From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>,
Tycho Andersen <tycho@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 6/7] KVM: SEV: Don't advertise VM types that are disabled by firmware
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:23:28 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260416232329.3408497-7-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260416232329.3408497-1-seanjc@google.com>
From: Tycho Andersen <tycho@kernel.org>
As called out in a footnote for a recent SNP vulnerability[1], it is
possible for a specific flavor of SEV+ to be disabled by the firmware even
when the flavor is fully supported by the CPU and platform:
Applying mitigation CVE-2025-48514 will result in disabling SEV-ES when
SEV-SNP is enabled.
Restrict KVM's set of supported VM types based on the VM types that are
fully supported by firmware to avoid over-reporting what KVM can actually
support. Like KVM's handling of ASID space exhaustion, don't modify KVM's
CPUID capabilities, as the CPU/platform still supports the underlying
technology and clearing e.g. SEV_ES while advertising SEV_SNP would confuse
KVM and userspace.
Link: https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-3023.html [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aZyLIWtffvEnmtYh@google.com
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen (AMD) <tycho@kernel.org>
[sean: rewrite changelog to provide details on why/how this can happen]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 0971cf652b0b..ab386aa0c284 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -3202,6 +3202,7 @@ void __init sev_hardware_setup(void)
vm_types |= BIT(KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM);
if (sev_snp_supported)
vm_types |= BIT(KVM_X86_SNP_VM);
+ vm_types &= sev_firmware_supported_vm_types();
kvm_caps.supported_vm_types |= vm_types;
--
2.54.0.rc1.513.gad8abe7a5a-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-16 23:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-16 23:23 [PATCH v3 0/7] KVM: SEV: Don't advertise unusable VM types Sean Christopherson
2026-04-16 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] crypto/ccp: hoist kernel part of SNP_PLATFORM_STATUS Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 13:48 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-04-16 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] crypto/ccp: export firmware supported vm types Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 14:12 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-04-16 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] KVM: SEV: Set supported SEV+ VM types during sev_hardware_setup() Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 14:24 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-04-16 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] KVM: SEV: Consolidate logic for printing state of SEV{,-ES,-SNP} enabling Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 14:34 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-04-16 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] KVM: SEV: Don't advertise support for unusable VM types Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 14:37 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-04-16 23:23 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-04-17 14:39 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] KVM: SEV: Don't advertise VM types that are disabled by firmware Tom Lendacky
2026-04-16 23:23 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] KVM: selftests: Teach sev_*_test about revoking VM types Sean Christopherson
2026-04-17 15:12 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] KVM: SEV: Don't advertise unusable " Tycho Andersen
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