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x86/sev: Fix kernel crash due to late update to read-only ghcb_version
JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-39439 commit 27d2534 Author: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat <ashwin.kamat@broadcom.com> Date: Wed Nov 29 16:10:29 2023 +0530 x86/sev: Fix kernel crash due to late update to read-only ghcb_version A write-access violation page fault kernel crash was observed while running cpuhotplug LTP testcases on SEV-ES enabled systems. The crash was observed during hotplug, after the CPU was offlined and the process was migrated to different CPU. setup_ghcb() is called again which tries to update ghcb_version in sev_es_negotiate_protocol(). Ideally this is a read_only variable which is initialised during booting. Trying to write it results in a pagefault: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffba556e70 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0003) - permissions violation [ ...] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die_body.cold+0x1a/0x1f ? __die+0x2a/0x35 ? page_fault_oops+0x10c/0x270 ? setup_ghcb+0x71/0x100 ? __x86_return_thunk+0x5/0x6 ? search_exception_tables+0x60/0x70 ? __x86_return_thunk+0x5/0x6 ? fixup_exception+0x27/0x320 ? kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0xa2/0x120 ? __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16a/0x1b0 ? kernel_exc_vmm_communication+0x60/0xb0 ? bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16/0x20 ? do_kern_addr_fault+0x7a/0x90 ? exc_page_fault+0xbd/0x160 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x27/0x30 ? setup_ghcb+0x71/0x100 ? setup_ghcb+0xe/0x100 cpu_init_exception_handling+0x1b9/0x1f0 The fix is to call sev_es_negotiate_protocol() only in the BSP boot phase, and it only needs to be done once in any case. [ mingo: Refined the changelog. ] Fixes: 95d33bf ("x86/sev: Register GHCB memory when SEV-SNP is active") Suggested-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Co-developed-by: Bo Gan <bo.gan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Bo Gan <bo.gan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Ashwin Dayanand Kamat <ashwin.kamat@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Acked-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1701254429-18250-1-git-send-email-kashwindayan@vmware.com Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
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arch/x86/kernel/sev.c

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@@ -1253,10 +1253,6 @@ void setup_ghcb(void)
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if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_STATE_ENCRYPT))
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return;
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/* First make sure the hypervisor talks a supported protocol. */
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if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol())
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sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ);
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/*
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* Check whether the runtime #VC exception handler is active. It uses
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* the per-CPU GHCB page which is set up by sev_es_init_vc_handling().
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return;
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}
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/*
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* Make sure the hypervisor talks a supported protocol.
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* This gets called only in the BSP boot phase.
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*/
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if (!sev_es_negotiate_protocol())
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sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SEV_ES_GEN_REQ);
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/*
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* Clear the boot_ghcb. The first exception comes in before the bss
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* section is cleared.

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