Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/sev-es: Allow copy_from_kernel_nofault in earlier boot

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023, Adam Dunlap wrote:
> Previously, if copy_from_kernel_nofault was called before
> boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits was set up, then it would trigger undefined
> behavior due to a shift by 64. This ended up causing boot failures in
> the latest version of ubuntu2204 in the gcp project when using SEV-SNP.
> Specifically, this function is called during an early #VC handler which
> is triggered by a cpuid to check if nx is implemented.

Why not stuff boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits to a "default" value that is guaranteed
to be accurate (or at least safe) for the purposes of the early boot code.  I.e.
set it to 48 for 64-bit kernels.

That'd avoid the extra conditional, and would avoid laying whack-a-mole with
anything else that consumes x86_virt_bits.

> Fixes: 1aa9aa8ee517 ("x86/sev-es: Setup GHCB-based boot #VC handler")
> Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Dunlap <acdunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/maccess.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c b/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c
> index 5a53c2cc169c..6993f026adec 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/maccess.c
> @@ -9,12 +9,21 @@ bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *unsafe_src, size_t size)
>  	unsigned long vaddr = (unsigned long)unsafe_src;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Range covering the highest possible canonical userspace address
> -	 * as well as non-canonical address range. For the canonical range
> -	 * we also need to include the userspace guard page.
> +	 * Do not allow userspace addresses.  This disallows
> +	 * normal userspace and the userspace guard page:
>  	 */
> -	return vaddr >= TASK_SIZE_MAX + PAGE_SIZE &&
> -	       __is_canonical_address(vaddr, boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits);
> +	if (vaddr < TASK_SIZE_MAX + PAGE_SIZE)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Allow everything during early boot before 'x86_virt_bits'
> +	 * is initialized.  Needed for instruction decoding in early
> +	 * exception handlers.
> +	 */
> +	if (!boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits)
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return __is_canonical_address(vaddr, boot_cpu_data.x86_virt_bits);
>  }
>  #else
>  bool copy_from_kernel_nofault_allowed(const void *unsafe_src, size_t size)
> -- 
> 2.42.0.283.g2d96d420d3-goog
>