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-======================================
-Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
-======================================
-
-Overview
-========
-
-Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) is a feature found on AMD processors.
-
-SEV is an extension to the AMD-V architecture which supports running
-virtual machines (VMs) under the control of a hypervisor. When enabled,
-the memory contents of a VM will be transparently encrypted with a key
-unique to that VM.
-
-The hypervisor can determine the SEV support through the CPUID
-instruction. The CPUID function 0x8000001f reports information related
-to SEV::
-
- 0x8000001f[eax]:
- Bit[1] indicates support for SEV
- ...
- [ecx]:
- Bits[31:0] Number of encrypted guests supported simultaneously
-
-If support for SEV is present, MSR 0xc001_0010 (MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG) and MSR 0xc001_0015
-(MSR_K7_HWCR) can be used to determine if it can be enabled::
-
- 0xc001_0010:
- Bit[23] 1 = memory encryption can be enabled
- 0 = memory encryption can not be enabled
-
- 0xc001_0015:
- Bit[0] 1 = memory encryption can be enabled
- 0 = memory encryption can not be enabled
-
-When SEV support is available, it can be enabled in a specific VM by
-setting the SEV bit before executing VMRUN.::
-
- VMCB[0x90]:
- Bit[1] 1 = SEV is enabled
- 0 = SEV is disabled
-
-SEV hardware uses ASIDs to associate a memory encryption key with a VM.
-Hence, the ASID for the SEV-enabled guests must be from 1 to a maximum value
-defined in the CPUID 0x8000001f[ecx] field.
-
-SEV Key Management
-==================
-
-The SEV guest key management is handled by a separate processor called the AMD
-Secure Processor (AMD-SP). Firmware running inside the AMD-SP provides a secure
-key management interface to perform common hypervisor activities such as
-encrypting bootstrap code, snapshot, migrating and debugging the guest. For more
-information, see the SEV Key Management spec [api-spec]_
-
-The main ioctl to access SEV is KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP. If the argument
-to KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP is NULL, the ioctl returns 0 if SEV is enabled
-and ``ENOTTY` if it is disabled (on some older versions of Linux,
-the ioctl runs normally even with a NULL argument, and therefore will
-likely return ``EFAULT``). If non-NULL, the argument to KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP
-must be a struct kvm_sev_cmd::
-
- struct kvm_sev_cmd {
- __u32 id;
- __u64 data;
- __u32 error;
- __u32 sev_fd;
- };
-
-
-The ``id`` field contains the subcommand, and the ``data`` field points to
-another struct containing arguments specific to command. The ``sev_fd``
-should point to a file descriptor that is opened on the ``/dev/sev``
-device, if needed (see individual commands).
-
-On output, ``error`` is zero on success, or an error code. Error codes
-are defined in ``<linux/psp-dev.h>``.
-
-KVM implements the following commands to support common lifecycle events of SEV
-guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrating and decommissioning.
-
-1. KVM_SEV_INIT
----------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_INIT command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform
-context. In a typical workflow, this command should be the first command issued.
-
-The firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile storage or
-the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using the module parameter
-``init_ex_path``. The file specified by ``init_ex_path`` must exist. To create
-a new NV storage file allocate the file with 32KB bytes of 0xFF as required by
-the SEV spec.
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-2. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START
------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START command is used for creating the memory encryption
-context. To create the encryption context, user must provide a guest policy,
-the owner's public Diffie-Hellman (PDH) key and session information.
-
-Parameters: struct kvm_sev_launch_start (in/out)
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_launch_start {
- __u32 handle; /* if zero then firmware creates a new handle */
- __u32 policy; /* guest's policy */
-
- __u64 dh_uaddr; /* userspace address pointing to the guest owner's PDH key */
- __u32 dh_len;
-
- __u64 session_addr; /* userspace address which points to the guest session information */
- __u32 session_len;
- };
-
-On success, the 'handle' field contains a new handle and on error, a negative value.
-
-KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START requires the ``sev_fd`` field to be valid.
-
-For more details, see SEV spec Section 6.2.
-
-3. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA
------------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA is used for encrypting a memory region. It also
-calculates a measurement of the memory contents. The measurement is a signature
-of the memory contents that can be sent to the guest owner as an attestation
-that the memory was encrypted correctly by the firmware.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_launch_update_data
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_launch_update {
- __u64 uaddr; /* userspace address to be encrypted (must be 16-byte aligned) */
- __u32 len; /* length of the data to be encrypted (must be 16-byte aligned) */
- };
-
-For more details, see SEV spec Section 6.3.
-
-4. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_MEASURE
--------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_MEASURE command is used to retrieve the measurement of the
-data encrypted by the KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA command. The guest owner may
-wait to provide the guest with confidential information until it can verify the
-measurement. Since the guest owner knows the initial contents of the guest at
-boot, the measurement can be verified by comparing it to what the guest owner
-expects.
-
-If len is zero on entry, the measurement blob length is written to len and
-uaddr is unused.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_launch_measure
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_launch_measure {
- __u64 uaddr; /* where to copy the measurement */
- __u32 len; /* length of measurement blob */
- };
-
-For more details on the measurement verification flow, see SEV spec Section 6.4.
-
-5. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_FINISH
-------------------------
-
-After completion of the launch flow, the KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_FINISH command can be
-issued to make the guest ready for the execution.
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-6. KVM_SEV_GUEST_STATUS
------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_GUEST_STATUS command is used to retrieve status information about a
-SEV-enabled guest.
-
-Parameters (out): struct kvm_sev_guest_status
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_guest_status {
- __u32 handle; /* guest handle */
- __u32 policy; /* guest policy */
- __u8 state; /* guest state (see enum below) */
- };
-
-SEV guest state:
-
-::
-
- enum {
- SEV_STATE_INVALID = 0;
- SEV_STATE_LAUNCHING, /* guest is currently being launched */
- SEV_STATE_SECRET, /* guest is being launched and ready to accept the ciphertext data */
- SEV_STATE_RUNNING, /* guest is fully launched and running */
- SEV_STATE_RECEIVING, /* guest is being migrated in from another SEV machine */
- SEV_STATE_SENDING /* guest is getting migrated out to another SEV machine */
- };
-
-7. KVM_SEV_DBG_DECRYPT
-----------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_DEBUG_DECRYPT command can be used by the hypervisor to request the
-firmware to decrypt the data at the given memory region.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_dbg
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_dbg {
- __u64 src_uaddr; /* userspace address of data to decrypt */
- __u64 dst_uaddr; /* userspace address of destination */
- __u32 len; /* length of memory region to decrypt */
- };
-
-The command returns an error if the guest policy does not allow debugging.
-
-8. KVM_SEV_DBG_ENCRYPT
-----------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_DEBUG_ENCRYPT command can be used by the hypervisor to request the
-firmware to encrypt the data at the given memory region.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_dbg
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_dbg {
- __u64 src_uaddr; /* userspace address of data to encrypt */
- __u64 dst_uaddr; /* userspace address of destination */
- __u32 len; /* length of memory region to encrypt */
- };
-
-The command returns an error if the guest policy does not allow debugging.
-
-9. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_SECRET
-------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_SECRET command can be used by the hypervisor to inject secret
-data after the measurement has been validated by the guest owner.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_launch_secret
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_launch_secret {
- __u64 hdr_uaddr; /* userspace address containing the packet header */
- __u32 hdr_len;
-
- __u64 guest_uaddr; /* the guest memory region where the secret should be injected */
- __u32 guest_len;
-
- __u64 trans_uaddr; /* the hypervisor memory region which contains the secret */
- __u32 trans_len;
- };
-
-10. KVM_SEV_GET_ATTESTATION_REPORT
-----------------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_GET_ATTESTATION_REPORT command can be used by the hypervisor to query the attestation
-report containing the SHA-256 digest of the guest memory and VMSA passed through the KVM_SEV_LAUNCH
-commands and signed with the PEK. The digest returned by the command should match the digest
-used by the guest owner with the KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_MEASURE.
-
-If len is zero on entry, the measurement blob length is written to len and
-uaddr is unused.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_attestation
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_attestation_report {
- __u8 mnonce[16]; /* A random mnonce that will be placed in the report */
-
- __u64 uaddr; /* userspace address where the report should be copied */
- __u32 len;
- };
-
-11. KVM_SEV_SEND_START
-----------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_SEND_START command can be used by the hypervisor to create an
-outgoing guest encryption context.
-
-If session_len is zero on entry, the length of the guest session information is
-written to session_len and all other fields are not used.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_send_start
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_send_start {
- __u32 policy; /* guest policy */
-
- __u64 pdh_cert_uaddr; /* platform Diffie-Hellman certificate */
- __u32 pdh_cert_len;
-
- __u64 plat_certs_uaddr; /* platform certificate chain */
- __u32 plat_certs_len;
-
- __u64 amd_certs_uaddr; /* AMD certificate */
- __u32 amd_certs_len;
-
- __u64 session_uaddr; /* Guest session information */
- __u32 session_len;
- };
-
-12. KVM_SEV_SEND_UPDATE_DATA
-----------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_SEND_UPDATE_DATA command can be used by the hypervisor to encrypt the
-outgoing guest memory region with the encryption context creating using
-KVM_SEV_SEND_START.
-
-If hdr_len or trans_len are zero on entry, the length of the packet header and
-transport region are written to hdr_len and trans_len respectively, and all
-other fields are not used.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_send_update_data
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_launch_send_update_data {
- __u64 hdr_uaddr; /* userspace address containing the packet header */
- __u32 hdr_len;
-
- __u64 guest_uaddr; /* the source memory region to be encrypted */
- __u32 guest_len;
-
- __u64 trans_uaddr; /* the destination memory region */
- __u32 trans_len;
- };
-
-13. KVM_SEV_SEND_FINISH
-------------------------
-
-After completion of the migration flow, the KVM_SEV_SEND_FINISH command can be
-issued by the hypervisor to delete the encryption context.
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-14. KVM_SEV_SEND_CANCEL
-------------------------
-
-After completion of SEND_START, but before SEND_FINISH, the source VMM can issue the
-SEND_CANCEL command to stop a migration. This is necessary so that a cancelled
-migration can restart with a new target later.
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-15. KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_START
--------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_START command is used for creating the memory encryption
-context for an incoming SEV guest. To create the encryption context, the user must
-provide a guest policy, the platform public Diffie-Hellman (PDH) key and session
-information.
-
-Parameters: struct kvm_sev_receive_start (in/out)
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_receive_start {
- __u32 handle; /* if zero then firmware creates a new handle */
- __u32 policy; /* guest's policy */
-
- __u64 pdh_uaddr; /* userspace address pointing to the PDH key */
- __u32 pdh_len;
-
- __u64 session_uaddr; /* userspace address which points to the guest session information */
- __u32 session_len;
- };
-
-On success, the 'handle' field contains a new handle and on error, a negative value.
-
-For more details, see SEV spec Section 6.12.
-
-16. KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_UPDATE_DATA
--------------------------------
-
-The KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_UPDATE_DATA command can be used by the hypervisor to copy
-the incoming buffers into the guest memory region with encryption context
-created during the KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_START.
-
-Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_receive_update_data
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_sev_launch_receive_update_data {
- __u64 hdr_uaddr; /* userspace address containing the packet header */
- __u32 hdr_len;
-
- __u64 guest_uaddr; /* the destination guest memory region */
- __u32 guest_len;
-
- __u64 trans_uaddr; /* the incoming buffer memory region */
- __u32 trans_len;
- };
-
-17. KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_FINISH
---------------------------
-
-After completion of the migration flow, the KVM_SEV_RECEIVE_FINISH command can be
-issued by the hypervisor to make the guest ready for execution.
-
-Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
-
-References
-==========
-
-
-See [white-paper]_, [api-spec]_, [amd-apm]_ and [kvm-forum]_ for more info.
-
-.. [white-paper] http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2013/12/AMD_Memory_Encryption_Whitepaper_v7-Public.pdf
-.. [api-spec] https://support.amd.com/TechDocs/55766_SEV-KM_API_Specification.pdf
-.. [amd-apm] https://support.amd.com/TechDocs/24593.pdf (section 15.34)
-.. [kvm-forum] https://www.linux-kvm.org/images/7/74/02x08A-Thomas_Lendacky-AMDs_Virtualizatoin_Memory_Encryption_Technology.pdf