Re: [PATCH 7/7] KVM: VMX: Introduce test mode related to EPT violation VE

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu May 16 2024 - 21:40:15 EST


On Wed, May 15, 2024, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, May 07, 2024, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > @@ -5200,6 +5215,9 @@ static int handle_exception_nmi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > if (is_invalid_opcode(intr_info))
> > return handle_ud(vcpu);
> >
> > + if (KVM_BUG_ON(is_ve_fault(intr_info), vcpu->kvm))
> > + return -EIO;
>
> I've hit this three times now when running KVM-Unit-Tests (I'm pretty sure it's
> the EPT test, unsurprisingly). And unless I screwed up my testing, I verified it
> still fires with Isaku's fix[*], though I'm suddenly having problems repro'ing.
>
> I'll update tomorrow as to whether I botched my testing of Isaku's fix, or if
> there's another bug lurking.

*sigh*

AFAICT, I'm hitting a hardware issue. The #VE occurs when the CPU does an A/D
assist on an entry in the L2's PML4 (L2 GPA 0x109fff8). EPT A/D bits are disabled,
and KVM has write-protected the GPA (hooray for shadowing EPT entries). The CPU
tries to write the PML4 entry to do the A/D assist and generates what appears to
be a spurious #VE.

Isaku, please forward this to the necessary folks at Intel. I doubt whatever
is broken will block TDX, but it would be nice to get a root cause so we at least
know whether or not TDX is a ticking time bomb.

A branch with fixes (nested support for PROVE_VE is broken) and debug hooks can
be found here:

https://github.com/sean-jc/linux vmx/prove_ve_fixes

The failing KUT is nVMX's ept_access_test_not_present. It is 100% reproducible
on my system (in isolation and in sequence).

./x86/run x86/vmx.flat -smp 1 -cpu max,host-phys-bits,+vmx -m 2560 -append ept_access_test_not_present

I ruled out KVM TLB flushing bugs by doing a full INVEPT before every entry to L2.

I (more or less) ruled out KVM SPTE bugs by printing the failing translation
before every entry to L2, and adding KVM_MMU_WARN_ON() checks on the paths that
write SPTEs to assert that the SPTE value won't generate a #VE.

I ruled out a completely bogus EPT Violation by simply resuming the guest without
clearing the #VE info's busy field, and verifying by tracepoints that the same
EPT violation occurs (and gets fixed by KVM).

Unless I botched the SPTE printing, which doesn't seem to be the case as the
printed SPTEs match KVM's tracepoints, I'm out of ideas.

Basic system info:

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 106
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8373C CPU @ 2.60GHz
stepping : 6
microcode : 0xd0003b9
cpu MHz : 2600.000
cache size : 55296 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 72
core id : 1
cpu cores : 36
address sizes : 46 bits physical, 57 bits virtual

Relevant addresses printed from the test:

PTE[4] @ 109fff8 = 9fed0007
PTE[3] @ 9fed0ff0 = 9fed1007
PTE[2] @ 9fed1000 = 9fed2007
VA PTE @ 9fed2000 = 8000000007
Created EPT @ 9feca008 = 11d2007
Created EPT @ 11d2000 = 11d3007
Created EPT @ 11d3000 = 11d4007
L1 hva = 40000000, hpa = 40000000, L2 gva = ffffffff80000000, gpa = 8000000000

And the splat from KVM, with extra printing of the exploding translation, and a
dump of the VMCS.

kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x8000000000000000
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x86100040f9e008f7
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x80100040becb6807, spte[3] = 0x80100040911ed807, spte[2] = 0x82100040f9e008f5

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WARNING: CPU: 93 PID: 16309 at arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:5217 handle_exception_nmi+0x418/0x5d0 [kvm_intel]
Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm vfat fat dummy bridge stp llc spidev cdc_ncm cdc_eem cdc_ether usbnet mii xhci_pci xhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd gq(O) sha3_generic [last unloaded: kvm]
CPU: 93 PID: 16309 Comm: qemu Tainted: G S W O 6.9.0-smp--317ea923d74d-vmenter #319
Hardware name: Google Interlaken/interlaken, BIOS 0.20231025.0-0 10/25/2023
RIP: 0010:handle_exception_nmi+0x418/0x5d0 [kvm_intel]
Code: 48 89 75 c8 44 0f 79 75 c8 2e 0f 86 bf 01 00 00 48 89 df be 01 00 00 00 4c 89 fa e8 f2 78 ed ff b8 01 00 00 00 e9 74 ff ff ff <0f> 0b 4c 8b b3 b8 22 00 00 41 8b 36 83 fe 30 74 09 f6 05 5a ac 01
RSP: 0018:ff3c22846acebb38 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ff3c2284dff2c580 RCX: ff3c22845cba9000
RDX: 4813020000000002 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ff3c2284dff2c580
RBP: ff3c22846acebb70 R08: ff3c2284a3b3a180 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000005 R11: ffffffffc0978d80 R12: 0000000080000300
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000080000314 R15: 0000000080000314
FS: 00007fc71fc006c0(0000) GS:ff3c22c2bf880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000012c9fc005 CR4: 0000000000773ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
vmx_handle_exit+0x565/0x7e0 [kvm_intel]
vcpu_run+0x188b/0x22b0 [kvm]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x358/0x680 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4ca/0x5b0 [kvm]
__se_sys_ioctl+0x7b/0xd0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x21/0x30
x64_sys_call+0x15ac/0x2e40
do_syscall_64+0x85/0x160
? clear_bhb_loop+0x45/0xa0
? clear_bhb_loop+0x45/0xa0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7fc7c5e2bfbb
Code: 00 48 89 44 24 18 31 c0 48 8d 44 24 60 c7 04 24 10 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 48 8d 44 24 20 48 89 44 24 10 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <89> c2 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 1c 48 8b 44 24 18 64 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00
RSP: 002b:00007fc71fbffbf0 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000ae80 RCX: 00007fc7c5e2bfbb
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 000000000000ae80 RDI: 000000000000000c
RBP: 000055557d2ef5f0 R08: 00007fc7c600e1c8 R09: 00007fc7c67ab0b0
R10: 0000000000000123 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000000
</TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

kvm_intel: VMCS 0000000034d8de8f, last attempted VM-entry on CPU 93
kvm_intel: *** Guest State ***
kvm_intel: CR0: actual=0x0000000080010031, shadow=0x0000000080010031, gh_mask=fffffffffffefff7
kvm_intel: CR4: actual=0x0000000000002060, shadow=0x0000000000002020, gh_mask=fffffffffffef871
kvm_intel: CR3 = 0x000000000109f000
kvm_intel: PDPTR0 = 0x0000000000000000 PDPTR1 = 0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: PDPTR2 = 0x0000000000000000 PDPTR3 = 0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: RSP = 0x000000009fec6f20 RIP = 0x0000000000410d39
kvm_intel: RFLAGS=0x00010097 DR7 = 0x0000000000000400
kvm_intel: Sysenter RSP=000000009fec8000 CS:RIP=0008:00000000004001d8
kvm_intel: CS: sel=0x0008, attr=0x0a09b, limit=0xffffffff, base=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: DS: sel=0x0010, attr=0x0c093, limit=0xffffffff, base=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: SS: sel=0x0010, attr=0x0c093, limit=0xffffffff, base=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: ES: sel=0x0010, attr=0x0c093, limit=0xffffffff, base=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: FS: sel=0x0010, attr=0x0c093, limit=0xffffffff, base=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: GS: sel=0x0010, attr=0x0c093, limit=0xffffffff, base=0x00000000005390f0
kvm_intel: GDTR: limit=0x0000106f, base=0x000000000042aee0
kvm_intel: LDTR: sel=0x0000, attr=0x00082, limit=0x0000ffff, base=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: IDTR: limit=0x00000fff, base=0x000000000054aa60
kvm_intel: TR: sel=0x0080, attr=0x0008b, limit=0x0000ffff, base=0x00000000005442c0
kvm_intel: EFER= 0x0000000000000500
kvm_intel: PAT = 0x0007040600070406
kvm_intel: DebugCtl = 0x0000000000000000 DebugExceptions = 0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: Interruptibility = 00000000 ActivityState = 00000000
kvm_intel: MSR guest autoload:
kvm_intel: 0: msr=0x00000600 value=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: *** Host State ***
kvm_intel: RIP = 0xffffffffc098e6c0 RSP = 0xff3c22846aceba38
kvm_intel: CS=0010 SS=0018 DS=0000 ES=0000 FS=0000 GS=0000 TR=0040
kvm_intel: FSBase=00007fc71fc006c0 GSBase=ff3c22c2bf880000 TRBase=fffffe5926d88000
kvm_intel: GDTBase=fffffe5926d86000 IDTBase=fffffe0000000000
kvm_intel: CR0=0000000080050033 CR3=000000012c9fc005 CR4=0000000000773ef0
kvm_intel: Sysenter RSP=fffffe5926d88000 CS:RIP=0010:ffffffffb7801fa0
kvm_intel: EFER= 0x0000000000000d01
kvm_intel: PAT = 0x0407050600070106
kvm_intel: MSR host autoload:
kvm_intel: 0: msr=0x00000600 value=0xfffffe5926da0000
kvm_intel: *** Control State ***
kvm_intel: CPUBased=0xa5986dfa SecondaryExec=0x02040462 TertiaryExec=0x0000000000000000
kvm_intel: PinBased=0x0000007f EntryControls=0000d3ff ExitControls=002befff
kvm_intel: ExceptionBitmap=00160042 PFECmask=00000000 PFECmatch=00000000
kvm_intel: VMEntry: intr_info=00000000 errcode=00000000 ilen=00000000
kvm_intel: VMExit: intr_info=80000314 errcode=0000fff8 ilen=00000003
kvm_intel: reason=00000000 qualification=0000000000000000
kvm_intel: IDTVectoring: info=00000000 errcode=00000000
kvm_intel: TSC Offset = 0xffcd4eeccb7b3279
kvm_intel: TSC Multiplier = 0x0001000000000000
kvm_intel: EPT pointer = 0x0000000114fd601e
kvm_intel: PLE Gap=00000000 Window=00000000
kvm_intel: Virtual processor ID = 0x0001
kvm_intel: VE info address = 0x0000000135a04000
kvm_intel: ve_info: 0x00000030 0xffffffff 0x00000000000006ab 0xffffffff80000000 0x000000000109fff8 0x0000

kvm: #VE 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x8010000136b61807, spte[3] = 0x8010000136b60807, spte[2] = 0x82100001950008f5
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x8010000136b61807, spte[3] = 0x8010000136b60807, spte[2] = 0x82100001950008f5
kvm: VM-Enter 109fff8, spte[4] = 0x8010000136b61807, spte[3] = 0x8010000136b60807, spte[2] = 0x80100001b5790807, spte[1] = 0x861000019509f877