FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: SVM: Explicitly mark vmcb01 dirty after modifying VMCB" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x d5bde6113aed8315a2bfe708730b721be9c2f48b
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026050339-outlast-sculpture-2388@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From d5bde6113aed8315a2bfe708730b721be9c2f48b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:09:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Explicitly mark vmcb01 dirty after modifying VMCB
 intercepts

When reacting to an intercept update, explicitly mark vmcb01's intercepts
dirty, as KVM always initially operates on vmcb01, and nested_svm_vmexit()
isn't guaranteed to mark VMCB_INTERCEPTS as dirty.  I.e. if L2 is active,
KVM will modify the intercepts for L1, but might not mark them as dirty
before the next VMRUN of L1.

Fixes: 116a0a23676e ("KVM: SVM: Add clean-bit for intercetps, tsc-offset and pause filter count")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260218230958.2877682-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 1c5f0f08bb8c..5b639d98bf09 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -128,11 +128,13 @@ void recalc_intercepts(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	struct vmcb_ctrl_area_cached *g;
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	vmcb_mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_INTERCEPTS);
+	vmcb_mark_dirty(svm->vmcb01.ptr, VMCB_INTERCEPTS);
 
 	if (!is_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu))
 		return;
 
+	vmcb_mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_INTERCEPTS);
+
 	c = &svm->vmcb->control;
 	h = &svm->vmcb01.ptr->control;
 	g = &svm->nested.ctl;