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

Fabiano Rosas farosas at linux.ibm.com
Tue Jan 19 12:39:41 AEDT 2021


Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com> writes:

> 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>

Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas at linux.ibm.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


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