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authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2021-06-22 10:56:47 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2021-09-03 10:08:16 +0200
commit4f76285f6df8ea44ac677c4c80853edff5be7a53 (patch)
treefdd495e399c18f0e0f12c744bafcd8b409bdaa00 /arch
parent620681d7201a6795a485123e943a138d5c434414 (diff)
KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as used (not reserved) for all !TDP shadow MMUs
commit 112022bdb5bc372e00e6e43cb88ee38ea67b97bd upstream Mark NX as being used for all non-nested shadow MMUs, as KVM will set the NX bit for huge SPTEs if the iTLB mutli-hit mitigation is enabled. Checking the mitigation itself is not sufficient as it can be toggled on at any time and KVM doesn't reset MMU contexts when that happens. KVM could reset the contexts, but that would require purging all SPTEs in all MMUs, for no real benefit. And, KVM already forces EFER.NX=1 when TDP is disabled (for WP=0, SMEP=1, NX=0), so technically NX is never reserved for shadow MMUs. Fixes: b8e8c8303ff2 ("kvm: mmu: ITLB_MULTIHIT mitigation") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20210622175739.3610207-3-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> [sudip: use old path] Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 260c64c205b8..d3877dd713ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -4666,7 +4666,15 @@ static void reset_rsvds_bits_mask_ept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
void
reset_shadow_zero_bits_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context)
{
- bool uses_nx = context->nx ||
+ /*
+ * KVM uses NX when TDP is disabled to handle a variety of scenarios,
+ * notably for huge SPTEs if iTLB multi-hit mitigation is enabled and
+ * to generate correct permissions for CR0.WP=0/CR4.SMEP=1/EFER.NX=0.
+ * The iTLB multi-hit workaround can be toggled at any time, so assume
+ * NX can be used by any non-nested shadow MMU to avoid having to reset
+ * MMU contexts. Note, KVM forces EFER.NX=1 when TDP is disabled.
+ */
+ bool uses_nx = context->nx || !tdp_enabled ||
context->mmu_role.base.smep_andnot_wp;
struct rsvd_bits_validate *shadow_zero_check;
int i;