[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [PATCH for-4.14] x86/hap: use get_gfn_type in hap_update_paging_modes
While forking VMs running a small RTOS systems (Zephyr) a Xen crash has been observed due to a mm-lock order violation while copying the HVM CPU context from the parent. This issue has been identified to be due to hap_update_paging_modes getting a lock on the gfn using get_gfn. This call also creates a shared entry in the fork's memory map for the cr3 gfn. The function later calls hap_update_cr3 while holding the paging_lock, which results in the lock-order violation in vmx_load_pdptrs when it tries to unshare the above entry. This issue has not affected VMs running other OS's as a call to vmx_load_pdptrs is benign if PAE is not enabled or if EFER_LMA is set and returns before trying to unshare and map the page. Using get_gfn_type to get a lock on the gfn avoids this problem as we can populate the fork's gfn with a copied page instead of a shared entry if its needed, thus avoiding the lock order violation while holding paging_lock. Signed-off-by: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxx> --- The bug seems to have been present since commit 4cb6c4f4941, only discovered now due to the heavy use of mem_sharing with VM forks. As this is a simple bug-fix it would be nice to include it in the 4.14 release. --- xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/hap.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/hap.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/hap.c index 7f84d0c6ea..9ae4c3ae6e 100644 --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/hap.c +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/hap.c @@ -748,12 +748,19 @@ static void hap_update_paging_modes(struct vcpu *v) struct domain *d = v->domain; unsigned long cr3_gfn = v->arch.hvm.guest_cr[3] >> PAGE_SHIFT; p2m_type_t t; + p2m_query_t q = P2M_ALLOC; - /* We hold onto the cr3 as it may be modified later, and - * we need to respect lock ordering. No need for - * checks here as they are performed by vmx_load_pdptrs - * (the potential user of the cr3) */ - (void)get_gfn(d, cr3_gfn, &t); + /* + * We hold onto the cr3 as it may be modified later, and + * we need to respect lock ordering. Unshare here if we have to as to avoid + * a lock-order violation later while we are holding the paging_lock. + * Further checks are performed by vmx_load_pdptrs (the potential user of + * the cr3). + */ + if ( hvm_pae_enabled(v) && !hvm_long_mode_active(v) ) + q |= P2M_UNSHARE; + + (void)get_gfn_type(d, cr3_gfn, &t, q); paging_lock(d); v->arch.paging.mode = hap_paging_get_mode(v); -- 2.25.1
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