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x86/kvm/vmx: do not use vm-exit instruction length for fast MMIO when running nested
I was investigating an issue with seabios >= 1.10 which stopped working for nested KVM on Hyper-V. The problem appears to be in handle_ept_violation() function: when we do fast mmio we need to skip the instruction so we do kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(). This, however, depends on VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN field being set correctly in VMCS. However, this is not the case. Intel's manual doesn't mandate VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN to be set when EPT MISCONFIG occurs. While on real hardware it was observed to be set, some hypervisors follow the spec and don't set it; we end up advancing IP with some random value. I checked with Microsoft and they confirmed they don't fill VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN on EPT MISCONFIG. Fix the issue by doing instruction skip through emulator when running nested. Fixes: 68c3b4d Suggested-by: Radim Krčmář <[email protected]> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <[email protected]> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <[email protected]>
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arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c

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@@ -6577,7 +6577,21 @@ static int handle_ept_misconfig(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
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if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
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!kvm_io_bus_write(vcpu, KVM_FAST_MMIO_BUS, gpa, 0, NULL)) {
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trace_kvm_fast_mmio(gpa);
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return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
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/*
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* Doing kvm_skip_emulated_instruction() depends on undefined
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* behavior: Intel's manual doesn't mandate
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* VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN to be set in VMCS when EPT MISCONFIG
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* occurs and while on real hardware it was observed to be set,
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* other hypervisors (namely Hyper-V) don't set it, we end up
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* advancing IP with some random value. Disable fast mmio when
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* running nested and keep it for real hardware in hope that
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* VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN will always be set correctly.
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*/
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if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
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return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
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else
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return x86_emulate_instruction(vcpu, gpa, EMULTYPE_SKIP,
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NULL, 0) == EMULATE_DONE;
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}
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ret = kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, PFERR_RSVD_MASK, NULL, 0);

arch/x86/kvm/x86.c

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@@ -5773,7 +5773,8 @@ int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
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* handle watchpoints yet, those would be handled in
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* the emulate_ops.
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*/
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if (kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint(vcpu, &r))
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if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_SKIP) &&
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kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint(vcpu, &r))
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return r;
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ctxt->interruptibility = 0;

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