From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: seanjc@google.com, brijesh.singh@amd.com,
liam.merwick@oracle.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: SVM: Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 13:53:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <164346081123333@kroah.com> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 0b0be065b7563ac708aaa9f69dd4941c80b3446d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:07:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests
Never intercept #GP for SEV guests as reading SEV guest private memory
will return cyphertext, i.e. emulating on #GP can't work as intended.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@oracle.com>
Message-Id: <20220120010719.711476-4-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 37eb3168e0ea..defc91a8c04c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -312,7 +312,11 @@ int svm_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
return ret;
}
- if (svm_gp_erratum_intercept)
+ /*
+ * Never intercept #GP for SEV guests, KVM can't
+ * decrypt guest memory to workaround the erratum.
+ */
+ if (svm_gp_erratum_intercept && !sev_guest(vcpu->kvm))
set_exception_intercept(svm, GP_VECTOR);
}
}
@@ -1010,9 +1014,10 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* Guest access to VMware backdoor ports could legitimately
* trigger #GP because of TSS I/O permission bitmap.
* We intercept those #GP and allow access to them anyway
- * as VMware does.
+ * as VMware does. Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests as KVM can't
+ * decrypt guest memory to decode the faulting instruction.
*/
- if (enable_vmware_backdoor)
+ if (enable_vmware_backdoor && !sev_guest(vcpu->kvm))
set_exception_intercept(svm, GP_VECTOR);
svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_INTR);
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