The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 112022bdb5bc372e00e6e43cb88ee38ea67b97bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Sean Christopherson seanjc@google.com Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:56:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as used (not reserved) for all !TDP shadow MMUs

Mark NX as being used for all non-nested shadow MMUs, as KVM will set the NX bit for huge SPTEs if the iTLB mutli-hit mitigation is enabled. Checking the mitigation itself is not sufficient as it can be toggled on at any time and KVM doesn't reset MMU contexts when that happens. KVM could reset the contexts, but that would require purging all SPTEs in all MMUs, for no real benefit. And, KVM already forces EFER.NX=1 when TDP is disabled (for WP=0, SMEP=1, NX=0), so technically NX is never reserved for shadow MMUs.

Fixes: b8e8c8303ff2 ("kvm: mmu: ITLB_MULTIHIT mitigation") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson seanjc@google.com Message-Id: 20210622175739.3610207-3-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini pbonzini@redhat.com

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c index b3be690d081a..444e068e6ad9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c @@ -4221,7 +4221,15 @@ static inline u64 reserved_hpa_bits(void) void reset_shadow_zero_bits_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context) { - bool uses_nx = context->nx || + /* + * KVM uses NX when TDP is disabled to handle a variety of scenarios, + * notably for huge SPTEs if iTLB multi-hit mitigation is enabled and + * to generate correct permissions for CR0.WP=0/CR4.SMEP=1/EFER.NX=0. + * The iTLB multi-hit workaround can be toggled at any time, so assume + * NX can be used by any non-nested shadow MMU to avoid having to reset + * MMU contexts. Note, KVM forces EFER.NX=1 when TDP is disabled. + */ + bool uses_nx = context->nx || !tdp_enabled || context->mmu_role.base.smep_andnot_wp; struct rsvd_bits_validate *shadow_zero_check; int i;