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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: Check for injected exceptions before queuing a debug exception
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:13:06 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260227011306.3111731-4-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260227011306.3111731-1-yosry@kernel.org>

On KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG, if a #DB or #BP is injected with
KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB or KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP, KVM fails with -EBUSY
if there is an existing pending exception. This was introduced in
commit 4f926bf29186 ("KVM: x86: Polish exception injection via
KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG") to avoid a warning in kvm_queue_exception(),
presumably to avoid overriding a pending exception.

This added another (arguably nice) property, if there's a pending
exception, KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG cannot cause a #DF or triple fault.
However, if an exception is injected, KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG will cause
a #DF or triple fault in the guest, as kvm_multiple_exception() combines
them.

Check for both pending and injected exceptions for
KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB and KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP, to avoid accidentally
injecting a #DB or triple fault.

Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e39c5faf94230..0c8aacf1fa67f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -12543,7 +12543,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	if (dbg->control & (KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB | KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP)) {
 		r = -EBUSY;
-		if (kvm_is_exception_pending(vcpu))
+		if (kvm_is_exception_pending(vcpu) || vcpu->arch.exception.injected)
 			goto out;
 		if (dbg->control & KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB)
 			kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, DB_VECTOR);
-- 
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-27  1:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-27  1:13 [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Fix incorrect handling of triple faults Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-27  1:13 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Move nested_run_pending to kvm_vcpu_arch Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-27  1:13 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: Do not inject triple faults into an L2 with a pending run Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-27  1:13 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-02-27 16:06   ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: Check for injected exceptions before queuing a debug exception Sean Christopherson
2026-02-27 16:34     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-27 17:31       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-27 18:18         ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-27 18:34           ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-02 23:22             ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-02 23:36               ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-02 23:47                 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 17:26 ` [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Fix incorrect handling of triple faults Sean Christopherson

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