Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] crypto/ccp: Do not initialize SNP for ioctl(SNP_CONFIG)

From: Tom Lendacky

Date: Tue May 05 2026 - 10:43:57 EST


On 5/4/26 11:51, Tycho Andersen wrote:
> From: "Tycho Andersen (AMD)" <tycho@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Sashiko notes:
>
>> if SEV initialization fails and KVM is actively running normal VMs, could a
>> userspace process trigger this code path via /dev/sev ioctls (e.g.,
>> SEV_PDH_GEN) and zero out MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA globally? Would the next VMRUN
>> execution for an active VM trigger a general protection fault and crash the
>> host?
>
> Refuse to re-try initialization if SNP is not already initialized for
> SNP_CONFIG.
>
> This is technically an ABI break: before if SNP initialization failed it
> could be transparently retriggered by this ioctl, and if no VMs were
> running, everything worked fine. Hopefully this is enough of a corner case
> that nobody will notice, but someone does, there are a few options:
>
> * do something like symbol_get() for kvm and refuse to initialize if KVM is
> loaded
> * check each cpu's HSAVE_PA for non-zero data before re-initializing
> * once initialization has failed, continue to refuse to initialize until
> the ccp module is unloaded
>
> Fixes: ceac7fb89e8d ("crypto: ccp - Ensure implicit SEV/SNP init and shutdown in ioctls")
> Reported-by: Sashiko
> Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
> Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260324161301.1353976-1-tycho%40kernel.org
> CC: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen (AMD) <tycho@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c | 33 ++++-----------------------------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> index ad6c2525a305..7c4dd57fabb9 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> @@ -1727,21 +1727,6 @@ static int sev_move_to_init_state(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp, bool *shutdown_req
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static int snp_move_to_init_state(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp, bool *shutdown_required)
> -{
> - int error, rc;
> -
> - rc = __sev_snp_init_locked(&error, 0);
> - if (rc) {
> - argp->error = SEV_RET_INVALID_PLATFORM_STATE;
> - return rc;
> - }
> -
> - *shutdown_required = true;
> -
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static int sev_ioctl_do_reset(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp, bool writable)
> {
> int state, rc;
> @@ -2451,8 +2436,6 @@ static int sev_ioctl_do_snp_set_config(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp, bool writable
> {
> struct sev_device *sev = psp_master->sev_data;
> struct sev_user_data_snp_config config;
> - bool shutdown_required = false;
> - int ret, error;
>
> if (!argp->data)
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -2460,21 +2443,13 @@ static int sev_ioctl_do_snp_set_config(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp, bool writable
> if (!writable)
> return -EPERM;
>
> + if (!sev->snp_initialized)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> if (copy_from_user(&config, (void __user *)argp->data, sizeof(config)))
> return -EFAULT;
>
> - if (!sev->snp_initialized) {
> - ret = snp_move_to_init_state(argp, &shutdown_required);
> - if (ret)
> - return ret;
> - }
> -
> - ret = __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_SNP_CONFIG, &config, &argp->error);
> -
> - if (shutdown_required)
> - __sev_snp_shutdown_locked(&error, false);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_SNP_CONFIG, &config, &argp->error);
> }
>
> static int sev_ioctl_do_snp_vlek_load(struct sev_issue_cmd *argp, bool writable)