From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>,
"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
stable@kernel.org, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y] x86/fred: Fix early boot failures on SEV-ES/SNP guests
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:17:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260331121706.2197458-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026033022-wiry-prodigal-d8ff@gregkh>
From: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
[ Upstream commit 3645eb7e3915990a149460c151a00894cb586253 ]
FRED-enabled SEV-(ES,SNP) guests fail to boot due to the following issues
in the early boot sequence:
* FRED does not have a #VC exception handler in the dispatch logic
* Early FRED #VC exceptions attempt to use uninitialized per-CPU GHCBs
instead of boot_ghcb
Add X86_TRAP_VC case to fred_hwexc() with a new exc_vmm_communication()
function that provides the unified entry point FRED requires, dispatching
to existing user/kernel handlers based on privilege level. The function is
already declared via DECLARE_IDTENTRY_VC().
Fix early GHCB access by falling back to boot_ghcb in
__sev_{get,put}_ghcb() when per-CPU GHCBs are not yet initialized.
Fixes: 14619d912b65 ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code")
Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # 6.12+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318075654.1792916-4-nikunj@amd.com
[ applied GHCB early-return changes to core.c instead of noinstr.c ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index d5329211b1a7e..2be730765f835 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ static noinstr struct ghcb *__sev_get_ghcb(struct ghcb_state *state)
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+ if (!sev_cfg.ghcbs_initialized)
+ return boot_ghcb;
+
data = this_cpu_read(runtime_data);
ghcb = &data->ghcb_page;
@@ -649,6 +652,9 @@ static noinstr void __sev_put_ghcb(struct ghcb_state *state)
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+ if (!sev_cfg.ghcbs_initialized)
+ return;
+
data = this_cpu_read(runtime_data);
ghcb = &data->ghcb_page;
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
index 563e439b743f2..9f50f0c1c00f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
@@ -176,6 +176,16 @@ static noinstr void fred_extint(struct pt_regs *regs)
}
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
+noinstr void exc_vmm_communication(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
+{
+ if (user_mode(regs))
+ return user_exc_vmm_communication(regs, error_code);
+ else
+ return kernel_exc_vmm_communication(regs, error_code);
+}
+#endif
+
static noinstr void fred_hwexc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
{
/* Optimize for #PF. That's the only exception which matters performance wise */
@@ -206,6 +216,10 @@ static noinstr void fred_hwexc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CET
case X86_TRAP_CP: return exc_control_protection(regs, error_code);
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
+ case X86_TRAP_VC: return exc_vmm_communication(regs, error_code);
+#endif
+
default: return fred_bad_type(regs, error_code);
}
--
2.53.0
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2026-03-30 9:35 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/fred: Fix early boot failures on SEV-ES/SNP guests" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree gregkh
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