KVM: x86: Always allow access to VMware backdoor I/O ports
VMware allows access to these ports even if denied
by TSS I/O permission bitmap. Mimic behavior.
Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikita Leshenko <nikita.leshchenko@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index d91eaeb..821f633 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -2887,6 +2887,9 @@ static bool emulator_bad_iopl(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
return ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt) > iopl;
}
+#define VMWARE_PORT_VMPORT (0x5658)
+#define VMWARE_PORT_VMRPC (0x5659)
+
static bool emulator_io_port_access_allowed(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
u16 port, u16 len)
{
@@ -2898,6 +2901,14 @@ static bool emulator_io_port_access_allowed(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
unsigned mask = (1 << len) - 1;
unsigned long base;
+ /*
+ * VMware allows access to these ports even if denied
+ * by TSS I/O permission bitmap. Mimic behavior.
+ */
+ if (enable_vmware_backdoor &&
+ ((port == VMWARE_PORT_VMPORT) || (port == VMWARE_PORT_VMRPC)))
+ return true;
+
ops->get_segment(ctxt, &tr, &tr_seg, &base3, VCPU_SREG_TR);
if (!tr_seg.p)
return false;