VMEXIT
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/8998e1d012f3
[13/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop nested_vmcb_check_{save/control}() wrappers
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b786e34cde42
[14/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop the non-architectural consistency check for NP_ENABLE
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e0b6f031d64c
[15/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for nCR3 validity
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b71138fcc362
[16/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EFER, CR0, CR4, and CS
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/96bd3e76a171
[17/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EVENTINJ
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/7e79f71bca5c
[18/26] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->nested_ctl to vmcb->misc_ctl
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/1aea80dd42cf
[19/26] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->virt_ext to vmcb->misc_ctl2
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/7e6eab9be220
[20/26] KVM: nSVM: Cache all used fields from VMCB12
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/84dc9fd0354d
[21/26] KVM: nSVM: Restrict mapping vmcb12 on nested VMRUN
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b709087e9e54
[22/26] KVM: nSVM: Use PAGE_MASK to drop lower bits of bitmap GPAs from vmcb12
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/a2b858051cf0
[23/26] KVM: nSVM: Sanitize TLB_CONTROL field when copying from vmcb12
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/30a1d2fa8190
[24/26] KVM: nSVM: Sanitize INT/EVENTINJ fields when copying from vmcb12
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/c8123e827256
[25/26] KVM: nSVM: Only copy SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP from VMCB01's misc_ctl
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/b6dc21d896a0
[26/26] KVM: selftest: Add a selftest for VMRUN/#VMEXIT with unmappable vmcb12
        https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/5e4c6da0bb92

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