Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] nSVM: use svm->nested.save to load vmcb12 registers and avoid TOC/TOU races
From: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito
Date: Tue Sep 14 2021 - 04:20:42 EST
On 12/09/2021 12:42, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
- if (!nested_vmcb_valid_sregs(vcpu, &vmcb12->save) ||
+ if (!nested_vmcb_valid_sregs(vcpu, &svm->nested.save) ||
!nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu, &svm->nested.ctl)) {
If you use a different struct for the copied fields, then it makes
sense IMHO to drop the 'control' parameter from nested_vmcb_check_controls,
and just use the svm->nested.save there directly.
Ok, what you say in patch 2 makes sense to me. I can create a new struct
vmcb_save_area_cached, but I need to keep nested.ctl because 1) it is
used also elsewhere, and different fields from the one checked here are
read/set and 2) using another structure (or the same
vmcb_save_area_cached) in its place would just duplicate the same fields
of nested.ctl, creating even more confusion and possible inconsistency.
Let me know if you disagree.
Thank you,
Emanuele