From: "Jörg Rödel" <joro@8bytes.org>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
joro@8bytes.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] x86/coco/sev: Make SEV_STATUS available via SYSFS
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 14:58:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260803125827.718024-4-joro@8bytes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803125827.718024-1-joro@8bytes.org>
From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Current user-space tooling which needs access to the SEV_STATUS MSR is
using the MSR module. The use of this module poses a security risk in
any trusted execution environment and is generally discouraged.
Instead, provide an file in SYSFS in the /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/
directory to provide the value of the SEV_STATUS MSR to user-space.
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
---
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 4 ++++
arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 63586e299aa8..cec413a71491 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ Description: Umwait control
What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/vmpl
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status
Date: May 2024
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
@@ -700,6 +701,9 @@ Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
the SEV-SNP guest is running. This file is only present
when running as an SEV-SNP guest.
+ sev_status: Reports the value of the SEV_STATUS MSR which
+ enumerates the enabled features of an SEV
+ environment.
What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/svm
Date: August 2019
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index 5770b99feb9b..4532ffc27041 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -1431,9 +1431,23 @@ static ssize_t vmpl_show(struct kobject *kobj,
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", snp_vmpl);
}
+static ssize_t sev_status_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "0x%llx\n", sev_status);
+}
+
static struct kobj_attribute vmpl_attr = __ATTR_RO(vmpl);
+static struct kobj_attribute sev_status_attr = __ATTR_RO(sev_status);
-static struct attribute_group sev_attr_group = {};
+static struct attribute *sev_status_attrs[] = {
+ &sev_status_attr.attr,
+ NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group sev_attr_group = {
+ .attrs = sev_status_attrs,
+};
static int __init sev_sysfs_init(void)
{
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-03 12:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-03 12:58 [PATCH 0/3 v2] x86/sev: Report MSR_AMD64_SEV in SYSFS Jörg Rödel
2026-08-03 12:58 ` [PATCH 1/3] x86/coco: Add CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV Jörg Rödel
2026-08-03 12:58 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86/sev: Create /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/ for all SEV guests Jörg Rödel
2026-08-03 12:58 ` Jörg Rödel [this message]
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