From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/26] KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 19:08:28 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260206190851.860662-4-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260206190851.860662-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR and LBR MSRs are currently not enumerated by
KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, and LBR MSRs cannot be set with KVM_SET_MSRS. So
save/restore is completely broken.
Fix it by adding the MSRs to msrs_to_save_base, and allowing writes to
LBR MSRs from userspace only (as they are read-only MSRs). Additionally,
to correctly restore L1's LBRs while L2 is running, make sure the LBRs
are copied from the captured VMCB01 save area in svm_copy_vmrun_state().
Fixes: 24e09cbf480a ("KVM: SVM: enable LBR virtualization")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 3 +++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index f7d5db0af69a..52d853684592 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,9 @@ void svm_copy_vmrun_state(struct vmcb_save_area *to_save,
to_save->isst_addr = from_save->isst_addr;
to_save->ssp = from_save->ssp;
}
+
+ if (lbrv)
+ svm_copy_lbrs(to_save, from_save);
}
void svm_copy_vmloadsave_state(struct vmcb *to_vmcb, struct vmcb *from_vmcb)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 798f2c84d80b..d93414db6559 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -3071,6 +3071,26 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
vmcb_mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_LBR);
svm_update_lbrv(vcpu);
break;
+ case MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHFROMIP:
+ if (!msr->host_initiated)
+ return 1;
+ svm->vmcb->save.br_from = data;
+ break;
+ case MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHTOIP:
+ if (!msr->host_initiated)
+ return 1;
+ svm->vmcb->save.br_to = data;
+ break;
+ case MSR_IA32_LASTINTFROMIP:
+ if (!msr->host_initiated)
+ return 1;
+ svm->vmcb->save.last_excp_from = data;
+ break;
+ case MSR_IA32_LASTINTTOIP:
+ if (!msr->host_initiated)
+ return 1;
+ svm->vmcb->save.last_excp_to = data;
+ break;
case MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA:
/*
* Old kernels did not validate the value written to
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index db3f393192d9..416899b5dbe4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ static const u32 msrs_to_save_base[] = {
MSR_IA32_U_CET, MSR_IA32_S_CET,
MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP, MSR_IA32_PL1_SSP, MSR_IA32_PL2_SSP,
MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB,
+ MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR,
+ MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHFROMIP, MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHTOIP,
+ MSR_IA32_LASTINTFROMIP, MSR_IA32_LASTINTTOIP,
};
static const u32 msrs_to_save_pmu[] = {
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-06 19:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 19:08 [PATCH v5 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 01/26] KVM: nSVM: Avoid clearing VMCB_LBR in vmcb12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 02/26] KVM: SVM: Switch svm_copy_lbrs() to a macro Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 04/26] KVM: selftests: Add a test for LBR save/restore (ft. nested) Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 05/26] KVM: nSVM: Always inject a #GP if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested VMRUN Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 06/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested #VMEXIT Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-24 0:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-24 0:51 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-24 1:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 07/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 " Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-24 0:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 08/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop nested_vmcb_check_{save/control}() wrappers Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 09/26] KVM: nSVM: Call enter_guest_mode() before switching to VMCB02 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-21 1:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-21 1:26 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-21 9:06 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 10/26] KVM: nSVM: Make nested_svm_merge_msrpm() return an errno Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 11/26] KVM: nSVM: Call nested_svm_merge_msrpm() from enter_svm_guest_mode() Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 12/26] KVM: nSVM: Call nested_svm_init_mmu_context() before switching to VMCB02 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 13/26] KVM: nSVM: Refactor minimal #VMEXIT handling out of nested_svm_vmexit() Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 14/26] KVM: nSVM: Unify handling of VMRUN failures with proper cleanup Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 15/26] KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ field in VMCB12 on nested #VMEXIT Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 16/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop the non-architectural consistency check for NP_ENABLE Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 17/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for nCR3 validity Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 18/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for hCR0.PG and NP_ENABLE Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 19/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EFER, CR0, CR4, and CS Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 20/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for event_inj Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 21/26] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->nested_ctl to vmcb->misc_ctl Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 22/26] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->virt_ext to vmcb->misc_ctl2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 23/26] KVM: nSVM: Cache all used fields from VMCB12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 24/26] KVM: nSVM: Restrict mapping VMCB12 on nested VMRUN Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-21 1:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 25/26] KVM: nSVM: Sanitize control fields copied from VMCB12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-23 23:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-24 1:02 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-24 1:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:08 ` [PATCH v5 26/26] KVM: nSVM: Only copy SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP from VMCB01's misc_ctl Yosry Ahmed
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