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 3/9] KVM: SVM: Properly check RAX on #GP intercept of SVM instructions
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:27:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316202732.3164936-4-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260316202732.3164936-1-yosry@kernel.org>
When KVM intercepts #GP on an SVM instruction, it re-injects the #GP if
the instruction was executed with a mis-algined RAX. However, a #GP
should also be reinjected if RAX contains an illegal GPA, according to
the APM, one of #GP conditions is:
rAX referenced a physical address above the maximum
supported physical address.
Replace the PAGE_MASK check with page_address_valid(), which checks both
page-alignment as well as the legality of the GPA based on the vCPU's
MAXPHYADDR. Use kvm_register_read() to read RAX to avoid
page_address_valid() failing on 32-bit due to garbage in the higher
bits.
Note that this is currently only a problem if KVM is running an L2 guest
and ends up synthesizing a #VMEXIT to L1, as the RAX check takes
precedence over the intercept. Otherwise, if KVM emulates the
instruction, kvm_vcpu_map() should fail on illegal GPAs and inject a #GP
anyway. However, following patches will change the failure behavior of
kvm_vcpu_map(), so make sure the #GP interception handler does this
appropriately.
Opportunistically drop a teaser FIXME about the SVM instructions
handling on #GP belonging in the emulator.
Fixes: 82a11e9c6fa2 ("KVM: SVM: Add emulation support for #GP triggered by SVM instructions")
Fixes: d1cba6c92237 ("KVM: x86: nSVM: test eax for 4K alignment for GP errata workaround")
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 392a5088f20bf..3122a98745ab7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2277,10 +2277,12 @@ static int gp_interception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (x86_decode_emulated_instruction(vcpu, 0, NULL, 0) != EMULATION_OK)
goto reinject;
+ /* FIXME: Handle SVM instructions through the emulator */
svm_exit_code = svm_instr_exit_code(vcpu);
if (svm_exit_code) {
- /* All SVM instructions expect page aligned RAX */
- if (svm->vmcb->save.rax & ~PAGE_MASK)
+ unsigned long rax = kvm_register_read(vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RAX);
+
+ if (!page_address_valid(vcpu, rax))
goto reinject;
if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
--
2.53.0.851.ga537e3e6e9-goog
next prev parent 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 [PATCH v4 0/9] KVM: SVM: Fixes for VMCB12 checks and mapping Yosry Ahmed
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 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-04-03 17:39 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] KVM: SVM: Properly check RAX on #GP intercept of SVM instructions 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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