From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/9] KVM: SVM: Fixes for VMCB12 checks and mapping
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:27:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316202732.3164936-1-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
Jim pointed out that VMRUN/VMLOAD/VMSAVE injecting a #GP when the vmcb12
GPA is valid but not mappable is not architectural [1]. The series
handles them as emulation failures and (mostly) exits to userspace
instead. It also fixes the checks performed on the vmcb12 GPA (i.e. RAX)
in a few places.
Note that there's a few other bugs that this series leaves alone, mostly
to keep it focused on fixing the non-architectrual #GPs, this includes:
- KVM synthesizing #VMEXIT(VMLOAD/VMSAVE) to L1 when intercepting #GP
from L2 on VMLOAD/VMSAVE, even if L1 does not intercept VMLOAD/VMSAVE
(e.g. VLS enabled).
- KVM not respecting priority of #GP vs. #UD when EFER.SVME is disabled
by the guest.
However, the series documents these bugs with FIXMEs so that they can
hopefully be fixed up later.
v3 -> v4:
- Fix the RAX check in the emulator instead of dropping it [Paolo].
- Add refactoring of SVM instructions on #GP intercept to facilitate
following fixes.
- Use kvm_register_read() to handle 32-bit correctly and avoid false
negatives.
- Do #UD and #GP checks before synthesizing #VMEXIT to L1 when KVM
intercepts #GP on SVM instruction in L2.
- Update changelogs.
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260306210900.1933788-1-yosry@kernel.org/
[1]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/CALMp9eSMtzDJn7tGtbj=zLYpcU7Tc7XjcWBRZH7Aa5YihSmN7g@mail.gmail.com/
Yosry Ahmed (9):
KVM: SVM: Properly check RAX in the emulator for SVM instructions
KVM: SVM: Refactor SVM instruction handling on #GP intercept
KVM: SVM: Properly check RAX on #GP intercept of SVM instructions
KVM: SVM: Move RAX legality check to SVM insn interception handlers
KVM: SVM: Check EFER.SVME and CPL on #GP intercept of SVM instructions
KVM: SVM: Treat mapping failures equally in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation
KVM: nSVM: Fail emulation of VMRUN/VMLOAD/VMSAVE if mapping vmcb12
fails
KVM: selftests: Rework svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa
KVM: selftests: Drop 'invalid' from svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa's
name
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 3 +-
arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 12 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 107 +++++------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 2 +-
.../kvm/x86/svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa.c | 98 ----------
.../selftests/kvm/x86/svm_nested_vmcb12_gpa.c | 176 ++++++++++++++++++
8 files changed, 244 insertions(+), 162 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa.c
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_nested_vmcb12_gpa.c
base-commit: 3d6cdcc8883b5726513d245eef0e91cabfc397f7
--
2.53.0.851.ga537e3e6e9-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 20:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 20:27 Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] KVM: SVM: Properly check RAX in the emulator for SVM instructions Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:56 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] KVM: SVM: Refactor SVM instruction handling on #GP intercept Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-03 18:18 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-03 21:45 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] KVM: SVM: Properly check RAX on #GP intercept of SVM instructions Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-03 17:39 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-03 19:00 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-03 21:43 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-03 22:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] KVM: SVM: Move RAX legality check to SVM insn interception handlers Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] KVM: SVM: Check EFER.SVME and CPL on #GP intercept of SVM instructions Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] KVM: SVM: Treat mapping failures equally in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] KVM: nSVM: Fail emulation of VMRUN/VMLOAD/VMSAVE if mapping vmcb12 fails Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] KVM: selftests: Rework svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 20:27 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] KVM: selftests: Drop 'invalid' from svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa's name Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-03 19:05 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] KVM: SVM: Fixes for VMCB12 checks and mapping Sean Christopherson
2026-04-03 21:45 ` Yosry Ahmed
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