From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 02/13] KVM: nSVM: Bail early out of VMRUN emulation if advancing RIP fails
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:27:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430202750.3924147-3-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260430202750.3924147-1-yosry@kernel.org>
If kvm_skip_emulation_instruction() fails, then RIP could not be
advanced correctly (e.g. decode failure when NextRIP is not available).
KVM will exit to userspace to handle the emulation failure, but only
after stuffing the wrong RIP into vmcb01 and entering guest mode.
Bail early and exit to userspace before committing any side-effects of
emulating the VMRUN. Unify both calls to
__kvm_skip_emulated_instruction() into a single one, but return
immediately after if copying and caching vmcb12 failed. A side effect of
this is that the FIXME comment is now above the only caller.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 5dfcbaf7743b0..0f6ea490d707b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1120,21 +1120,22 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}
ret = nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache(vcpu, vmcb12_gpa);
- if (ret) {
- 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);
- }
+ if (ret == -EFAULT)
+ return kvm_handle_memory_failure(vcpu, X86EMUL_IO_NEEDED, NULL);
/*
- * At this point, VMRUN is guaranteed to not fault; advance RIP.
+ * At this point, VMRUN is guaranteed to not fault; advance RIP. If
+ * caching vmcb12 failed for other reasons, return immediately afterward
+ * as a nested #VMEXIT was already set up.
*
* FIXME: If TF is set on VMRUN should inject a #DB (or handle guest
* debugging) right after #VMEXIT, right now it's just ignored.
*/
- ret = __kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
+ if (!__kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (ret)
+ return 1;
/*
* Since vmcb01 is not in use, we can use it to store some of the L1
@@ -1164,7 +1165,7 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
nested_svm_vmexit(svm);
}
- return ret;
+ return 1;
}
/* Copy state save area fields which are handled by VMRUN */
--
2.54.0.545.g6539524ca2-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-30 20:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-30 20:27 [PATCH v5 00/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for AMD Host-Only/Guest-Only bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 01/13] KVM: nSVM: Stop leaking single-stepping on VMRUN into L2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 03/13] KVM: nSVM: Move VMRUN instruction retirement after entering guest mode Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 04/13] KVM: x86: Move enable_pmu/enable_mediated_pmu to pmu.h and pmu.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 05/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reprogram_counters() to clarify usage Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 06/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Do a single atomic OR when reprogramming counters Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 07/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Disable counters based on Host-Only/Guest-Only bits in SVM Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 23:24 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-01 3:34 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-01 17:50 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 08/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Reprogram Host/Guest-Only counters on nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 09/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Allow Host-Only/Guest-Only bits with nSVM and mediated PMU Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 10/13] KVM: selftests: Refactor allocating guest stack into a helper Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 11/13] KVM: selftests: Allocate a dedicated guest page for x86 L2 guest stack Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 12/13] KVM: selftests: Drop L1-provided stacks for L2 guests on x86 Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:27 ` [PATCH v5 13/13] KVM: selftests: Add svm_pmu_host_guest_test for Host-Only/Guest-Only bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-04-30 20:38 ` [PATCH v5 00/13] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for AMD " Yosry Ahmed
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