linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/16] KVM: x86/mmu: Initialize kvm_page

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Message-ID: <6b6f79df-a099-412d-8a84-06692e77f036@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 13:46:40 +1300
From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini
	<pbonzini@...hat.com>
CC: <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Yan Zhao
	<yan.y.zhao@...el.com>, Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>, "Michael
 Roth" <michael.roth@....com>, Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com>, "Chao
 Peng" <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>, Fuad Tabba <tabba@...gle.com>, "David
 Matlack" <dmatlack@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/16] KVM: x86/mmu: Initialize kvm_page_fault's pfn and
 hva to error values



On 28/02/2024 3:41 pm, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Explicitly set "pfn" and "hva" to error values in kvm_mmu_do_page_fault()
> to harden KVM against using "uninitialized" values.  In quotes because the
> fields are actually zero-initialized, and zero is a legal value for both
> page frame numbers and virtual addresses.  E.g. failure to set "pfn" prior
> to creating an SPTE could result in KVM pointing at physical address '0',
> which is far less desirable than KVM generating a SPTE with reserved PA
> bits set and thus effectively killing the VM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
> index 74736d517e74..67e32dec9424 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h
> @@ -307,6 +307,9 @@ static inline int kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
>   		.req_level = PG_LEVEL_4K,
>   		.goal_level = PG_LEVEL_4K,
>   		.is_private = err & PFERR_PRIVATE_ACCESS,
> +
> +		.pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT,
> +		.hva = KVM_HVA_ERR_BAD,
>   	};
>   	int r;
>   

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>