From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Pratik R. Sampat" <prsampat@amd.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch v3 1/4] KVM: SVM: Re-queue events that were never injected
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 22:24:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-175015@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <905ffc25da83b1af51698fe4544d361203578a80.1792184487.git.prsampat@amd.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] KVM: SVM: missing SVM_EVTINJ_VALID check in svm_complete_interrupts()
- [Medium] KVM: SVM: svm_complete_interrupts() clobbers VMCB event_inj and exit_int_info
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commit d02578cb88ead63ae65c3cea00ca65df2ab7a2eb
Author: Pratik R. Sampat <prsampat@amd.com>
KVM: SVM: Re-queue events that were never injected
This commit updates svm_complete_interrupts() to detect undelivered injected
events in control->event_inj on #VMEXIT, migrate them to control->exit_int_info
so they are re-queued, and folds svm_cancel_injection() into this path.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index fe0cba4731b2e..660dd1a3f497e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -4330,6 +4330,7 @@ static void svm_complete_interrupts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> u8 vector;
> int type;
> + struct vmcb_control_area *control = &svm->vmcb->control;
> u32 exitintinfo = svm->vmcb->control.exit_int_info;
> bool nmi_l1_to_l2 = svm->nmi_l1_to_l2;
> bool soft_int_injected = svm->soft_int_injected;
> @@ -4337,6 +4338,27 @@ static void svm_complete_interrupts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> svm->nmi_l1_to_l2 = false;
> svm->soft_int_injected = false;
>
> + /*
> + * Hardware clears EVENTINJ field when it injects an event.
> + * A non-empty EVENTINJ on #VMEXIT means the vCPU never entered guest
> + * mode, and thus that the event was never delivered. Migrate the event
> + * to EXITINTINFO so that it's requeued instead of being dropped.
> + *
> + * An undelivered event doesn't imply a fatal VMEXIT_INVALID. With
> + * Enhanced SMT Protection, VMRUN may exit with an ordinary #VMEXIT
> + * without having injected that event into the guest.
> + *
> + * Clobbering EXITINTINFO is safe precisely because the vCPU never
> + * entered guest mode.
> + */
> + if (control->event_inj) {
> + control->exit_int_info = control->event_inj;
> + control->exit_int_info_err = control->event_inj_err;
> + control->event_inj = 0;
> +
> + exitintinfo = control->exit_int_info;
> + }
[Severity: High]
Should this check (control->event_inj & SVM_EVTINJ_VALID) rather than
control->event_inj?
In nested SVM, L1 can configure vmcb12->control.event_inj with
SVM_EVTINJ_VALID cleared while leaving non-zero vector, type, or
error-code-valid bits in bits 30:0. nested_svm_check_event_inj() accepts
this, __nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache() preserves the non-reserved bits,
and nested_vmcb02_prepare_control() copies vmcb12_ctrl->event_inj into
vmcb02->control.event_inj:
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:nested_svm_check_event_inj() {
if (!(event_inj & SVM_EVTINJ_VALID))
return true;
...
}
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:__nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache() {
...
to->event_inj = from->event_inj & ~SVM_EVTINJ_RESERVED_BITS;
to->event_inj_err = from->event_inj_err;
}
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:nested_vmcb02_prepare_control() {
...
vmcb02->control.event_inj = vmcb12_ctrl->event_inj;
vmcb02->control.event_inj_err = vmcb12_ctrl->event_inj_err;
...
}
When SVM_EVTINJ_VALID is 0, VMRUN ignores EVENTINJ without clearing it and
enters L2 normally. On the subsequent #VMEXIT from L2,
if (control->event_inj) evaluates to true and overwrites
control->exit_int_info and exitintinfo with the invalid event_inj value
(where SVM_EXITINTINFO_VALID is 0).
If L2 exited while vectoring an event, the valid exit_int_info populated by
hardware is clobbered and svm_complete_interrupts() returns early at
if (!(exitintinfo & SVM_EXITINTINFO_VALID)), dropping the L2 event.
In addition, if the invalid event_inj has non-zero SVM_EXITINTINFO_TYPE_MASK
bits and L2 exits with an #NPF that requires instruction emulation,
svm_check_emulate_instruction() inspects control->exit_int_info without
checking SVM_EXITINTINFO_VALID:
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:svm_check_emulate_instruction() {
...
if ((svm->vmcb->control.exit_int_info & SVM_EXITINTINFO_TYPE_MASK) &&
!kvm_can_emulate_event_vectoring(emul_type))
return X86EMUL_UNHANDLEABLE_VECTORING;
...
}
causing #NPF emulation to fail with X86EMUL_UNHANDLEABLE_VECTORING.
[Severity: Medium]
Also, by overwriting control->exit_int_info and zeroing control->event_inj in
the VMCB during svm_complete_interrupts(), won't subsequent exit handling in
svm_handle_exit() observe mutated VMCB fields?
In svm_vcpu_run(), trace_kvm_exit() runs before svm_complete_interrupts(),
while svm_handle_exit() runs afterward in vcpu_enter_guest():
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c:svm_handle_exit() {
...
if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
int vmexit;
trace_kvm_nested_vmexit(vcpu, KVM_ISA_SVM);
...
}
if (svm_is_vmrun_failure(svm->vmcb->control.exit_code)) {
kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY;
kvm_run->fail_entry.hardware_entry_failure_reason
= svm->vmcb->control.exit_code;
kvm_run->fail_entry.cpu = vcpu->arch.last_vmentry_cpu;
dump_vmcb(vcpu);
return 0;
}
...
}
When VMRUN fails with SVM_EXIT_ERR (for example, due to an invalid
control->event_inj configuration) or hits an unexpected exit while an event
is staged in control->event_inj, dump_vmcb() will log 0 for event_inj and
print the staged event_inj under exit_int_info, hiding the event_inj value
that was present at VMRUN. Similarly, for nested exits,
trace_kvm_nested_vmexit() will record the migrated exit_int_info, disagreeing
with trace_kvm_exit() for the same exit.
Would it be better to read control->event_inj and control->event_inj_err into
local variables in svm_complete_interrupts() (while clearing
control->event_inj) instead of writing them into control->exit_int_info and
control->exit_int_info_err in the VMCB?
[ ... ]
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1792184487.git.prsampat@amd.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-16 22:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-16 21:54 [Patch v3 0/4] Introduce Enhanced SMT Protection for SEV-SNP Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-16 21:54 ` [Patch v3 1/4] KVM: SVM: Re-queue events that were never injected Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-16 22:24 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-16 21:54 ` [Patch v3 2/4] KVM: SVM: Add host support for Enhanced SMT Protection Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-16 21:54 ` [Patch v3 3/4] x86/sev: Add guest " Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-16 21:54 ` [Patch v3 4/4] x86/hyperv: " Pratik R. Sampat
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