From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:43:02 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205214326.1029278-3-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260205214326.1029278-1-jmattson@google.com>
Cache g_pat from vmcb12 in svm->nested.gpat to avoid TOCTTOU issues, and
add a validity check so that when nested paging is enabled for vmcb12, an
invalid g_pat causes an immediate VMEXIT with exit code VMEXIT_INVALID, as
specified in the APM, volume 2: "Nested Paging and VMRUN/VMEXIT."
Fixes: 3d6368ef580a ("KVM: SVM: Add VMRUN handler")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 4 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index f72dbd10dcad..1d4ff6408b34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1027,9 +1027,11 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(svm, &vmcb12->control);
nested_copy_vmcb_save_to_cache(svm, &vmcb12->save);
+ svm->nested.gpat = vmcb12->save.g_pat;
if (!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu) ||
- !nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu)) {
+ !nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu) ||
+ (nested_npt_enabled(svm) && !kvm_pat_valid(svm->nested.gpat))) {
vmcb12->control.exit_code = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
vmcb12->control.exit_info_1 = 0;
vmcb12->control.exit_info_2 = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 986d90f2d4ca..42a4bf83b3aa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ struct svm_nested_state {
*/
struct vmcb_save_area_cached save;
+ /* Cached guest PAT from vmcb12.save.g_pat */
+ u64 gpat;
+
bool initialized;
/*
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 21:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 21:43 [PATCH v3 0/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating g_pat in L2 Jim Mattson
2026-02-09 16:05 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-05 21:43 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-06 18:19 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 18:23 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 18:32 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 19:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 19:15 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:50 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 20:56 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 23:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 18:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 18:29 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 19:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Jim Mattson
2026-02-06 19:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 22:38 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-05 21:43 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
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