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 v4 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:58:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260212155905.3448571-3-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260212155905.3448571-1-jmattson@google.com>
Cache g_pat from vmcb12 in vmcb_save_area_cached to avoid TOCTTOU issues,
and add a validity check so that when nested paging is enabled for vmcb12,
an invalid g_pat at emulated VMRUN 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 | 17 +++++++++++++----
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index b72a1f3c4144..91b35adb83f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ static bool nested_vmcb_check_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
/* Common checks that apply to both L1 and L2 state. */
static bool nested_vmcb_check_save(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
- struct vmcb_save_area_cached *save)
+ struct vmcb_save_area_cached *save,
+ bool check_gpat)
{
if (CC(!(save->efer & EFER_SVME)))
return false;
@@ -462,6 +463,9 @@ static bool nested_vmcb_check_save(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (CC(!kvm_valid_efer(vcpu, save->efer)))
return false;
+ if (check_gpat && CC(!kvm_pat_valid(save->g_pat)))
+ return false;
+
return true;
}
@@ -573,6 +577,7 @@ static void __nested_copy_vmcb_save_to_cache(struct vmcb_save_area_cached *to,
to->rax = from->rax;
to->cr2 = from->cr2;
+ to->g_pat = from->g_pat;
svm_copy_lbrs(to, from);
}
@@ -1036,7 +1041,8 @@ int enter_svm_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 vmcb12_gpa, bool from_vmrun)
enter_guest_mode(vcpu);
- if (!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &svm->nested.save) ||
+ if (!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &svm->nested.save,
+ nested_npt_enabled(svm)) ||
!nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu, &svm->nested.ctl,
svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.cr0))
return -EINVAL;
@@ -2006,13 +2012,16 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
/*
* Validate host state saved from before VMRUN (see
- * nested_svm_check_permissions).
+ * nested_svm_check_permissions). Note that the g_pat field is not
+ * validated, because (a) it may have been clobbered by SMM before
+ * KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE, and (b) it is not loaded at emulated
+ * #VMEXIT.
*/
__nested_copy_vmcb_save_to_cache(&save_cached, save);
if (!(save->cr0 & X86_CR0_PG) ||
!(save->cr0 & X86_CR0_PE) ||
(save->rflags & X86_EFLAGS_VM) ||
- !nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &save_cached))
+ !nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &save_cached, false))
goto out_free;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 9850ed01e16e..a49c48459e0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct vmcb_save_area_cached {
u64 isst_addr;
u64 rax;
u64 cr2;
+ u64 g_pat;
u64 dbgctl;
u64 br_from;
u64 br_to;
--
2.53.0.239.g8d8fc8a987-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-12 15:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-12 15:58 [PATCH v4 0/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Improve PAT virtualization Jim Mattson
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Clear VMCB_NPT clean bit when updating hPAT from guest mode Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:17 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 15:32 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:46 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-12 15:58 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-02-13 0:22 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Cache and validate vmcb12 g_pat Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-20 22:26 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-20 23:25 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Set vmcb02.g_pat correctly for nested NPT Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:27 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Redirect IA32_PAT accesses to either hPAT or gPAT Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:30 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 15:42 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 22:19 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-13 23:31 ` Jim Mattson
2026-02-17 23:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-17 23:40 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-17 23:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-26 21:18 ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 21:26 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-26 21:56 ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-26 21:59 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:43 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-13 15:44 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save gPAT to vmcb12.g_pat on VMEXIT Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:33 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Save/restore gPAT with KVM_{GET,SET}_NESTED_STATE Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:36 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] KVM: x86: nSVM: Handle restore of legacy nested state Jim Mattson
2026-02-13 0:38 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-12 15:58 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] KVM: selftests: nSVM: Add svm_nested_pat test Jim Mattson
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