linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH v1 6/9] KVM: x86: Add Heki hypervisor support

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Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 18:49:12 +0200
From:   Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To:     Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,
        Forrest Yuan Yu <yuanyu@...gle.com>,
        James Morris <jamorris@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        John Andersen <john.s.andersen@...el.com>,
        Liran Alon <liran.alon@...cle.com>,
        "Madhavan T . Venkataraman" <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>,
        Marian Rotariu <marian.c.rotariu@...il.com>,
        Mihai Donțu <mdontu@...defender.com>,
        Nicușor Cîțu <nicu.citu@...oud.com>,
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        Thara Gopinath <tgopinath@...rosoft.com>,
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        Zahra Tarkhani <ztarkhani@...rosoft.com>,
        Ștefan Șicleru <ssicleru@...defender.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/9] KVM: x86: Add Heki hypervisor support


On 08/05/2023 23:18, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 05:20:43PM +0200, Mickaël Salaün wrote:
>> From: Madhavan T. Venkataraman <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>
>>
>> Each supported hypervisor in x86 implements a struct x86_hyper_init to
>> define the init functions for the hypervisor.  Define a new init_heki()
>> entry point in struct x86_hyper_init.  Hypervisors that support Heki
>> must define this init_heki() function.  Call init_heki() of the chosen
>> hypervisor in init_hypervisor_platform().
>>
>> Create a heki_hypervisor structure that each hypervisor can fill
>> with its data and functions. This will allow the Heki feature to work
>> in a hypervisor agnostic way.
>>
>> Declare and initialize a "heki_hypervisor" structure for KVM so KVM can
>> support Heki.  Define the init_heki() function for KVM.  In init_heki(),
>> set the hypervisor field in the generic "heki" structure to the KVM
>> "heki_hypervisor".  After this point, generic Heki code can access the
>> KVM Heki data and functions.
>>
> [...]
>> +static void kvm_init_heki(void)
>> +{
>> +	long err;
>> +
>> +	if (!kvm_para_available())
>> +		/* Cannot make KVM hypercalls. */
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	err = kvm_hypercall3(KVM_HC_LOCK_MEM_PAGE_RANGES, -1, -1, -1);
> 
> Why not do a proper version check or capability check here? If the ABI
> or supported features ever change then we have something to rely on?

The attributes will indeed get extended, but I wanted to have a simple 
proposal for now.

Do you mean to get the version of this hypercall e.g., with a dedicated 
flag, like with the 
landlock_create_ruleset/LANDLOCK_CREATE_RULESET_VERSION syscall?


> 
> Thanks,
> Wei.