linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V16 2/8] KVM: arm64: Prevent guest accesses into BRBE system registers/instructions

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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:15:47 +0000
From: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 will@...nel.org, catalin.marinas@....com, mark.rutland@....com
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
 linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
 James Morse <james.morse@....com>, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH V16 2/8] KVM: arm64: Prevent guest accesses into BRBE
 system registers/instructions

On 25/01/2024 09:41, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> Currently BRBE feature is not supported in a guest environment. This hides
> BRBE feature availability via masking ID_AA64DFR0_EL1.BRBE field. This also
> blocks guest accesses into BRBE system registers and instructions as if the
> underlying hardware never implemented FEAT_BRBE feature.
> 
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
> Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@....com>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Cc: kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> ---
> Changes in V16:
> 
> - Added BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1 macro for corresponding BRB_[INF|SRC|TGT] expansion
> 
>   arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index 30253bd19917..6a06dc2f0c06 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -1304,6 +1304,11 @@ static int set_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r,
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> +#define BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(n)					\
> +	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBINF##n##_EL1), undef_access },	\
> +	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBSRC##n##_EL1), undef_access },	\
> +	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBTGT##n##_EL1), undef_access }		\
> +
>   /* Silly macro to expand the DBG{BCR,BVR,WVR,WCR}n_EL1 registers in one go */
>   #define DBG_BCR_BVR_WCR_WVR_EL1(n)					\
>   	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_DBGBVRn_EL1(n)),					\
> @@ -1707,6 +1712,9 @@ static u64 read_sanitised_id_aa64dfr0_el1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>   	/* Hide SPE from guests */
>   	val &= ~ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMSVer_MASK;
>   
> +	/* Hide BRBE from guests */
> +	val &= ~ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_BRBE_MASK;
> +
>   	return val;
>   }
>   
> @@ -2195,6 +2203,8 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc sys_reg_descs[] = {
>   	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_DC_CISW), access_dcsw },
>   	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_DC_CIGSW), access_dcgsw },
>   	{ SYS_DESC(SYS_DC_CIGDSW), access_dcgsw },
> +	{ SYS_DESC(OP_BRB_IALL), undef_access },
> +	{ SYS_DESC(OP_BRB_INJ), undef_access },
>   

heads up: This may conflict with Marc's patches to move the sys 
instructions to a separate table. But otherwise, looks good to me.


Suzuki