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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
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@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/7] KVM: nSVM: Fail emulation of VMRUN/VMLOAD/VMSAVE if mapping vmcb12 fails
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:10:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313001024.136619-6-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260313001024.136619-1-yosry@kernel.org>

KVM currently injects a #GP if mapping vmcb12 fails when emulating
VMRUN/VMLOAD/VMSAVE. This is not architectural behavior, as #GP should
only be injected if the physical address is not supported or not
aligned. Instead, handle it as an emulation failure, similar to how nVMX
handles failures to read/write guest memory in several emulation paths.

When virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE is enabled, if vmcb12's GPA is not mapped in
the NPTs a VMEXIT(#NPF) will be generated, and KVM will install an MMIO
SPTE and emulate the instruction if there is no corresponding memslot.
x86_emulate_insn() will return EMULATION_FAILED as VMLOAD/VMSAVE are not
handled as part of the twobyte_insn cases.

Even though this will also result in an emulation failure, it will only
result in a straight return to userspace if
KVM_CAP_EXIT_ON_EMULATION_FAILURE is set. Otherwise, it would inject #UD
and only exit to userspace if not in guest mode. So the behavior is
slightly different if virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE is enabled.

Fixes: 3d6368ef580a ("KVM: SVM: Add VMRUN handler")
Reported-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 6 ++----
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c    | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 016bf88ec2def..8320c98b704ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1122,10 +1122,8 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	ret = nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache(vcpu, vmcb12_gpa);
 	if (ret) {
-		if (ret == -EFAULT) {
-			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-			return 1;
-		}
+		if (ret == -EFAULT)
+			return kvm_handle_memory_failure(vcpu, X86EMUL_IO_NEEDED, NULL);
 
 		/* Advance RIP past VMRUN as part of the nested #VMEXIT. */
 		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 3b1516ea45d4f..a0dacbeaa3c5a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2196,10 +2196,8 @@ static int vmload_vmsave_interception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool vmload)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(svm->vmcb->save.rax), &map)) {
-		kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-		return 1;
-	}
+	if (kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(svm->vmcb->save.rax), &map))
+		return kvm_handle_memory_failure(vcpu, X86EMUL_IO_NEEDED, NULL);
 
 	vmcb12 = map.hva;
 
-- 
2.53.0.851.ga537e3e6e9-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-13  0:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-13  0:10 [PATCH v3 0/7] KVM: SVM: Fixes for VMCB12 checks and mapping Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13  0:10 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] KVM: SVM: Drop RAX check for SVM instructions from the emulator Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-15 12:55   ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-16 13:49     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 16:28       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-17 13:15       ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-17 14:58         ` Jim Mattson
2026-03-18 15:55           ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-13  0:10 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] KVM: SVM: Check that RAX has legal GPA on #GP interception of SVM insns Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13  0:10 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] KVM: SVM: Move RAX legality check to SVM insn interception handlers Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13 18:17   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13 22:44     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-13 23:08       ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-16 15:25     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13  0:10 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] KVM: SVM: Treat mapping failures equally in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13  0:10 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-03-13  0:10 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] KVM: selftests: Rework svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-13  0:10 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] KVM: selftests: Drop 'invalid' from svm_nested_invalid_vmcb12_gpa's name Yosry Ahmed

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