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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 07:57:02 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, decui@...rosoft.com, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com,
        seanjc@...gle.com, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 2/3] x86/tdx: Fix race between set_memory_encrypted()
 and load_unaligned_zeropad()

On 5/29/23 19:57, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 03:10:56PM -0700, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 5/26/23 5:02 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>> Touching privately mapped GPA that is not properly converted to private
>>> with MapGPA and accepted leads to unrecoverable exit to VMM.
>>>
>>> load_unaligned_zeropad() can touch memory that is not owned by the
>>> caller, but just happened to next after the owned memory.
>>
>> /s/to/to be ?
> 
> Yep, my bad.
> 
>>> This load_unaligned_zeropad() behaviour makes it important when kernel
>>> asks VMM to convert a GPA from shared to private or back. Kernel must
>>> never have a page mapped into direct mapping (and aliases) as private
>>> when the GPA is already converted to shared or when GPA is not yet
>>> converted to private.
>>
>> I am wondering whether this issue exist in the AMD code?
>>
>> IMO, you can add some info on the window in set_memory_encrypted()
>> where this race exists.
> 
> I don't think AMD affected by load_unaligned_zeropad() the same way as
> Intel does. But I'm not sure.
> 
> Tom, do you have any comments?

Right, shouldn't be an issue for SNP.

Thanks,
Tom

> 
>>
>>>
>>> guest.enc_status_change_prepare() called before adjusting direct mapping
>>> and therefore it is responsible for converting the memory to private.
>>>
>>> guest.enc_status_change_finish() called after adjusting direct mapping
>>> and it converts the memory to shared.
>>>
>>> It is okay to have a shared mapping of memory that is not converted
>>> properly. handle_mmio() knows how to deal with load_unaligned_zeropad()
>>> stepping on it.
>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
>>> Fixes: 7dbde7631629 ("x86/mm/cpa: Add support for TDX shared memory")
>>> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
>>> ---
>>>   arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>>   1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
>>> index e146b599260f..59cc13e41aa6 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
>>> @@ -840,6 +840,30 @@ static bool tdx_enc_status_changed(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages, bool enc)
>>>   	return true;
>>>   }
>>>   
>>> +static bool tdx_enc_status_change_prepare(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
>>> +					  bool enc)
>>> +{
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Only handle shared->private conversion here.
>>> +	 * See the comment in tdx_early_init().
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (enc)
>>> +		return tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc);
>>> +	return true;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static bool tdx_enc_status_change_finish(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
>>> +					 bool enc)
>>> +{
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Only handle private->shared conversion here.
>>> +	 * See the comment in tdx_early_init().
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (!enc)
>>> +		return tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc);
>>> +	return true;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>   void __init tdx_early_init(void)
>>>   {
>>>   	u64 cc_mask;
>>> @@ -867,9 +891,35 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
>>>   	 */
>>>   	physical_mask &= cc_mask - 1;
>>>   
>>> -	x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required = tdx_cache_flush_required;
>>> -	x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required   = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
>>
>> I think you don't need to change the order here.
> 
> I wanted to emphasise that the comment is for _prepare/_finish callbacks
> and I hoped re-order would help with this.
> 
>>> -	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish = tdx_enc_status_changed;
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Touching privately mapped GPA that is not properly converted to
>>> +	 * private with MapGPA and accepted leads to unrecoverable exit
>>> +	 * to VMM.
>>> +	 *
>>> +	 * load_unaligned_zeropad() can touch memory that is not owned by
>>> +	 * the caller, but just happened to next after the owned memory.
>>> +	 * This load_unaligned_zeropad() behaviour makes it important when
>>> +	 * kernel asks VMM to convert a GPA from shared to private or back.
>>> +	 * Kernel must never have a page mapped into direct mapping (and
>>> +	 * aliases) as private when the GPA is already converted to shared or
>>> +	 * when GPA is not yet converted to private.
>>> +	 *
>>> +	 * guest.enc_status_change_prepare() called before adjusting direct
>>> +	 * mapping and therefore it is responsible for converting the memory
>>> +	 * to private.
>>> +	 *
>>> +	 * guest.enc_status_change_finish() called after adjusting direct
>>> +	 * mapping and it converts the memory to shared.
>>> +	 *
>>> +	 * It is okay to have a shared mapping of memory that is not converted
>>> +	 * properly. handle_mmio() knows how to deal with load_unaligned_zeropad()
>>> +	 * stepping on it.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_prepare = tdx_enc_status_change_prepare;
>>> +	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish  = tdx_enc_status_change_finish;
>>> +
>>> +	x86_platform.guest.enc_cache_flush_required  = tdx_cache_flush_required;
>>> +	x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required    = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
>>>   
>>>   	pr_info("Guest detected\n");
>>>   }
>>
>> -- 
>> Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
>> Linux Kernel Developer
> 

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