From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>,
Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>,
Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@google.com>,
Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>, Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/8] KVM: arm64: Minimise EL2's exposure of host VGIC state during world switch
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:07:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260619070719.812227-7-tabba@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260619070719.812227-1-tabba@google.com>
From: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
The host passes a vgic_v3_cpu_if pointer to the __vgic_v3_save_aprs and
__vgic_v3_restore_vmcr_aprs hypercalls, which EL2 dereferences
wholesale. That exposes the host's full VGIC emulation state to the
hypervisor, against pKVM's isolation goals.
Recover the host vCPU from the supplied cpu_if via container_of() and
copy only vgic_vmcr and the active priority registers between EL2's
hyp-side state and the host vCPU, so EL2 no longer dereferences the
host's vgic_v3_cpu_if directly.
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Co-developed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
index 8923f594c264..f25ee3971528 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
#include <hyp/adjust_pc.h>
#include <hyp/switch.h>
+#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h>
+
#include <asm/pgtable-types.h>
#include <asm/kvm_asm.h>
#include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
@@ -237,6 +239,16 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *__get_host_hyp_vcpus(struct kvm_vcpu *arg,
__get_host_hyp_vcpus(__vcpu, hyp_vcpup); \
})
+#define get_host_hyp_vcpus_from_vgic_v3_cpu_if(ctxt, regnr, hyp_vcpup) \
+ ({ \
+ DECLARE_REG(struct vgic_v3_cpu_if *, cif, ctxt, regnr);\
+ struct kvm_vcpu *__vcpu = container_of(cif, \
+ struct kvm_vcpu, \
+ arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3); \
+ \
+ __get_host_hyp_vcpus(__vcpu, hyp_vcpup); \
+ })
+
static void handle___kvm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
{
struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu;
@@ -506,16 +518,63 @@ static void handle___vgic_v3_init_lrs(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
static void handle___vgic_v3_save_aprs(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
{
- DECLARE_REG(struct vgic_v3_cpu_if *, cpu_if, host_ctxt, 1);
+ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu;
+ struct kvm_vcpu *host_vcpu;
- __vgic_v3_save_aprs(kern_hyp_va(cpu_if));
+ host_vcpu = get_host_hyp_vcpus_from_vgic_v3_cpu_if(host_ctxt, 1,
+ &hyp_vcpu);
+ if (!host_vcpu)
+ return;
+
+ if (unlikely(hyp_vcpu)) {
+ struct vgic_v3_cpu_if *hyp_cpu_if, *host_cpu_if;
+ int i;
+
+ hyp_cpu_if = &hyp_vcpu->vcpu.arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3;
+ __vgic_v3_save_aprs(hyp_cpu_if);
+
+ host_cpu_if = &host_vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3;
+ host_cpu_if->vgic_vmcr = hyp_cpu_if->vgic_vmcr;
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(host_cpu_if->vgic_ap0r); i++) {
+ host_cpu_if->vgic_ap0r[i] = hyp_cpu_if->vgic_ap0r[i];
+ host_cpu_if->vgic_ap1r[i] = hyp_cpu_if->vgic_ap1r[i];
+ }
+ } else {
+ __vgic_v3_save_aprs(&host_vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3);
+ }
}
static void handle___vgic_v3_restore_vmcr_aprs(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
{
- DECLARE_REG(struct vgic_v3_cpu_if *, cpu_if, host_ctxt, 1);
+ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu;
+ struct kvm_vcpu *host_vcpu;
- __vgic_v3_restore_vmcr_aprs(kern_hyp_va(cpu_if));
+ host_vcpu = get_host_hyp_vcpus_from_vgic_v3_cpu_if(host_ctxt, 1,
+ &hyp_vcpu);
+ if (!host_vcpu)
+ return;
+
+ if (unlikely(hyp_vcpu)) {
+ struct vgic_v3_cpu_if *hyp_cpu_if, *host_cpu_if;
+ int i;
+
+ hyp_cpu_if = &hyp_vcpu->vcpu.arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3;
+ host_cpu_if = &host_vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3;
+
+ hyp_cpu_if->vgic_vmcr = host_cpu_if->vgic_vmcr;
+ /* Should be a one-off */
+ hyp_cpu_if->vgic_sre = (ICC_SRE_EL1_DIB |
+ ICC_SRE_EL1_DFB |
+ ICC_SRE_EL1_SRE);
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(host_cpu_if->vgic_ap0r); i++) {
+ hyp_cpu_if->vgic_ap0r[i] = host_cpu_if->vgic_ap0r[i];
+ hyp_cpu_if->vgic_ap1r[i] = host_cpu_if->vgic_ap1r[i];
+ }
+
+ __vgic_v3_restore_vmcr_aprs(hyp_cpu_if);
+ } else {
+ __vgic_v3_restore_vmcr_aprs(&host_vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3);
+ }
}
static void handle___pkvm_init(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
--
2.55.0.rc0.738.g0c8ab3ebcc-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-19 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-19 7:07 [PATCH v2 0/8] KVM: arm64: Rework pKVM vCPU state synchronisation Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] KVM: arm64: Extract MPIDR computation into a shared header Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 13:24 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] KVM: arm64: Make vcpu_{read,write}_sys_reg available to HYP code Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 13:26 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] KVM: arm64: Factor out reusable vCPU reset helpers Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 13:29 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] KVM: arm64: Move PSCI helper functions to a shared header Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 13:30 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] KVM: arm64: Add host and hypervisor vCPU lookup primitives Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 13:31 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-06-19 7:07 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] KVM: arm64: Add primitives to flush/sync the VGIC state at EL2 Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 7:07 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] KVM: arm64: Implement lazy vCPU state sync for non-protected guests Fuad Tabba
2026-06-19 13:12 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-06-19 16:41 ` Fuad Tabba
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