nested vmx: Validate host VMX MSRs before accessing them

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>
Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
master commit: 5e02972646132ad98c365ebfcfcb43b40a0dde36
master date: 2016-06-13 12:44:32 +0100

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
index 41e5dc38ecbda8e675e89d4a9d122098fc8e4af8..d1c08c41466d15a33eee32ad753dce7643cd0649 100644 (file)
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
@@ -1864,11 +1864,22 @@ 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 )
     {
+    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: