linux-kernel - [PATCH 12/13] KVM: x86/MMU: Require reboot permission to disable NX hugepages

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Message-Id: <20220310164532.1821490-13-bgardon@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 10 Mar 2022 08:45:31 -0800
From:   Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        David Dunn <daviddunn@...gle.com>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>,
        Junaid Shahid <junaids@...gle.com>,
        Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/13] KVM: x86/MMU: Require reboot permission to disable NX hugepages

Ensure that the userspace actor attempting to disable NX hugepages has
permission to reboot the system. Since disabling NX hugepages would
allow a guest to crash the system, it is similar to reboot permissions.

This approach is the simplest permission gating, but passing a file
descriptor opened for write for the module parameter would also work
well and be more precise.
The latter approach was suggested by Sean Christopherson.

Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Gardon <bgardon@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 74351cbb9b5b..995f30667619 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4256,7 +4256,6 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 	case KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES:
 	case KVM_CAP_VAPIC:
 	case KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP:
-	case KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES:
 		r = 1;
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL:
@@ -4359,6 +4358,14 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 	case KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2:
 		r = KVM_X86_VALID_QUIRKS;
 		break;
+	case KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES:
+		/*
+		 * Since the risk of disabling NX hugepages is a guest crashing
+		 * the system, ensure the userspace process has permission to
+		 * reboot the system.
+		 */
+		r = capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT);
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -6050,6 +6057,15 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
 		mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES:
+		/*
+		 * Since the risk of disabling NX hugepages is a guest crashing
+		 * the system, ensure the userspace process has permission to
+		 * reboot the system.
+		 */
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_BOOT)) {
+			r = -EPERM;
+			break;
+		}
 		kvm->arch.disable_nx_huge_pages = true;
 		kvm_update_nx_huge_pages(kvm);
 		r = 0;
-- 
2.35.1.616.g0bdcbb4464-goog