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 2/7] KVM: SVM: Disallow EFER.SVME and EFER.LSMLE if nested is disabled
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 23:47:10 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260630234716.3039031-3-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260630234716.3039031-1-yosry@kernel.org>
Explicitly disallow setting EFER.SVME and EFER.LSMLE if nested
virtualization is disabled on SVM, to prevent the bits remaining allowed
if kvm_amd is loaded with nested=1 and then reloaded with nested=0.
This is a minimal fix for the benefit of stable backports, which will be
followed by a more systematic fix (moving efer_reserved_bits to
kvm_caps).
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 8 +++++++-
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
index c230b18d87e38..45170df0ce40b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
@@ -660,10 +660,16 @@ static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
{
- efer_reserved_bits &= ~mask;
+ efer_reserved_bits &= ~mask;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_enable_efer_bits);
+void kvm_disable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
+{
+ efer_reserved_bits |= mask;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_disable_efer_bits);
+
bool kvm_msr_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u32 type)
{
struct kvm_x86_msr_filter *msr_filter;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
index b698983e37fb6..89f10447cdddf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ int kvm_get_reg_list(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_reg_list __user *user_list);
void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64);
+void kvm_disable_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);
int kvm_emulate_msr_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 data);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index ef69a51ab27f9..1d51500238462 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -5645,6 +5645,9 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
r = nested_svm_init_msrpm_merge_offsets();
if (r)
return r;
+ } else {
+ kvm_disable_efer_bits(EFER_SVME);
+ kvm_disable_efer_bits(EFER_LMSLE);
}
/*
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-30 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 23:47 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: x86: EFER validity fixes and cleanups Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-30 23:47 ` [PATCH 1/7] KVM: x86: Check EFER validity on KVM_SET_SREGS* Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-30 23:47 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-06-30 23:47 ` [PATCH 3/7] KVM: x86: Disallow EFER.LME and EFER.LMA if long mode is not supported Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-30 23:47 ` [PATCH 4/7] KVM: x86: Add a per-vendor callback to setup EFER caps Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-30 23:47 ` [PATCH 5/7] KVM: x86: Reverse the polarity of efer_reserved_bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-30 23:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 23:54 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-01 6:58 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-06-30 23:47 ` [PATCH 6/7] KVM: x86: Move supported EFER bits to kvm_caps Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-01 0:00 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 23:47 ` [PATCH 7/7] KVM: selftests: Extend set_sregs test to cover EFER Yosry Ahmed
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