linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 14/49] crypto: ccp: Handle the legacy TMR allocation when SNP is enabled

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:10:16 -0500
From:   "Kalra, Ashish" <ashish.kalra@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, vbabka@...e.cz
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        jroedel@...e.de, thomas.lendacky@....com, hpa@...or.com,
        ardb@...nel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, jmattson@...gle.com, luto@...nel.org,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, slp@...hat.com, pgonda@...gle.com,
        peterz@...radead.org, srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com,
        rientjes@...gle.com, dovmurik@...ux.ibm.com, tobin@....com,
        michael.roth@....com, kirill@...temov.name, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, marcorr@...gle.com,
        sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com, alpergun@...gle.com,
        dgilbert@...hat.com, jarkko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 14/49] crypto: ccp: Handle the legacy TMR
 allocation when SNP is enabled

Just to add here, writing to any of these pages from the Host
will trigger a RMP #PF which will cause the RMP page fault handler
to send a SIGBUS to the current process, as this page is not owned
by Host.

So calling memory_failure() is proactively doing the same,
marking the page as poisoned and probably also killing the
current process.

Thanks,
Ashish

On 10/25/2022 5:25 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 03:00:09PM -0500, Kalra, Ashish wrote:
>> If it is "still" accessed/touched then it can cause RMP #PF.
>> On the other hand,
>>
>>   * PG_hwpoison... Accessing is
>>   * not safe since it may cause another machine check. Don't touch!
>>
>> That sounds exactly the state we want these page(s) to be in ?
>>
>> Another possibility is PG_error.
> 
> Something like this:
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> index e66f7aa3191d..baffa9c0dc30 100644
> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ enum pageflags {
>   	 * THP.
>   	 */
>   	PG_has_hwpoisoned = PG_error,
> +	PG_offlimits = PG_hwpoison,
>   #endif
>   
>   	/* non-lru isolated movable page */
> 
> and SNP will have to depend on CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE.
> 
> But I'd let mm folks correct me here on the details.
>