From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DFDC77B75 for ; Mon, 8 May 2023 10:19:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234410AbjEHKTz (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 May 2023 06:19:55 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49536 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234414AbjEHKTo (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 May 2023 06:19:44 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44446D84B for ; Mon, 8 May 2023 03:19:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF12F6241E for ; Mon, 8 May 2023 10:19:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D44FFC433D2; Mon, 8 May 2023 10:19:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1683541182; bh=cYB8dYmQ3UNJkOvpgxP/yqPHG6N3B6FRg4wFSXEn2Lk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=Fw3JZAOW/nHYx6D0IxYueJgVTCtyA354d0fVTds6OHfV5RSLCWaFXS7b3y9L91rGe S6UfE0naxSC4wSQ/AukYZ1jiM6F/eNbwvPL+x8Mp/X3OzN+3oVcdNn2oD5TAGxhFQr h67+25ZS85hsVoouMRcEiCIAx2KObVKGzW0lU8Lk= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Michael Kelley , Wei Liu , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.2 004/663] x86/hyperv: Block root partition functionality in a Confidential VM Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 11:37:10 +0200 Message-Id: <20230508094428.543154441@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.1 In-Reply-To: <20230508094428.384831245@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20230508094428.384831245@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.67 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Michael Kelley [ Upstream commit f8acb24aaf89fc46cd953229462ea8abe31b395f ] Hyper-V should never specify a VM that is a Confidential VM and also running in the root partition. Nonetheless, explicitly block such a combination to guard against a compromised Hyper-V maliciously trying to exploit root partition functionality in a Confidential VM to expose Confidential VM secrets. No known bug is being fixed, but the attack surface for Confidential VMs on Hyper-V is reduced. Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1678894453-95392-1-git-send-email-mikelley@microsoft.com Signed-off-by: Wei Liu Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c index 46668e2554210..1ce228dc267ae 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c @@ -291,12 +291,16 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void) * To mirror what Windows does we should extract CPU management * features and use the ReservedIdentityBit to detect if Linux is the * root partition. But that requires negotiating CPU management - * interface (a process to be finalized). + * interface (a process to be finalized). For now, use the privilege + * flag as the indicator for running as root. * - * For now, use the privilege flag as the indicator for running as - * root. + * Hyper-V should never specify running as root and as a Confidential + * VM. But to protect against a compromised/malicious Hyper-V trying + * to exploit root behavior to expose Confidential VM memory, ignore + * the root partition setting if also a Confidential VM. */ - if (cpuid_ebx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES) & HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT) { + if ((ms_hyperv.priv_high & HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT) && + !(ms_hyperv.priv_high & HV_ISOLATION)) { hv_root_partition = true; pr_info("Hyper-V: running as root partition\n"); } -- 2.39.2