Contains the value of efer.nxe for which the page is valid.
role.cr0_wp:
Contains the value of cr0.wp for which the page is valid.
+ role.smep_andnot_wp:
+ Contains the value of cr4.smep && !cr0.wp for which the page is valid
+ (pages for which this is true are different from other pages; see the
+ treatment of cr0.wp=0 below).
gfn:
Either the guest page table containing the translations shadowed by this
page, or the base page frame for linear translations. See role.direct.
(user write faults generate a #PF)
+In the first case there is an additional complication if CR4.SMEP is
+enabled: since we've turned the page into a kernel page, the kernel may now
+execute it. We handle this by also setting spte.nx. If we get a user
+fetch or read fault, we'll change spte.u=1 and spte.nx=gpte.nx back.
+
+To prevent an spte that was converted into a kernel page with cr0.wp=0
+from being written by the kernel after cr0.wp has changed to 1, we make
+the value of cr0.wp part of the page role. This means that an spte created
+with one value of cr0.wp cannot be used when cr0.wp has a different value -
+it will simply be missed by the shadow page lookup code. A similar issue
+exists when an spte created with cr0.wp=0 and cr4.smep=0 is used after
+changing cr4.smep to 1. To avoid this, the value of !cr0.wp && cr4.smep
+is also made a part of the page role.
+
Large pages
===========
spte |= PT_WRITABLE_MASK;
if (!vcpu->arch.mmu.direct_map
- && !(pte_access & ACC_WRITE_MASK))
+ && !(pte_access & ACC_WRITE_MASK)) {
spte &= ~PT_USER_MASK;
+ /*
+ * If we converted a user page to a kernel page,
+ * so that the kernel can write to it when cr0.wp=0,
+ * then we should prevent the kernel from executing it
+ * if SMEP is enabled.
+ */
+ if (kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_SMEP))
+ spte |= PT64_NX_MASK;
+ }
/*
* Optimization: for pte sync, if spte was writable the hash
int kvm_init_shadow_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context)
{
int r;
+ bool smep = kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_SMEP);
ASSERT(vcpu);
ASSERT(!VALID_PAGE(vcpu->arch.mmu.root_hpa));
vcpu->arch.mmu.base_role.cr4_pae = !!is_pae(vcpu);
vcpu->arch.mmu.base_role.cr0_wp = is_write_protection(vcpu);
+ vcpu->arch.mmu.base_role.smep_andnot_wp
+ = smep && !is_write_protection(vcpu);
return r;
}