[PATCH] x86/sev: Update ghcb_version only once

From: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat
Date: Mon Nov 06 2023 - 01:32:57 EST


kernel crash was observed because of page fault, while running
cpuhotplug ltp testcases on SEV-ES enabled systems. The crash was
observed during hotplug after the CPU was offlined and the process
was migrated to different cpu. setup_ghcb() is called again which
tries to update ghcb_version in sev_es_negotiate_protocol(). Ideally this
is a read_only variable which is initialised during booting.
This results in pagefault.

>From logs,
[ 256.447466] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffba556e70
[ 256.447476] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[ 256.447478] #PF: error_code(0x0003) - permissions violation
[ 256.447479] PGD 8000667c0f067 P4D 8000667c0f067 PUD 8000667c10063 PMD 80080006674001e1
[ 256.447483] Oops: 0003 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 256.447487] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 6.1.45-8.ph5 #1-photon
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[ 256.447511] CR2: ffffffffba556e70 CR3: 0008000667c0a004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
[ 256.447514] PKRU: 55555554
[ 256.447515] Call Trace:
[ 256.447516] <TASK>
[ 256.447519] ? __die_body.cold+0x1a/0x1f
[ 256.447526] ? __die+0x2a/0x35
[ 256.447528] ? page_fault_oops+0x10c/0x270
[ 256.447531] ? setup_ghcb+0x71/0x100
[ 256.447533] ? __x86_return_thunk+0x5/0x6
[ 256.447537] ? search_exception_tables+0x60/0x70
[ 256.447541] ? __x86_return_thunk+0x5/0x6
[ 256.447543] ? fixup_exception+0x27/0x320
[ 256.447546] ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0xa2/0x120
[ 256.447549] ? __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16a/0x1b0
[ 256.447551] ? kernel_exc_vmm_communication+0x60/0xb0
[ 256.447556] ? bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16/0x20
[ 256.447558] ? do_kern_addr_fault+0x7a/0x90
[ 256.447560] ? exc_page_fault+0xbd/0x160
[ 256.447563] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30
[ 256.447570] ? setup_ghcb+0x71/0x100
[ 256.447572] ? setup_ghcb+0xe/0x100
[ 256.447574] cpu_init_exception_handling+0x1b9/0x1f0

Fix is to avoid updating the variable after it has been initialised during booting.

Fixes: 95d33bfaa3e1 ("x86/sev: Register GHCB memory when SEV-SNP is active")
Signed-off-by: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat <kashwindayan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Bo Gan <ganb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
index ccb0915e84e1..a447908f2b4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ static bool sev_es_negotiate_protocol(void)
{
u64 val;

+ if (ghcb_version)
+ return true;
+
/* Do the GHCB protocol version negotiation */
sev_es_wr_ghcb_msr(GHCB_MSR_SEV_INFO_REQ);
VMGEXIT();
--
2.39.0