linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/9] KVM: SVM: Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests

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Message-Id: <20220120010719.711476-4-seanjc@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 01:07:13 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/9] KVM: SVM: Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests

Never intercept #GP for SEV guests as reading SEV guest private memory
will return cyphertext, i.e. emulating on #GP can't work as intended.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 85703145eb0a..edea52be6c01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -312,7 +312,11 @@ int svm_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
 				return ret;
 			}
 
-			if (svm_gp_erratum_intercept)
+			/*
+			 * Never intercept #GP for SEV guests, KVM can't
+			 * decrypt guest memory to workaround the erratum.
+			 */
+			if (svm_gp_erratum_intercept && !sev_guest(vcpu->kvm))
 				set_exception_intercept(svm, GP_VECTOR);
 		}
 	}
@@ -1010,9 +1014,10 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * Guest access to VMware backdoor ports could legitimately
 	 * trigger #GP because of TSS I/O permission bitmap.
 	 * We intercept those #GP and allow access to them anyway
-	 * as VMware does.
+	 * as VMware does.  Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests as KVM can't
+	 * decrypt guest memory to decode the faulting instruction.
 	 */
-	if (enable_vmware_backdoor)
+	if (enable_vmware_backdoor && !sev_guest(vcpu->kvm))
 		set_exception_intercept(svm, GP_VECTOR);
 
 	svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_INTR);
-- 
2.34.1.703.g22d0c6ccf7-goog