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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] KVM: x86: Always initialize EFER reserved bits on vendor initialization
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:10:18 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260713181020.2735367-4-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713181020.2735367-1-yosry@kernel.org>

EFER reserved bits are statically initialized, and do not reset if a
vendor module is re-loaded. For example, loading kvm_amd with nested=1
removes EFER.SVME (and potentially EFER.LMSLE) from the reserved bits.
Reloading kvm_amd with nested=0 does not add them back, allowing
userspace to set EFER.SVME with nested=0.

Re-initializing EFER reserved bits before configuring them on vendor
initialization.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 10 ++++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c  |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
index 67481429ad6b8..a7394bdae0295 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true;
 module_param(report_ignored_msrs, bool, 0644);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(report_ignored_msrs);
 
-/* Enable syscall by default because its emulated by KVM */
-static u64 __read_mostly efer_reserved_bits = ~((u64)EFER_SCE);
+static u64 __read_mostly efer_reserved_bits;
 
 #define MAX_IO_MSRS 256
 
@@ -650,6 +649,13 @@ static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void kvm_init_efer_bits(void)
+{
+	/* Enable syscall by default because its emulated by KVM */
+	efer_reserved_bits = ~((u64)EFER_SCE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_init_efer_bits);
+
 void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
 {
        efer_reserved_bits &= ~mask;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
index 9c5c6b33e58f5..1f772e1717588 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ int kvm_get_set_one_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int ioctl,
 int kvm_get_reg_list(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		     struct kvm_reg_list __user *user_list);
 
+void kvm_init_efer_bits(void);
 void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64);
 bool kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer);
 int kvm_emulate_msr_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 *data);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index f68424a985cda..83f608dad0605 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6913,6 +6913,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_setup_xss_caps);
 
 static void kvm_setup_efer_caps(void)
 {
+	kvm_init_efer_bits();
+
 	if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_LM))
 		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_LME | EFER_LMA);
 
-- 
2.55.0.141.g00534a21ce-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-13 18:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-13 18:10 [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM: x86: Fix EFER reserved bits initialization Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-13 18:10 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] KVM: x86: Move enabling EFER.SVME and EFER.LMSLE to generic EFER setup Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-13 18:10 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: x86: Disallow EFER.LME and EFER.LMA if long mode is not supported Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-13 18:42   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 18:50     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-13 18:10 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-07-13 18:10 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM: x86: Reverse the polarity of efer_reserved_bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-13 18:10 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] KVM: x86: Move supported EFER bits to kvm_caps Yosry Ahmed

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