Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: nVMX: Fix memory corruption when using VMCS shadowing

When freeing the nested resources of a vcpu, there is an assumption that
the vcpu's vmcs01 is the current VMCS on the CPU that executes
nested_release_vmcs12(). If this assumption is violated, the vcpu's
vmcs01 may be made active on multiple CPUs at the same time, in
violation of Intel's specification. Moreover, since the vcpu's vmcs01 is
not VMCLEARed on every CPU on which it is active, it can linger in a
CPU's VMCS cache after it has been freed and potentially
repurposed. Subsequent eviction from the CPU's VMCS cache on a capacity
miss can result in memory corruption.

It is not sufficient for vmx_free_vcpu() to call vmx_load_vmcs01(). If
the vcpu in question was last loaded on a different CPU, it must be
migrated to the current CPU before calling vmx_load_vmcs01().

Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <redacted>

---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c  | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 003618e..afb1ab3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c

@@ -8855,6 +8855,22 @@ static void vmx_load_vmcs01(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	put_cpu();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Ensure that the current vmcs of the logical processor is the
+ * vmcs01 of the vcpu before calling free_nested().
+ */
+static void vmx_free_vcpu_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+       struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+       int r;
+
+       r = vcpu_load(vcpu);
+       BUG_ON(r);
+       vmx_load_vmcs01(vcpu);
+       free_nested(vmx);
+       vcpu_put(vcpu);
+}
+
 static void vmx_free_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);

@@ -8863,8 +8879,7 @@ static void vmx_free_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vmx_destroy_pml_buffer(vmx);
 	free_vpid(vmx->vpid);
 	leave_guest_mode(vcpu);
-	vmx_load_vmcs01(vcpu);
-	free_nested(vmx);
+	vmx_free_vcpu_nested(vcpu);
 	free_loaded_vmcs(vmx->loaded_vmcs);
 	kfree(vmx->guest_msrs);
 	kvm_vcpu_uninit(vcpu);

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 48bd520..dd25346 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c

@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ int vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	put_cpu();
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vcpu_load);
 
 void vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {

@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ void vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	preempt_enable();
 	mutex_unlock(&vcpu->mutex);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vcpu_put);
 
 static void ack_flush(void *_completed)
 {
--

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