From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v2 13/13] KVM: nSVM: Only copy NP_ENABLE from VMCB01's misc_ctl
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 22:29:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251110222922.613224-14-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251110222922.613224-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
The 'misc_ctl' field in VMCB02 is taken as-is from VMCB01. However, the
only bit that needs to copied is NP_ENABLE. This is a nop now because
other bits are for SEV guests, which do not support nested.
Nonetheless, this hardens against future bugs if/when other bits are
set for L1 but should not be set for L2.
Opportunistically add a comment explaining why NP_ENABLE is taken from
VMCB01 and not VMCB02.
Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 503cb7f5a4c5f..4e278c1f9e6b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -837,8 +837,16 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
V_NMI_BLOCKING_MASK);
}
- /* Copied from vmcb01. msrpm_base can be overwritten later. */
- vmcb02->control.misc_ctl = vmcb01->control.misc_ctl;
+ /*
+ * Copied from vmcb01. msrpm_base can be overwritten later.
+ *
+ * NP_ENABLE in vmcb12 is only used for consistency checks. If L1
+ * enables NPTs, KVM shadows L1's NPTs and uses those to run L2. If L1
+ * disables NPT, KVM runs L2 with the same NPTs used to run L1. For the
+ * latter, L1 runs L2 with shadow page tables that translate L2 GVAs to
+ * L1 GPAs, so the same NPTs can be used for L1 and L2.
+ */
+ vmcb02->control.misc_ctl = vmcb01->control.misc_ctl & SVM_MISC_CTL_NP_ENABLE;
vmcb02->control.iopm_base_pa = vmcb01->control.iopm_base_pa;
vmcb02->control.msrpm_base_pa = vmcb01->control.msrpm_base_pa;
--
2.51.2.1041.gc1ab5b90ca-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-10 22:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-10 22:29 [PATCH v2 00/13] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] KVM: SVM: Switch svm_copy_lbrs() to a macro Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] KVM: selftests: Add a test for LBR save/restore (ft. nested) Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] KVM: nSVM: Fix consistency checks for NP_ENABLE Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 16:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 18:07 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 18:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 18:35 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 18:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 20:02 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-12 18:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-12 18:38 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-13 1:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EFER, CR0, CR4, and CS Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for event_inj Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->nested_ctl to vmcb->misc_ctl Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->virt_ext to vmcb->misc_ctl2 Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] KVM: nSVM: Cache all used fields from VMCB12 Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] KVM: nSVM: Restrict mapping VMCB12 on nested VMRUN Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 16:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 18:24 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 18:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-10 23:05 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-11 0:55 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-12 23:30 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] KVM: nSVM: Simplify nested_svm_vmrun() Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 16:11 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 18:30 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 19:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-10 16:16 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-12 23:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-11 19:25 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-11 20:13 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-13 0:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-15 18:34 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] KVM: nSVM: Sanitize control fields copied from VMCB12 Yosry Ahmed
2025-12-09 16:19 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 18:37 ` Yosry Ahmed
2025-11-10 22:29 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2025-12-09 16:23 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] KVM: nSVM: Only copy NP_ENABLE from VMCB01's misc_ctl Sean Christopherson
2025-12-09 18:38 ` Yosry Ahmed
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