Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/tdx: Fix race between set_memory_encrypted() and load_unaligned_zeropad()

From: Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Date: Thu May 25 2023 - 19:40:09 EST


Hi,

On 5/25/23 3:58 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Touching privately mapped GPA that is not properly converted to private
> with MapGPA and accepted leads to unrecoverable exit to VMM.
>
> load_unaligned_zeropad() can touch memory that is not owned by the
> caller, but just happened to next after the owned memory.
> This load_unaligned_zeropad() behaviour makes it important when kernel
> asks VMM to convert a GPA from shared to private or back. Kernel must
> never have a page mapped into direct mapping (and aliases) as private
> when the GPA is already converted to shared or when GPA is not yet
> converted to private.
>
> guest.enc_status_change_prepare() called before adjusting direct mapping
> and therefore it is responsible for converting the memory to private.
>
> guest.enc_tlb_flush_required() called after adjusting direct mapping and
> it converts the memory to shared.

Do you mean .enc_status_change_finish() here? Isn't enc_tlb_flush_required()
called before adjusting the mapping?

>
> It is okay to have a shared mapping of memory that is not converted
> properly. handle_mmio() knows how to deal with load_unaligned_zeropad()
> stepping on it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 7dbde7631629 ("x86/mm/cpa: Add support for TDX shared memory")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> index e146b599260f..84525df750d4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> @@ -840,6 +840,30 @@ static bool tdx_enc_status_changed(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages, bool enc)
> return true;
> }
>
> +static bool tdx_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
> + bool enc)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Only handle shared->private conversion here.
> + * See the comment in tdx_early_init().
> + */
> + if (enc)
> + return tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc);
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +static bool tdx_enc_status_change_finish(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
> + bool enc)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Only handle private->shared conversion here.
> + * See the comment in tdx_early_init().
> + */
> + if (!enc)
> + return tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc);
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> void __init tdx_early_init(void)
> {
> u64 cc_mask;
> @@ -867,9 +891,35 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
> */
> physical_mask &= cc_mask - 1;
>
> - x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required = tdx_cache_flush_required;
> - x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
> - x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish = tdx_enc_status_changed;
> + /*
> + * Touching privately mapped GPA that is not properly converted to
> + * private with MapGPA and accepted leads to unrecoverable exit
> + * to VMM.
> + *
> + * load_unaligned_zeropad() can touch memory that is not owned by
> + * the caller, but just happened to next after the owned memory.
> + * This load_unaligned_zeropad() behaviour makes it important when
> + * kernel asks VMM to convert a GPA from shared to private or back.
> + * Kernel must never have a page mapped into direct mapping (and
> + * aliases) as private when the GPA is already converted to shared or
> + * when GPA is not yet converted to private.
> + *
> + * guest.enc_status_change_prepare() called before adjusting direct
> + * mapping and therefore it is responsible for converting the memory
> + * to private.
> + *
> + * guest.enc_tlb_flush_required() called after adjusting direct mapping
> + * and it converts the memory to shared.

Same as above. Is it .enc_status_change_finish() here?

> + *
> + * It is okay to have a shared mapping of memory that is not converted
> + * properly. handle_mmio() knows how to deal with load_unaligned_zeropad()
> + * stepping on it.
> + */
> + x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_prepare = tdx_enc_status_change_prepare;
> + x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish = tdx_enc_status_change_finish;
> +
> + x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required = tdx_cache_flush_required;
> + x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
>
> pr_info("Guest detected\n");
> }

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer