linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 21/45] x86/mm: Add support to validate memory when changing C-bit

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Message-ID: <YgVB94suNJLjzalt@zn.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:48:55 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 21/45] x86/mm: Add support to validate memory when
 changing C-bit

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 12:10:15PM -0600, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> The set_memory_{encrypted,decrypted}() are used for changing the pages
> from decrypted (shared) to encrypted (private) and vice versa.
> When SEV-SNP is active, the page state transition needs to go through
> additional steps done by the guest.
> 
> If the page is transitioned from shared to private, then perform the
> following after the encryption attribute is set in the page table:
> 
> 1. Issue the page state change VMGEXIT to add the memory region in
>    the RMP table.
> 2. Validate the memory region after the RMP entry is added.
> 
> To maintain the security guarantees, if the page is transitioned from
> private to shared, then perform the following before encryption attribute
> is removed from the page table:
> 
> 1. Invalidate the page.
> 2. Issue the page state change VMGEXIT to remove the page from RMP table.
> 
> To change the page state in the RMP table, use the Page State Change
> VMGEXIT defined in the GHCB specification.
> 
> The GHCB specification provides the flexibility to use either 4K or 2MB
> page size in during the page state change (PSC) request. For now use the
> 4K page size for all the PSC until RMP page size tracking is supported
> in the kernel.

This commit message sounds familiar because I've read it before - patch
18 - and it looks copied. So I've turned into a simple one which says it
all:

    x86/mm: Validate memory when changing the C-bit

    Add the needed functionality to change pages state from shared
    to private and vice-versa using the Page State Change VMGEXIT as
    documented in the GHCB spec.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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