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    KVM: x86/mmu: Drop RWX=0 SPTEs during ept_sync_page() · 9fb35657
    Sean Christopherson authored
    All of sync_page()'s existing checks filter out only !PRESENT gPTE,
    because without execute-only, all upper levels are guaranteed to be at
    least READABLE.  However, if EPT with execute-only support is in use by
    L1, KVM can create an SPTE that is shadow-present but guest-inaccessible
    (RWX=0) if the upper level combined permissions are R (or RW) and
    the leaf EPTE is changed from R (or RW) to X.  Because the EPTE is
    considered present when viewed in isolation, and no reserved bits are set,
    FNAME(prefetch_invalid_gpte) will consider the GPTE valid, and cause a
    not-present SPTE to be created.
    
    The SPTE is "correct": the guest translation is inaccessible because
    the combined protections of all levels yield RWX=0, and KVM will just
    redirect any vmexits to the guest.  If EPT A/D bits are disabled, KVM
    can mistake the SPTE for an access-tracked SPTE, but again such confusion
    isn't fatal, as the "saved" protections are also RWX=0.  However,
    creating a useless SPTE in general means that KVM messed up something,
    even if this particular goof didn't manifest as a functional bug.
    So, drop SPTEs whose new protections will yield a RWX=0 SPTE, and
    add a WARN in make_spte() to detect creation of SPTEs that will
    result in RWX=0 protections.
    
    Fixes: d95c5568 ("kvm: mmu: track read permission explicitly for shadow EPT page tables")
    Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
    Cc: Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
    Message-Id: <20220513195000.99371-2-seanjc@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
    9fb35657
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