[PATCH 2/4] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix radix guest SLB side channel

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 17:28:07 AEDT 2021


The slbmte instruction is legal in radix mode, including radix guest
mode. This means radix guests can load the SLB with arbitrary data.

KVM host does not clear the SLB when exiting a guest if it was a
radix guest, which would allow a rogue radix guest to use the SLB as
a side channel to communicate with other guests.

Fix this by ensuring the SLB is cleared when coming out of a radix
guest. Only the first 4 entries are a concern, because radix guests
always run with LPCR[UPRT]=1, which limits the reach of slbmte. slbia
is not used (except in a non-performance-critical path) because it
can clear cached translations.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
index d5a9b57ec129..0e1f5bf168a1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
@@ -1157,6 +1157,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kvmhv_vcpu_entry_p9)
 	mr	r4, r3
 	b	fast_guest_entry_c
 guest_exit_short_path:
+	/*
+	 * Malicious or buggy radix guests may have inserted SLB entries
+	 * (only 0..3 because radix always runs with UPRT=1), so these must
+	 * be cleared here to avoid side-channels. slbmte is used rather
+	 * than slbia, as it won't clear cached translations.
+	 */
+	li	r0,0
+	slbmte	r0,r0
+	li	r4,1
+	slbmte	r0,r4
+	li	r4,2
+	slbmte	r0,r4
+	li	r4,3
+	slbmte	r0,r4
 
 	li	r0, KVM_GUEST_MODE_NONE
 	stb	r0, HSTATE_IN_GUEST(r13)
@@ -1469,7 +1483,7 @@ guest_exit_cont:		/* r9 = vcpu, r12 = trap, r13 = paca */
 	lbz	r0, KVM_RADIX(r5)
 	li	r5, 0
 	cmpwi	r0, 0
-	bne	3f			/* for radix, save 0 entries */
+	bne	0f			/* for radix, save 0 entries */
 	lwz	r0,VCPU_SLB_NR(r9)	/* number of entries in SLB */
 	mtctr	r0
 	li	r6,0
@@ -1490,12 +1504,9 @@ guest_exit_cont:		/* r9 = vcpu, r12 = trap, r13 = paca */
 	slbmte	r0,r0
 	slbia
 	ptesync
-3:	stw	r5,VCPU_SLB_MAX(r9)
+	stw	r5,VCPU_SLB_MAX(r9)
 
 	/* load host SLB entries */
-BEGIN_MMU_FTR_SECTION
-	b	0f
-END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX)
 	ld	r8,PACA_SLBSHADOWPTR(r13)
 
 	.rept	SLB_NUM_BOLTED
@@ -1508,7 +1519,17 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX)
 	slbmte	r6,r5
 1:	addi	r8,r8,16
 	.endr
-0:
+	b	guest_bypass
+
+0:	/* Sanitise radix guest SLB, see guest_exit_short_path comment. */
+	li	r0,0
+	slbmte	r0,r0
+	li	r4,1
+	slbmte	r0,r4
+	li	r4,2
+	slbmte	r0,r4
+	li	r4,3
+	slbmte	r0,r4
 
 guest_bypass:
 	stw	r12, STACK_SLOT_TRAP(r1)
@@ -3302,12 +3323,14 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFCLR(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)
 	mtspr	SPRN_CIABR, r0
 	mtspr	SPRN_DAWRX0, r0
 
+	/* Clear hash and radix guest SLB, see guest_exit_short_path comment. */
+	slbmte	r0, r0
+	slbia
+
 BEGIN_MMU_FTR_SECTION
 	b	4f
 END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX)
 
-	slbmte	r0, r0
-	slbia
 	ptesync
 	ld	r8, PACA_SLBSHADOWPTR(r13)
 	.rept	SLB_NUM_BOLTED
-- 
2.23.0



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