Re: [PATCH] x86/hyperv/vtl: Replace real_mode_header only under Hyper-V

[Saurabh Singh Sengar]

On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 12:26:10PM +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> Booting a CONFIG_HYPERV_VTL_MODE=y enabled kernel on bare metal or a
> non-Hyper-V hypervisor leads to serve memory corruption as

FWIW, CONFIG_HYPERV_VTL_MODE is not expected to be enabled for non VTL
platforms. Referring Kconfig documentation:
"A kernel built with this option must run at VTL2, and will not run as
a normal guest."

- Saurabh

> hv_vtl_early_init() will run even though hv_vtl_init_platform() did not.
> This skips no-oping the 'realmode_reserve' and 'realmode_init' platform
> hooks, making init_real_mode() -> setup_real_mode() try to copy
> 'real_mode_blob' over 'real_mode_header' which we set to the stub
> 'hv_vtl_real_mode_header'. However, as 'real_mode_blob' isn't just a
> 'struct real_mode_header' -- it's the complete code! -- copying it over
> 'hv_vtl_real_mode_header' will corrupt quite some memory following it.
> 
> The real cause for this erroneous behaviour is that hv_vtl_early_init()
> blindly assumes the kernel is running on Hyper-V, which it may not.
> 
> Fix this by making sure the code only replaces the real mode header with
> the stub one iff the kernel is running under Hyper-V.
> 
> Fixes: 3be1bc2fe9d2 ("x86/hyperv: VTL support for Hyper-V")
> Cc: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c
> index 57df7821d66c..54c06f4b8b4c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #include <asm/desc.h>
>  #include <asm/i8259.h>
>  #include <asm/mshyperv.h>
> +#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
>  #include <asm/realmode.h>
>  
>  extern struct boot_params boot_params;
> @@ -214,6 +215,9 @@ static int hv_vtl_wakeup_secondary_cpu(int apicid, unsigned long start_eip)
>  
>  static int __init hv_vtl_early_init(void)
>  {
> +	if (!hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_MS_HYPERV))
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * `boot_cpu_has` returns the runtime feature support,
>  	 * and here is the earliest it can be used.
> -- 
> 2.30.2
>