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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/sev.c66
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
index 1f428f401bed..651b81cd648e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
@@ -315,31 +315,44 @@ static enum es_result vc_write_mem(struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt,
u16 d2;
u8 d1;
- /* If instruction ran in kernel mode and the I/O buffer is in kernel space */
- if (!user_mode(ctxt->regs) && !access_ok(target, size)) {
- memcpy(dst, buf, size);
- return ES_OK;
- }
-
+ /*
+ * This function uses __put_user() independent of whether kernel or user
+ * memory is accessed. This works fine because __put_user() does no
+ * sanity checks of the pointer being accessed. All that it does is
+ * to report when the access failed.
+ *
+ * Also, this function runs in atomic context, so __put_user() is not
+ * allowed to sleep. The page-fault handler detects that it is running
+ * in atomic context and will not try to take mmap_sem and handle the
+ * fault, so additional pagefault_enable()/disable() calls are not
+ * needed.
+ *
+ * The access can't be done via copy_to_user() here because
+ * vc_write_mem() must not use string instructions to access unsafe
+ * memory. The reason is that MOVS is emulated by the #VC handler by
+ * splitting the move up into a read and a write and taking a nested #VC
+ * exception on whatever of them is the MMIO access. Using string
+ * instructions here would cause infinite nesting.
+ */
switch (size) {
case 1:
memcpy(&d1, buf, 1);
- if (put_user(d1, target))
+ if (__put_user(d1, target))
goto fault;
break;
case 2:
memcpy(&d2, buf, 2);
- if (put_user(d2, target))
+ if (__put_user(d2, target))
goto fault;
break;
case 4:
memcpy(&d4, buf, 4);
- if (put_user(d4, target))
+ if (__put_user(d4, target))
goto fault;
break;
case 8:
memcpy(&d8, buf, 8);
- if (put_user(d8, target))
+ if (__put_user(d8, target))
goto fault;
break;
default:
@@ -370,30 +383,43 @@ static enum es_result vc_read_mem(struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt,
u16 d2;
u8 d1;
- /* If instruction ran in kernel mode and the I/O buffer is in kernel space */
- if (!user_mode(ctxt->regs) && !access_ok(s, size)) {
- memcpy(buf, src, size);
- return ES_OK;
- }
-
+ /*
+ * This function uses __get_user() independent of whether kernel or user
+ * memory is accessed. This works fine because __get_user() does no
+ * sanity checks of the pointer being accessed. All that it does is
+ * to report when the access failed.
+ *
+ * Also, this function runs in atomic context, so __get_user() is not
+ * allowed to sleep. The page-fault handler detects that it is running
+ * in atomic context and will not try to take mmap_sem and handle the
+ * fault, so additional pagefault_enable()/disable() calls are not
+ * needed.
+ *
+ * The access can't be done via copy_from_user() here because
+ * vc_read_mem() must not use string instructions to access unsafe
+ * memory. The reason is that MOVS is emulated by the #VC handler by
+ * splitting the move up into a read and a write and taking a nested #VC
+ * exception on whatever of them is the MMIO access. Using string
+ * instructions here would cause infinite nesting.
+ */
switch (size) {
case 1:
- if (get_user(d1, s))
+ if (__get_user(d1, s))
goto fault;
memcpy(buf, &d1, 1);
break;
case 2:
- if (get_user(d2, s))
+ if (__get_user(d2, s))
goto fault;
memcpy(buf, &d2, 2);
break;
case 4:
- if (get_user(d4, s))
+ if (__get_user(d4, s))
goto fault;
memcpy(buf, &d4, 4);
break;
case 8:
- if (get_user(d8, s))
+ if (__get_user(d8, s))
goto fault;
memcpy(buf, &d8, 8);
break;