From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: SVM: Make sure GHCB is mapped before updating
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 16:38:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YHCC9h2huV/2eixO@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a5d3ebb600a91170fc88599d5a575452b3e31036.1617979121.git.thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
On Fri, Apr 09, 2021, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>
> Access to the GHCB is mainly in the VMGEXIT path and it is known that the
> GHCB will be mapped. But there are two paths where it is possible the GHCB
> might not be mapped.
>
> The sev_vcpu_deliver_sipi_vector() routine will update the GHCB to inform
> the caller of the AP Reset Hold NAE event that a SIPI has been delivered.
> However, if a SIPI is performed without a corresponding AP Reset Hold,
> then the GHCB might not be mapped (depending on the previous VMEXIT),
> which will result in a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> The svm_complete_emulated_msr() routine will update the GHCB to inform
> the caller of a RDMSR/WRMSR operation about any errors. While it is likely
> that the GHCB will be mapped in this situation, add a safe guard
> in this path to be certain a NULL pointer dereference is not encountered.
>
> Fixes: f1c6366e3043 ("KVM: SVM: Add required changes to support intercepts under SEV-ES")
> Fixes: 647daca25d24 ("KVM: SVM: Add support for booting APs in an SEV-ES guest")
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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2021-04-09 14:38 [PATCH v3] KVM: SVM: Make sure GHCB is mapped before updating Tom Lendacky
2021-04-09 16:05 ` Tom Lendacky
2021-04-09 16:38 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
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