[PATCH 2/2] nested vmx: Validate host VMX MSRs before accessing them

[Euan Harris <euan.harris@citrix.com>]

Some VMX MSRs may not exist on certain processor models, or may
be disabled because of configuration settings.   It is only safe to
access these MSRs if configuration flags in other MSRs are set.  These
prerequisites are listed in the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures
Software Developer’s Manual, Vol 3, Appendix A.

nvmx_msr_read_intercept() does not check the prerequisites before
accessing MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2, MSR_IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP,
MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC on the host.   Accessing these MSRs from a nested
VMX guest running on a host which does not support them will cause
Xen to crash with a GPF.

Signed-off-by: Euan Harris <euan.harris@citrix.com>
---
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
index d9493ff..ddc25bf 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
@@ -1820,11 +1820,20 @@ int nvmx_msr_read_intercept(unsigned int msr, u64 *msr_content)
         return 0;
 
     /*
-     * Those MSRs are available only when bit 55 of
-     * MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC is set.
+     * These MSRs are only available when flags in other MSRs are set.
+     * These prerequisites are listed in the Intel 64 and IA-32
+     * Architectures Software Developer’s Manual, Vol 3, Appendix A.
      */
-    switch ( msr )
-    {
+    switch ( msr ) { case MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2:
+        if ( !cpu_has_vmx_secondary_exec_control )
+            return 0;
+        break;
+
+    case MSR_IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP:
+        if ( !(cpu_has_vmx_ept || cpu_has_vmx_vpid) )
+            return 0;
+        break;
+
     case MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_PINBASED_CTLS:
     case MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_PROCBASED_CTLS:
     case MSR_IA32_VMX_TRUE_EXIT_CTLS:
@@ -1832,6 +1841,11 @@ int nvmx_msr_read_intercept(unsigned int msr, u64 *msr_content)
         if ( !(vmx_basic_msr & VMX_BASIC_DEFAULT1_ZERO) )
             return 0;
         break;
+
+    case MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC:
+        if ( !cpu_has_vmx_vmfunc )
+            return 0;
+        break;
     }
 
     rdmsrl(msr, host_data);
-- 
1.7.10.4


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