From: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>,
Changyuan Lyu <changyuanl@google.com>,
Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: TDX: Reject KVM_TDX_INIT_VM if indexed CPUID functions don't match
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:07:42 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e87a8037-92b1-45b9-871b-8d470fa90962@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261022210134.612848-4-seanjc@google.com>
On 10/23/2026 5:01 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Reject KVM_TDX_INIT_VM if userspace doesn't configure the canonical CPUID
> entries correctly with respect to KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX to fix a
> bug where userspace could bypass the TSX and WAITPKG checks by simply not
> marking a CPUID.0x7 entry as being indexed. This also sets the stage for
> more in-depth validation of the incoming CPUID configuration.
>
> This is obviously an ABI change and diverges from KVM's general approach of
> "let userspace do what it wants". In practice, no "real" VMM that supports
> TDX misconfigures a TD's CPUID entries in this way, i.e. the probability of
> actually breaking userspace is basically nil. And unlike normal VMs, where
> KVM has full control and thus can deal with bizarre CPUID input without too
> much fuss, TDX VMs require extra care due to the TDX Module also reacting
> to the CPUID configuration, i.e. KVM_TDX_INIT_VM needs to be more strict
> than KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} to avoid creating potentially dangerous-to-the-host
> setups.
>
> Opportunistically rename the helper to make it more obvious that it's
> checking if the passed in @entry is unsupported, as opposed to returning a
> set of unsupported entries or something.
>
> Fixes: 6d415778f106 ("KVM: TDX: Disable support for TSX and WAITPKG")
> Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260604024927.E22311F00893@smtp.kernel.org
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Given the discussion of patch2 has settled down,
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-28 1:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-22 21:01 [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/cpuid: KVM: TDX CPUID fixes Sean Christopherson
2026-10-22 21:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] x86/cpuid: Mark CPUID function 0x23 as being indexed Sean Christopherson
2026-10-23 8:03 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-10-22 21:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: TDX: Set SIGNIFCANT_INDEX flag as appropriate when filling CPUID entries Sean Christopherson
2026-10-23 2:45 ` Binbin Wu
2026-10-24 2:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-27 2:10 ` Binbin Wu
2026-10-27 12:01 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-10-27 14:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-27 14:12 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-10-27 14:55 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-28 1:02 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-10-28 1:04 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-10-22 21:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: TDX: Reject KVM_TDX_INIT_VM if indexed CPUID functions don't match Sean Christopherson
2026-10-23 3:05 ` Binbin Wu
2026-10-23 8:11 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-10-28 1:07 ` Xiaoyao Li [this message]
2026-10-23 1:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] x86/cpuid: KVM: TDX CPUID fixes Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-23 2:01 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-27 10:07 ` Binbin Wu
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