From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
peterz@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>,
Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/debug: Fix stack recursion caused by DR7 accesses
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:37:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230130093717.460-1-joro@8bytes.org> (raw)
From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
In kernels compiled with CONFIG_PARAVIRT=n the compiler re-orders the
DR7 read in exc_nmi() to happen before the call to sev_es_ist_enter().
This is problematic when running as an SEV-ES guest because in this
environemnt the DR7 read might cause a #VC exception, and taking #VC
exceptions is not safe in exc_nmi() before sev_es_ist_enter() has run.
The result is stack recursion if the NMI was caused on the #VC IST
stack, because a subsequent #VC exception in the NMI handler will
overwrite the stack frame of the interrupted #VC handler.
As there are no compiler barriers affecting the ordering of DR7
reads/writes, make the accesses to this register volatile, forbidding
the compiler to re-order them.
Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@amd.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
index b049d950612f..eb6238a5f60c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
@@ -39,7 +39,18 @@ static __always_inline unsigned long native_get_debugreg(int regno)
asm("mov %%db6, %0" :"=r" (val));
break;
case 7:
- asm("mov %%db7, %0" :"=r" (val));
+ /*
+ * Make DR7 reads volatile to forbid re-ordering them with other
+ * code. This is needed because a DR7 access can cause a #VC
+ * exception when running under SEV-ES. But taking a #VC
+ * exception is not safe at everywhere in the code-flow and
+ * re-ordering might place the access into an unsafe place.
+ *
+ * This happened in the NMI handler, where the DR7 read was
+ * re-ordered to happen before the call to sev_es_ist_enter(),
+ * causing stack recursion.
+ */
+ asm volatile ("mov %%db7, %0" : "=r" (val));
break;
default:
BUG();
@@ -66,7 +77,21 @@ static __always_inline void native_set_debugreg(int regno, unsigned long value)
asm("mov %0, %%db6" ::"r" (value));
break;
case 7:
- asm("mov %0, %%db7" ::"r" (value));
+ /*
+ * Make DR7 writes volatile to forbid re-ordering them with
+ * other code. This is needed because a DR7 access can cause a
+ * #VC exception when running under SEV-ES. But taking a #VC
+ * exception is not safe at everywhere in the code-flow and
+ * re-ordering might place the access into an unsafe place.
+ *
+ * This happened in the NMI handler, where the DR7 read was
+ * re-ordered to happen before the call to sev_es_ist_enter(),
+ * causing stack recursion.
+ *
+ * While is didn't happen with a DR7 write, add the volatile
+ * here too to avoid similar problems in the future.
+ */
+ asm volatile ("mov %0, %%db7" ::"r" (value));
break;
default:
BUG();
--
2.39.0
next reply other threads:[~2023-01-30 9:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-30 9:37 Joerg Roedel [this message]
2023-01-30 10:25 ` [PATCH] x86/debug: Fix stack recursion caused by DR7 accesses Miko Larsson
2023-01-30 10:59 ` Joerg Roedel
2023-01-30 11:44 ` David Laight
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