[PATCH v4 02/17] arm: KVM: Fix SMCCC handling of unimplemented SMC/HVC calls

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Wed Feb 7 00:32:51 PST 2018


On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 05:56:06PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> KVM doesn't follow the SMCCC when it comes to unimplemented calls,
> and inject an UNDEF instead of returning an error. Since firmware
> calls are now used for security mitigation, they are becoming more
> common, and the undef is counter productive.
> 
> Instead, let's follow the SMCCC which states that -1 must be returned
> to the caller when getting an unknown function number.

Apparently I forgot to review this:

Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>

> 
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
> Tested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c | 13 +++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
> index cf8bf6bf87c4..a4bf0f6f024a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int handle_hvc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>  
>  	ret = kvm_psci_call(vcpu);
>  	if (ret < 0) {
> -		kvm_inject_undefined(vcpu);
> +		vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, 0, ~0UL);
>  		return 1;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -47,7 +47,16 @@ static int handle_hvc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>  
>  static int handle_smc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>  {
> -	kvm_inject_undefined(vcpu);
> +	/*
> +	 * "If an SMC instruction executed at Non-secure EL1 is
> +	 * trapped to EL2 because HCR_EL2.TSC is 1, the exception is a
> +	 * Trap exception, not a Secure Monitor Call exception [...]"
> +	 *
> +	 * We need to advance the PC after the trap, as it would
> +	 * otherwise return to the same address...
> +	 */
> +	vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, 0, ~0UL);
> +	kvm_skip_instr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_trap_il_is32bit(vcpu));
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.14.2
> 



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