linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] x86/hyperv: Block root partition functionality in a Confidential VM

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Message-Id: <1678894453-95392-1-git-send-email-mikelley@microsoft.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:34:13 -0700
From:   Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org, decui@...rosoft.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mikelley@...rosoft.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] x86/hyperv: Block root partition functionality in a Confidential VM

Hyper-V should never specify a VM that is a Confidential VM and also
running in the root partition.  Nonetheless, explicitly block such a
combination to guard against a compromised Hyper-V maliciously trying to
exploit root partition functionality in a Confidential VM to expose
Confidential VM secrets. No known bug is being fixed, but the attack
surface for Confidential VMs on Hyper-V is reduced.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
index ff348eb..ac630ec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
@@ -356,12 +356,16 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void)
 	 * To mirror what Windows does we should extract CPU management
 	 * features and use the ReservedIdentityBit to detect if Linux is the
 	 * root partition. But that requires negotiating CPU management
-	 * interface (a process to be finalized).
+	 * interface (a process to be finalized). For now, use the privilege
+	 * flag as the indicator for running as root.
 	 *
-	 * For now, use the privilege flag as the indicator for running as
-	 * root.
+	 * Hyper-V should never specify running as root and as a Confidential
+	 * VM. But to protect against a compromised/malicious Hyper-V trying
+	 * to exploit root behavior to expose Confidential VM memory, ignore
+	 * the root partition setting if also a Confidential VM.
 	 */
-	if (cpuid_ebx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES) & HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT) {
+	if ((ms_hyperv.priv_high & HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT) &&
+	    !(ms_hyperv.priv_high & HV_ISOLATION)) {
 		hv_root_partition = true;
 		pr_info("Hyper-V: running as root partition\n");
 	}
-- 
1.8.3.1