linux-kernel - [PATCH v16 20/51] KVM: x86: Emulate SSP[63:32]!=0 #GP(0) for FAR JMP to 32-bit mode

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Message-ID: <20250919223258.1604852-21-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:27 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>, 
	John Allen <john.allen@....com>, Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, 
	Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>, Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, 
	Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@...ux.intel.com>, Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
Subject: [PATCH v16 20/51] KVM: x86: Emulate SSP[63:32]!=0 #GP(0) for FAR JMP
 to 32-bit mode

Emulate the Shadow Stack restriction that the current SSP must be a 32-bit
value on a FAR JMP from 64-bit mode to compatibility mode.  From the SDM's
pseudocode for FAR JMP:

  IF ShadowStackEnabled(CPL)
    IF (IA32_EFER.LMA and DEST(segment selector).L) = 0
      (* If target is legacy or compatibility mode then the SSP must be in low 4GB *)
      IF (SSP & 0xFFFFFFFF00000000 != 0); THEN
        #GP(0);
      FI;
    FI;
  FI;

Note, only the current CPL needs to be considered, as FAR JMP can't be
used for inter-privilege level transfers, and KVM rejects emulation of all
other far branch instructions when Shadow Stacks are enabled.

To give the emulator access to GUEST_SSP, special case handling
MSR_KVM_INTERNAL_GUEST_SSP in emulator_get_msr() to treat the access as a
host access (KVM doesn't allow guest accesses to internal "MSRs").  The
->get_msr() API is only used for implicit accesses from the emulator, i.e.
is only used with hardcoded MSR indices, and so any access to
MSR_KVM_INTERNAL_GUEST_SSP is guaranteed to be from KVM, i.e. not from the
guest via RDMSR.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c     |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index dc0249929cbf..5c5fb6a6f7f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1605,6 +1605,37 @@ static int write_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	return linear_write_system(ctxt, addr, desc, sizeof(*desc));
 }
 
+static bool emulator_is_ssp_invalid(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, u8 cpl)
+{
+	const u32 MSR_IA32_X_CET = cpl == 3 ? MSR_IA32_U_CET : MSR_IA32_S_CET;
+	u64 efer = 0, cet = 0, ssp = 0;
+
+	if (!(ctxt->ops->get_cr(ctxt, 4) & X86_CR4_CET))
+		return false;
+
+	if (ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_EFER, &efer))
+		return true;
+
+	/* SSP is guaranteed to be valid if the vCPU was already in 32-bit mode. */
+	if (!(efer & EFER_LMA))
+		return false;
+
+	if (ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_IA32_X_CET, &cet))
+		return true;
+
+	if (!(cet & CET_SHSTK_EN))
+		return false;
+
+	if (ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_KVM_INTERNAL_GUEST_SSP, &ssp))
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * On transfer from 64-bit mode to compatibility mode, SSP[63:32] must
+	 * be 0, i.e. SSP must be a 32-bit value outside of 64-bit mode.
+	 */
+	return ssp >> 32;
+}
+
 static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 				     u16 selector, int seg, u8 cpl,
 				     enum x86_transfer_type transfer,
@@ -1745,6 +1776,10 @@ static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			if (efer & EFER_LMA)
 				goto exception;
 		}
+		if (!seg_desc.l && emulator_is_ssp_invalid(ctxt, cpl)) {
+			err_code = 0;
+			goto exception;
+		}
 
 		/* CS(RPL) <- CPL */
 		selector = (selector & 0xfffc) | cpl;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0c060e506f9d..40596fc5142e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8741,6 +8741,15 @@ static int emulator_set_msr_with_filter(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 static int emulator_get_msr(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			    u32 msr_index, u64 *pdata)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Treat emulator accesses to the current shadow stack pointer as host-
+	 * initiated, as they aren't true MSR accesses (SSP is a "just a reg"),
+	 * and this API is used only for implicit accesses, i.e. not RDMSR, and
+	 * so the index is fully KVM-controlled.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(msr_index == MSR_KVM_INTERNAL_GUEST_SSP))
+		return kvm_msr_read(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt), msr_index, pdata);
+
 	return __kvm_emulate_msr_read(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt), msr_index, pdata);
 }
 
-- 
2.51.0.470.ga7dc726c21-goog