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The SEV firmware DEACTIVATE command disassociates an SEV guest from an
ASID, clears the WBINVD indicator on all threads and indicates that the
SEV firmware DF_FLUSH command must be issued before the ASID can be
re-used. The SEV firmware DF_FLUSH command will return an error if a
WBINVD has not been performed on every thread before it has been invoked.
A window exists between the WBINVD and the invocation of the DF_FLUSH
command where an SEV firmware DEACTIVATE command could be invoked on
another thread, clearing the WBINVD indicator. This will cause the
subsequent SEV firmware DF_FLUSH command to fail which, in turn, results
in the SEV firmware ACTIVATE command failing for the reclaimed ASID.
This results in the SEV guest failing to start.
Use a mutex to close the WBINVD/DF_FLUSH window by obtaining the mutex
before the DEACTIVATE and releasing it after the DF_FLUSH. This ensures
that any DEACTIVATE cannot run before a DF_FLUSH has completed.
Fixes:
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| arch | ||
| block | ||
| certs | ||
| crypto | ||
| Documentation | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.