From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
To: "Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>,
seanjc@google.com, bp@alien8.de, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, jmattson@google.com,
binbin.wu@linux.intel.com, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
<x86@kernel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: synthesize CPUID bits only if CPU capability is set
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:43:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c3ee8425-d3ec-4c1d-bcbb-87320a548281@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260209153108.70667-2-clopez@suse.de>
On 9.02.26 г. 17:31 ч., Carlos López wrote:
> KVM incorrectly synthesizes CPUID bits for KVM-only leaves, as the
> following branch in kvm_cpu_cap_init() is never taken:
>
> if (leaf < NCAPINTS)
> kvm_cpu_caps[leaf] &= kernel_cpu_caps[leaf];
>
> This means that bits set via SYNTHESIZED_F() for KVM-only leaves are
> unconditionally set. This for example can cause issues for SEV-SNP
> guests running on Family 19h CPUs, as TSA_SQ_NO and TSA_L1_NO are
> always enabled by KVM in 80000021[ECX]. When userspace issues a
> SNP_LAUNCH_UPDATE command to update the CPUID page for the guest, SNP
> firmware will explicitly reject the command if the page sets sets these
> bits on vulnerable CPUs.
>
> To fix this, check in SYNTHESIZED_F() that the corresponding X86
> capability is set before adding it to to kvm_cpu_cap_features.
>
> Fixes: 31272abd5974 ("KVM: SVM: Advertise TSA CPUID bits to guests")
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260208164233.30405-1-clopez@suse.de/
> Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
> ---
> v2: fix SYNTHESIZED_F() instead of using SCATTERED_F() for TSA bits
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 88a5426674a1..5f41924987c7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -770,7 +770,10 @@ do { \
> #define SYNTHESIZED_F(name) \
> ({ \
> kvm_cpu_cap_synthesized |= feature_bit(name); \
> - F(name); \
> + \
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(X86_FEATURE_##name >= MAX_CPU_FEATURES); \
> + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_##name)) \
> + F(name); \
> })
>
> /*
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-25 16:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-09 15:31 [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: synthesize CPUID bits only if CPU capability is set Carlos López
2026-02-25 16:43 ` Nikolay Borisov [this message]
2026-03-05 17:07 ` Sean Christopherson
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