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Re: [PATCH] x86/traps: Rework #PF[Rsvd] bit handling



On 18.05.2020 17:38, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> @@ -1439,6 +1418,18 @@ void do_page_fault(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
>      if ( unlikely(fixup_page_fault(addr, regs) != 0) )
>          return;
>  
> +    /*
> +     * Xen have reserved bits in its pagetables, nor do we permit PV guests 
> to
> +     * write any.  Such entries would be vulnerable to the L1TF sidechannel.
> +     *
> +     * The only logic which intentionally sets reserved bits is the shadow
> +     * MMIO fastpath (SH_L1E_MMIO_*), which is careful not to be
> +     * L1TF-vulnerable, and handled via the VMExit #PF intercept path, rather
> +     * than here.

What about SH_L1E_MAGIC and sh_l1e_gnp()? The latter gets used by
_sh_propagate() without visible restriction to HVM.

And of course every time I look at this code I wonder how we can
get away with (quoting a comment) "We store 28 bits of GFN in
bits 4:32 of the entry." Do we have a hidden restriction
somewhere guaranteeing that guests won't have (emulated MMIO)
GFNs above 1Tb when run in shadow mode?

Jan



 


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