From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>,
Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.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 v7 01/17] KVM: nSVM: Stop leaking single-stepping on VMRUN into L2
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 23:46:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260527234711.4175166-2-yosry@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260527234711.4175166-1-yosry@kernel.org>
According to the APM, TF on VMRUN causes a #DB after VMRUN completes on
the _host_ side. However, KVM injects a #DB in L2 context instead (or
exits to userspace if KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP is set) in
kvm_skip_emulated_instruction().
Avoid single-step handling on VMRUN by open-coding the rest of
kvm_skip_emulated_instruction() in nested_svm_vmrun(). This doesn't look
pretty, but following changes will need to open-code
kvm_pmu_instruction_retired() anyway, and will cleanup the code. This
ignores TF on VMRUN instead of injecting a spurious exception into
L2. Document this virtualization hole with a FIXME.
Note that a failed VMRUN would have been correctly single-stepped, but
now TF is always ignored for consistency and simplicity purposes. VMX
does not support TF on a successful VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME, so it's unlikely
that single-stepping VMRUN properly is important, especially if it's
only for failed VMRUNs.
Fixes: c8e16b78c614 ("x86: KVM: svm: eliminate hardcoded RIP advancement from vmrun_interception()")
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 28ac5d5c990dd..01e3e6fa8bbb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include "lapic.h"
#include "svm.h"
#include "hyperv.h"
+#include "pmu.h"
#define CC KVM_NESTED_VMENTER_CONSISTENCY_CHECK
@@ -1145,11 +1146,22 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
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 (!svm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu))
+ return 0;
+
+ kvm_pmu_instruction_retired(vcpu);
+ return 1;
}
- /* At this point, VMRUN is guaranteed to not fault; advance RIP. */
- ret = kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
+ /*
+ * At this point, VMRUN is guaranteed to not fault; advance RIP.
+ *
+ * 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 = svm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
+ if (ret)
+ kvm_pmu_instruction_retired(vcpu);
/*
* Since vmcb01 is not in use, we can use it to store some of the L1
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index e74fcde6155ec..183e577802301 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static int __svm_skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
return 1;
}
-static int svm_skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+int svm_skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
return __svm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu, EMULTYPE_SKIP, true);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 2b6733dffd76f..e5d9984ef6320 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -832,6 +832,8 @@ static inline void svm_enable_intercept_for_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
svm_set_intercept_for_msr(vcpu, msr, type, true);
}
+int svm_skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+
/* nested.c */
#define NESTED_EXIT_HOST 0 /* Exit handled on host level */
--
2.54.0.794.g4f17f83d09-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-27 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-27 23:46 [PATCH v7 00/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for AMD Host-Only/Guest-Only bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:46 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-05-27 23:46 ` [PATCH v7 02/17] KVM: nSVM: Bail early out of VMRUN emulation if advancing RIP fails Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:46 ` [PATCH v7 03/17] KVM: nSVM: Unify RIP and PMU handling calls when emulating VMRUN Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:46 ` [PATCH v7 04/17] KVM: nSVM: Move VMRUN instruction retirement after entering guest mode Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:46 ` [PATCH v7 05/17] KVM: x86: Move enable_pmu/enable_mediated_pmu to pmu.h and pmu.c Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 06/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Rename reprogram_counters() to clarify usage Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 07/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Do a single atomic OR when reprogramming counters Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 08/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Check mediated PMU counter enablement before event filters Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 09/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for KVM_X86_PMU_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0 Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 10/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Disable counters based on Host-Only/Guest-Only bits in SVM Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 11/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Track mediated PMU counters with mode-specific enables Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 12/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Reprogram Host/Guest-Only counters on nested transitions Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 13/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Allow Host-Only/Guest-Only bits with nSVM and mediated PMU Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 14/17] KVM: selftests: Refactor allocating guest stack into a helper Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 15/17] KVM: selftests: Allocate a dedicated guest page for x86 L2 guest stack Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-28 2:56 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-28 17:58 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-28 18:01 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-28 18:03 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 16/17] KVM: selftests: Drop L1-provided stacks for L2 guests on x86 Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-27 23:47 ` [PATCH v7 17/17] KVM: selftests: Add svm_pmu_host_guest_test for Host-Only/Guest-Only bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-28 2:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-28 18:01 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-28 18:04 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-28 18:15 ` Jim Mattson
2026-05-28 2:27 ` [PATCH v7 00/17] KVM: x86/pmu: Add support for AMD " Sean Christopherson
2026-05-28 18:02 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-28 18:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-28 8:30 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-05-28 18:01 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-05-29 22:47 ` Sean Christopherson
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