linux-kernel - [PATCH V5 02/10] KVM: x86/pmu: Return #GP if user sets the GLOBAL

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Date:   Mon, 10 Apr 2023 18:50:48 +0800
From:   Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V5 02/10] KVM: x86/pmu: Return #GP if user sets the GLOBAL_STATUS reserved bits

From: Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>

Return #GP if KVM user space attempts to set a reserved bit for guest.
If the user space sets reserved bits when restoring the MSR_CORE_
PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS register, these bits will be accidentally returned
when the guest runs a read access to this register, and cannot be cleared
up inside the guest, which makes the guest's PMI handler very confused.

Note, reusing global_ovf_ctrl_mask as global_status_mask will be broken
if KVM supports higher versions of Intel arch pmu.

Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index 1f9c3e916a21..343b3182b7f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -399,7 +399,11 @@ static int intel_pmu_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 			reprogram_fixed_counters(pmu, data);
 		break;
 	case MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS:
-		if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
+		/*
+		 * Caution, the assumption here is that some of the bits (such as
+		 * ASCI, CTR_FREEZE, and LBR_FREEZE) are not yet supported by KVM.
+		 */
+		if (!msr_info->host_initiated || (data & pmu->global_ovf_ctrl_mask))
 			return 1; /* RO MSR */
 
 		pmu->global_status = data;
-- 
2.40.0