Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Take a u64 when checking for a valid dr7 value

[Randy Dunlap]

On 1/24/20 3:07 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Take a u64 instead of an unsigned long in kvm_dr7_valid() to fix a build
> warning on i386 due to right-shifting a 32-bit value by 32 when checking
> for bits being set in dr7[63:32].
> 
> Alternatively, the warning could be resolved by rewriting the check to
> use an i386-friendly method, but taking a u64 fixes another oddity on
> 32-bit KVM.  Beause KVM implements natural width VMCS fields as u64s to
> avoid layout issues between 32-bit and 64-bit, a devious guest can stuff
> vmcs12->guest_dr7 with a 64-bit value even when both the guest and host
> are 32-bit kernels.  KVM eventually drops vmcs12->guest_dr7[63:32] when
> propagating vmcs12->guest_dr7 to vmcs02, but ideally KVM would not rely
> on that behavior for correctness.
> 
> Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: ecb697d10f70 ("KVM: nVMX: Check GUEST_DR7 on vmentry of nested guests")
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # build-tested

Thanks.

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> index 2d2ff855773b..3624665acee4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_pat_valid(u64 data)
>  	return (data | ((data & 0x0202020202020202ull) << 1)) == data;
>  }
>  
> -static inline bool kvm_dr7_valid(unsigned long data)
> +static inline bool kvm_dr7_valid(u64 data)
>  {
>  	/* Bits [63:32] are reserved */
>  	return !(data >> 32);
> 


-- 
~Randy
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>