KVM: nVMX: Always write vmcs02.GUEST_CR3 during nested VM-Enter

Write the desired L2 CR3 into vmcs02.GUEST_CR3 during nested VM-Enter
instead of deferring the VMWRITE until vmx_set_cr3().  If the VMWRITE
is deferred, then KVM can consume a stale vmcs02.GUEST_CR3 when it
refreshes vmcs12->guest_cr3 during nested_vmx_vmexit() if the emulated
VM-Exit occurs without actually entering L2, e.g. if the nested run
is squashed because nested VM-Enter (from L1) is putting L2 into HLT.

Note, the above scenario can occur regardless of whether L1 is
intercepting HLT, e.g. L1 can intercept HLT and then re-enter L2 with
vmcs.GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE=HALTED.  But practically speaking, a VMM will
likely put a guest into HALTED if and only if it's not intercepting HLT.

In an ideal world where EPT *requires* unrestricted guest (and vice
versa), VMX could handle CR3 similar to how it handles RSP and RIP,
e.g. mark CR3 dirty and conditionally load it at vmx_vcpu_run().  But
the unrestricted guest silliness complicates the dirty tracking logic
to the point that explicitly handling vmcs02.GUEST_CR3 during nested
VM-Enter is a simpler overall implementation.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-and-tested-by: Reto Buerki <reet@codelabs.ch>
Tested-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index e76eb4f07f6c..d93ddc79a595 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2418,6 +2418,16 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 				entry_failure_code))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Immediately write vmcs02.GUEST_CR3.  It will be propagated to vmcs12
+	 * on nested VM-Exit, which can occur without actually running L2 and
+	 * thus without hitting vmx_set_cr3(), e.g. if L1 is entering L2 with
+	 * vmcs12.GUEST_ACTIVITYSTATE=HLT, in which case KVM will intercept the
+	 * transition to HLT instead of running L2.
+	 */
+	if (enable_ept)
+		vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, vmcs12->guest_cr3);
+
 	/* Late preparation of GUEST_PDPTRs now that EFER and CRs are set. */
 	if (load_guest_pdptrs_vmcs12 && nested_cpu_has_ept(vmcs12) &&
 	    is_pae_paging(vcpu)) {