[PATCH v16 16/51] KVM: VMX: Set up interception for CET MSRs

Sean Christopherson
2025-09-19T22:33:35Z

From: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>

Disable interception for CET MSRs that can be accessed via XSAVES/XRSTORS,
and exist accordingly to CPUID, as accesses through XSTATE aren't subject
to MSR interception checks, i.e. can't be intercepted without intercepting
and emulating XSAVES/XRSTORS, and KVM doesn't support emulating
XSAVE/XRSTOR instructions.

Don't condition interception on the guest actually having XSAVES as there
is no benefit to intercepting the accesses (when the MSRs exist). The
MSRs in question are either context switched by the CPU on VM-Enter/VM-Exit
or by KVM via XSAVES/XRSTORS (KVM requires XSAVES to virtualization SHSTK),
i.e. KVM is going to load guest values into hardware irrespective of guest
XSAVES support.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@grsecurity.net>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Tested-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index e271e3785561..5fe4a4b8efb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4101,6 +4101,8 @@ void pt_update_intercept_for_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)

static void vmx_recalc_msr_intercepts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ bool intercept;
+
if (!cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap())
return;

@@ -4146,6 +4148,23 @@ static void vmx_recalc_msr_intercepts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_FLUSH_CMD, MSR_TYPE_W,
!guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_FLUSH_L1D));

+ if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
+ intercept = !guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
+
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL1_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL2_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ }
+
+ if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) || kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_IBT)) {
+ intercept = !guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBT) &&
+ !guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
+
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_U_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ vmx_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_S_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW, intercept);
+ }
+
/*
* x2APIC and LBR MSR intercepts are modified on-demand and cannot be
* filtered by userspace.
--
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