From 93de2a6a4b91b72607136dd656edf03fb399d27f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:37:21 -0700 Subject: KVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migration Manually perform cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migration to ensure no stale data is left in CPU caches after the VM is destroyed. Because the source VM is "converted" to a non-SEV VM, KVM's memory reclaim flows won't trigger cache maintenance, e.g. when all guest memory is reclaimed in response to detaching from the mmu_notifier. Note, relying on the destination VM to do cache maintenance isn't an option as KVM doesn't require identical guest memory configurations, i.e. the source VM may have access to memory that the destination VM does not. Enforcing equivalent memory configurations is infeasible, as it would require a *deep* comparison of memslots, e.g. to verify that not only are the memslot identical, but what the memslots point at is also identical. Fixes: b56639318bb2 ("KVM: SEV: Add support for SEV intra host migration") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson Message-ID: <20260923163721.1584779-3-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- Documentation/ABI/testing/evm | 109 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 109 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/evm (limited to 'Documentation/ABI/testing/evm') diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db3007bab --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/evm @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +What: /sys/kernel/security/evm +What: /sys/kernel/security/*/evm +Date: March 2011 +Contact: Mimi Zohar +Description: + EVM protects a file's security extended attributes(xattrs) + against integrity attacks. The initial method maintains an + HMAC-sha1 value across the extended attributes, storing the + value as the extended attribute 'security.evm'. + + EVM supports two classes of security.evm. The first is + an HMAC-sha1 generated locally with a + trusted/encrypted key stored in the Kernel Key + Retention System. The second is a digital signature + generated either locally or remotely using an + asymmetric key. These keys are loaded onto root's + keyring using keyctl, and EVM is then enabled by + echoing a value to /evm made up of the + following bits: + + === ================================================== + Bit Effect + === ================================================== + 0 Enable HMAC validation and creation + 1 Enable digital signature validation + 2 Permit modification of EVM-protected metadata at + runtime. Not supported if HMAC validation and + creation is enabled (deprecated). + 3 Require asymmetric signatures to be version 3 + 31 Disable further runtime modification of EVM policy + === ================================================== + + For example:: + + echo 1 >/evm + + will enable HMAC validation and creation + + :: + + echo 0x80000003 >/evm + + will enable HMAC and digital signature validation and + HMAC creation and disable all further modification of policy. + + :: + + echo 0x80000006 >/evm + + will enable digital signature validation, permit + modification of EVM-protected metadata and + disable all further modification of policy. This option is now + deprecated in favor of:: + + echo 0x80000002 >/evm + + as the outstanding issues that prevent the usage of EVM portable + signatures have been solved. + + Echoing a value is additive, the new value is added to the + existing initialization flags. + + For example, after:: + + echo 2 >/evm + + another echo can be performed:: + + echo 1 >/evm + + and the resulting value will be 3. + + Note that once an HMAC key has been loaded, it will no longer + be possible to enable metadata modification. Signaling that an + HMAC key has been loaded will clear the corresponding flag. + For example, if the current value is 6 (2 and 4 set):: + + echo 1 >/evm + + will set the new value to 3 (4 cleared). + + Loading an HMAC key is the only way to disable metadata + modification. + + Until key loading has been signaled EVM can not create + or validate the 'security.evm' xattr, but returns + INTEGRITY_UNKNOWN. Loading keys and signaling EVM + should be done as early as possible. Normally this is + done in the initramfs, which has already been measured + as part of the trusted boot. For more information on + creating and loading existing trusted/encrypted keys, + refer to: + Documentation/security/keys/trusted-encrypted.rst. Both + dracut (via 97masterkey and 98integrity) and systemd (via + core/ima-setup) have support for loading keys at boot + time. + +What: /sys/kernel/security/*/evm/evm_xattrs +Date: April 2018 +Contact: Matthew Garrett +Description: + Shows the set of extended attributes used to calculate or + validate the EVM signature, and allows additional attributes + to be added at runtime. Any signatures generated after + additional attributes are added (and on files possessing those + additional attributes) will only be valid if the same + additional attributes are configured on system boot. Writing + a single period (.) will lock the xattr list from any further + modification. -- cgit v1.3.1