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    KVM: x86/vmx: Do not skip segment attributes if unusable bit is set · a44b3316
    Hendrik Borghorst authored
    When serializing and deserializing kvm_sregs, attributes of the segment
    descriptors are stored by user space. For unusable segments,
    vmx_segment_access_rights skips all attributes and sets them to 0.
    
    This means we zero out the DPL (Descriptor Privilege Level) for unusable
    entries.
    
    Unusable segments are - contrary to their name - usable in 64bit mode and
    are used by guests to for example create a linear map through the
    NULL selector.
    
    VMENTER checks if SS.DPL is correct depending on the CS segment type.
    For types 9 (Execute Only) and 11 (Execute Read), CS.DPL must be equal to
    SS.DPL [1].
    
    We have seen real world guests setting CS to a usable segment with DPL=3
    and SS to an unusable segment with DPL=3. Once we go through an sregs
    get/set cycle, SS.DPL turns to 0. This causes the virtual machine to crash
    reproducibly.
    
    This commit changes the attribute logic to always preserve attributes for
    unusable segments. According to [2] SS.DPL is always saved on VM exits,
    regardless of the unusable bit so user space applications should have saved
    the information on serialization correctly.
    
    [3] specifies that besides SS.DPL the rest of the attributes of the
    descriptors are undefined after VM entry if unusable bit is set. So, there
    should be no harm in setting them all to the previous state.
    
    [1] Intel SDM Vol 3C 26.3.1.2 Checks on Guest Segment Registers
    [2] Intel SDM Vol 3C 27.3.2 Saving Segment Registers and Descriptor-Table
    Registers
    [3] Intel SDM Vol 3C 26.3.2.2 Loading Guest Segment Registers and
    Descriptor-Table Registers
    
    Cc: Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.de>
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHendrik Borghorst <hborghor@amazon.de>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarAlexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>
    Message-Id: <20221114164823.69555-1-hborghor@amazon.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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