From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Foley <pefoley@google.com>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.10] KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM guest
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 16:16:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YVm7LRQSegT0WR0Q@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210927192846.1533905-1-seanjc@google.com>
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 12:28:46PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> commit 8646e53633f314e4d746a988240d3b951a92f94a upstream.
>
> Invoke rseq's NOTIFY_RESUME handler when processing the flag prior to
> transferring to a KVM guest, which is roughly equivalent to an exit to
> userspace and processes many of the same pending actions. While the task
> cannot be in an rseq critical section as the KVM path is reachable only
> by via ioctl(KVM_RUN), the side effects that apply to rseq outside of a
> critical section still apply, e.g. the current CPU needs to be updated if
> the task is migrated.
>
> Clearing TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME without informing rseq can lead to segfaults
> and other badness in userspace VMMs that use rseq in combination with KVM,
> e.g. due to the CPU ID being stale after task migration.
>
> Fixes: 72c3c0fe54a3 ("x86/kvm: Use generic xfer to guest work function")
> Reported-by: Peter Foley <pefoley@google.com>
> Bisected-by: Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
> Acked-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Message-Id: <20210901203030.1292304-2-seanjc@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> [sean: Resolve benign conflict due to unrelated access_ok() check in 5.10]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
> kernel/entry/kvm.c | 4 +++-
> kernel/rseq.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Applied, but we also need a 5.14.y version as well.
thanks,
greg k-h
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2021-09-27 19:28 [PATCH 5.10] KVM: rseq: Update rseq when processing NOTIFY_RESUME on xfer to KVM guest Sean Christopherson
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