[PATCH v2 1/2] x86/xen: don't write ptes directly in 32-bit PV guests

From: Juergen Gross
Date: Tue Aug 21 2018 - 11:38:09 EST


In some cases 32-bit PAE PV guests still write PTEs directly instead of
using hypercalls. This is especially bad when clearing a PTE as this is
done via 32-bit writes which will produce intermediate L1TF attackable
PTEs.

Change the code to use hypercalls instead.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
index 9e7012858420..9396b4d17064 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c
@@ -434,14 +434,13 @@ static void xen_set_pud(pud_t *ptr, pud_t val)
static void xen_set_pte_atomic(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
{
trace_xen_mmu_set_pte_atomic(ptep, pte);
- set_64bit((u64 *)ptep, native_pte_val(pte));
+ __xen_set_pte(ptep, pte);
}

static void xen_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
{
trace_xen_mmu_pte_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
- if (!xen_batched_set_pte(ptep, native_make_pte(0)))
- native_pte_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
+ __xen_set_pte(ptep, native_make_pte(0));
}

static void xen_pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmdp)
@@ -1569,7 +1568,7 @@ static void __init xen_set_pte_init(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
pte = __pte_ma(((pte_val_ma(*ptep) & _PAGE_RW) | ~_PAGE_RW) &
pte_val_ma(pte));
#endif
- native_set_pte(ptep, pte);
+ __xen_set_pte(ptep, pte);
}

/* Early in boot, while setting up the initial pagetable, assume
--
2.13.7