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When the master clock reference point (master_kernel_ns) is earlier than vcpu->arch.this_tsc_nsec, the delta is negative. Since pvclock_scale_delta() takes a u64, the negative value wraps to a huge positive number, producing a wildly wrong result. Handle negative deltas explicitly by scaling the absolute value of the delta and applying it to this_tsc_write with the appropriate sign. This is believed to be unreachable in practice; no path has been identified which invokes compute_guest_tsc() with a timestamp from before the vCPU's TSC generation was established. Fix it for robustness, in the spirit of defence in depth. Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 50e92090ba65..76c16a15f059 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -1054,11 +1054,15 @@ static int kvm_set_tsc_khz(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 user_tsc_khz) static u64 compute_guest_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, s64 kernel_ns) { - u64 tsc = pvclock_scale_delta(kernel_ns-vcpu->arch.this_tsc_nsec, - vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_mult, - vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_shift); - tsc += vcpu->arch.this_tsc_write; - return tsc; + s64 delta_ns = kernel_ns - vcpu->arch.this_tsc_nsec; + u64 tsc; + + /* Handle negative deltas gracefully (master clock ref may be earlier) */ + tsc = pvclock_scale_delta(abs(delta_ns), + vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_mult, + vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_shift); + + return vcpu->arch.this_tsc_write + (delta_ns >= 0 ? tsc : -tsc); } #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 -- 2.55.0.679.g6767b8d81c-goog