[PATCH 2/6] KVM: nSVM: Always recalculate LBR MSR intercepts in svm_update_lbrv()

Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-08T00:45:55Z

svm_update_lbrv() is called when MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR is updated, and on
nested transitions where LBRV is used. It checks whether LBRV enablement
needs to be changed in the current VMCB, and if it does, it also
recalculate intercepts to LBR MSRs.

However, there are cases where intercepts need to be updated even when
LBRV enablement doesn't. Example scenario:
- L1 has MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR cleared.
- L1 runs L2 without LBR_CTL_ENABLE (no LBRV).
- L2 sets DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR in MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, svm_update_lbrv()
sets LBR_CTL_ENABLE in VMCB02 and disables intercepts to LBR MSRs.
- L2 exits to L1, svm_update_lbrv() is not called on this transition.
- L1 clears MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR, svm_update_lbrv() finds that
LBR_CTL_ENABLE is already cleared in VMCB01 and does nothing.
- Intercepts remain disabled, L1 reads to LBR MSRs read the host MSRs.

Fix it by always recalculating intercepts in svm_update_lbrv().

Fixes: 1d5a1b5860ed ("KVM: x86: nSVM: correctly virtualize LBR msrs when L2 is running")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index d25c56b30b4e2..26ab75ecf1c67 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -806,25 +806,29 @@ void svm_copy_lbrs(struct vmcb *to_vmcb, struct vmcb *from_vmcb)
vmcb_mark_dirty(to_vmcb, VMCB_LBR);
}

-void svm_enable_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+static void __svm_enable_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);

svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext |= LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK;
- svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts(vcpu);

/* Move the LBR msrs to the vmcb02 so that the guest can see them. */
if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))
svm_copy_lbrs(svm->vmcb, svm->vmcb01.ptr);
}

-static void svm_disable_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void svm_enable_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ __svm_enable_lbrv(vcpu);
+ svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts(vcpu);
+}
+
+static void __svm_disable_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);

KVM_BUG_ON(sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm), vcpu->kvm);
svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext &= ~LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK;
- svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts(vcpu);

/*
* Move the LBR msrs back to the vmcb01 to avoid copying them
@@ -853,13 +857,18 @@ void svm_update_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
(is_guest_mode(vcpu) && guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LBRV) &&
(svm->nested.ctl.virt_ext & LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK));

- if (enable_lbrv == current_enable_lbrv)
- return;
+ if (enable_lbrv && !current_enable_lbrv)
+ __svm_enable_lbrv(vcpu);
+ else if (!enable_lbrv && current_enable_lbrv)
+ __svm_disable_lbrv(vcpu);

- if (enable_lbrv)
- svm_enable_lbrv(vcpu);
- else
- svm_disable_lbrv(vcpu);
+ /*
+ * During nested transitions, it is possible that the current VMCB has
+ * LBR_CTL set, but the previous LBR_CTL had it cleared (or vice versa).
+ * In this case, even though LBR_CTL does not need an update, intercepts
+ * do, so always recalculate the intercepts here.
+ */
+ svm_recalc_lbr_msr_intercepts(vcpu);
}

void disable_nmi_singlestep(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
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