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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: nsaenz@amazon.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, snambakam@linux.microsoft.com
Subject: [PATCH 22/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:50:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918135030.171564-23-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918135030.171564-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>

From: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>

Account for memory attributes when accessing guest memory through
kvm_get/put_guest().

This requires tracking the memory attributes generation as part of
gfn_to_hva_cache's data, invalidate the cached information if the
generation changes, and failing to refresh the cache if restrictive
memory attributes are found within the GPA range.

Similar to how gfn_to_hva_cache disallows caching gfns mapped within
read-only memory slots, gfns marked as read-only by memory attributes
will also fail to initialize. Unsurprisingly, the same behaviour applies
to gfns mapped as non-accessible (NR/NW), while non-executable mappings
are okay.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 include/linux/kvm_host.h | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c      | 15 +++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index ab62ce37bc18..e9c0932f150e 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1359,7 +1359,8 @@ int kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,
 	typeof(v) __user *__uaddr = (typeof(__uaddr))(__addr + offset);	\
 	int __ret = -EFAULT;						\
 									\
-	if (!kvm_is_error_hva(__addr))					\
+	if (!kvm_is_error_hva(__addr) &&                                \
+	    kvm_mem_attributes_may_read_gfn(kvm, gfn))		\
 		__ret = get_user(v, __uaddr);				\
 	__ret;								\
 })
@@ -1379,7 +1380,8 @@ int kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc,
 	typeof(v) __user *__uaddr = (typeof(__uaddr))(__addr + offset);	\
 	int __ret = -EFAULT;						\
 									\
-	if (!kvm_is_error_hva(__addr))					\
+	if (!kvm_is_error_hva(__addr) &&                                \
+	    kvm_mem_attributes_may_write_gfn(kvm, gfn))		\
 		__ret = put_user(v, __uaddr);				\
 	if (!__ret)							\
 		mark_page_dirty(kvm, gfn);				\
@@ -2647,6 +2649,12 @@ static inline unsigned long kvm_get_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+static inline bool kvm_range_has_any_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
+						       gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
+						       unsigned long mask)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 static inline u64 kvm_mem_attributes_generation(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	return 0;
@@ -2667,6 +2675,13 @@ static inline int kvm_mem_attributes_may_write_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
 	return kvm_mem_attributes_may_write(attrs);
 }
 
+static inline bool kvm_range_has_rw_memory_protections(struct kvm *kvm,
+						       gfn_t start, gfn_t end)
+{
+	return kvm_range_has_any_memory_attributes(kvm, start, end,
+			KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NR | KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_NW);
+}
+
 static inline bool kvm_memslots_check_gen(struct kvm *kvm, u64 slots_generation,
 					  u64 attrs_generation, struct kvm_memslots **p_slots)
 {
@@ -2682,7 +2697,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_check_gen(struct kvm *kvm, u64 slots_generation,
 	return kvm_memslots_check_gen(kvm, slots_generation, attrs_generation, &slots);
 }
 
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
 int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 		     gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t *pfn, struct page **page,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index c00410bb62a2..2045252bd9c9 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3553,15 +3553,22 @@ static int __kvm_gfn_to_hva_cache_init(struct kvm *kvm,
 	 * If the requested region crosses two memslots, we still
 	 * verify that the entire region is valid here.
 	 */
-	for ( ; start_gfn <= end_gfn; start_gfn += nr_pages_avail) {
-		ghc->memslot = __gfn_to_memslot(slots, start_gfn);
-		ghc->hva = gfn_to_hva_many(ghc->memslot, start_gfn,
-					   &nr_pages_avail);
+	for (gfn_t gfn = start_gfn ; gfn <= end_gfn; gfn += nr_pages_avail) {
+		ghc->memslot = __gfn_to_memslot(slots, gfn);
+		ghc->hva = gfn_to_hva_many(ghc->memslot, gfn, &nr_pages_avail);
 		if (kvm_is_error_hva(ghc->hva))
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * RW memory attributes are incompatible with GHC. The RW protection
+	 * check has to happen after storing the generation number.
+	 */
 	ghc->attrs_generation = kvm_mem_attributes_generation(kvm);
+	if (kvm_range_has_rw_memory_protections(kvm, start_gfn, end_gfn + 1)) {
+		ghc->hva = KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD;
+		return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
 	/* Use the slow path for cross page reads and writes. */
 	if (nr_pages_needed == 1)
-- 
2.52.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-18 13:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-18 13:49 [PATCH v3 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 01/31] KVM: x86/hyperv: do not overwrite hc->ingpa for slow SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 02/31] KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 03/31] KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to userspace Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 04/31] KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2 hypercalls Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 05/31] KVM: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 06/31] KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:11   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-21 16:56   ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 07/31] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 08/31] KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with fault->map_writable Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 09/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 10/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem VMs too Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 11/31] KVM: pass kvm == NULL case to kvm_arch_has_private_mem Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 12/31] KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 13/31] KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 14/31] KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 15/31] KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86 Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 16/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 17/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for __kvm_vcpu_map Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 18/31] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 19/31] KVM: loongarch: do full validity check on the gfn-to-hva cache Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 20/31] KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen() Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 21/31] KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:42   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 13:50 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2026-09-18 14:42   ` [PATCH 22/31] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 23/31] KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 24/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 25/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during faults Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 26/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:46   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 27/31] KVM: let kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes drop mmu_lock Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 28/31] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:57   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 29/31] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 30/31] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 13:50 ` [PATCH 31/31] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18 14:56   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18 15:20 ` [PATCH v3 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-21 16:56 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov

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