Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] KVM: VMX: Handle vectoring error in check_emulate_instruction

[Ivan Orlov]

On 12/18/24 18:39, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> I definitely think it's worth explaining that moving the detection covers new
> emulation cases, and also calling out that handle_ept_misconfig() consults
> vmx_check_emulate_instruction(), i.e. that moving the detection shouldn't
> affect KVM's overall handlng of EPT Misconfig.
>
> --
>
> Move handling of emulation during event vectoring, which KVM doesn't
> support, into VMX's check_emulate_instruction(), so that KVM detects
> all unsupported emulation, not just cached emulated MMIO (EPT misconfig).
> E.g. on emulated MMIO that isn't cached (EPT Violation) or occurs with
> legacy shadow paging (#PF).
>
> Rejecting emulation on other sources of emulation also fixes a largely
> theoretical flaw (thanks to the "unprotect and retry" logic), where KVM
> could incorrectly inject a #DF:
>
>    1. CPU executes an instruction and hits a #GP
>    2. While vectoring the #GP, a shadow #PF occurs
>    3. On the #PF VM-Exit, KVM re-injects #GP
>    4. KVM emulates because of the write-protected page
>    5. KVM "successfully" emulates and also detects the #GP
>    6. KVM synthesizes a #GP, and since #GP has already been injected,
>       incorrectly escalates to a #DF.
>
> Fix the comment about EMULTYPE_PF as this flag doesn't necessarily
> mean MMIO anymore: it can also be set due to the write protection
> violation.
>
> Note, handle_ept_misconfig() checks vmx_check_emulate_instruction() before
> attempting emulation of any kind.

Yeah, I thought that covering the change in non-cacheable MMIO / shadow 
paged #PF handling, but forgot to include it into the commit message :( 
Could you please fix the message when applying? The message you 
suggested looks good to me.

Thanks!

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Kind regards,
Ivan Orlov