From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
Kevin Cheng <chengkev@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH 0/4] KVM: nSVM: nested VMSAVE/VMLOAD fixes
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:48:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260110004821.3411245-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
A couple of fixes for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE and a selftest that verifies
correct behavior. The test fails without patch 1.
Patch 4 is a proposed added WARNING, I am not sure if such warnings are
generally acceptable and if that's the correct place for it (hence RFC),
but I think it's useful to WARN if VMSAVE/VMLOAD are neither intercepted
nor virtualized by the CPU, because it means that the guest is directly
accessing host memory with them, a massive security hole.
The warning doesn't fire with or without the fixes, but at some point I
thought there might be such a security bug, and having a warning will
give me some peace of mind.
Yosry Ahmed (4):
KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation
KVM: SVM: Stop toggling virtual VMSAVE/VMLOAD on intercept recalc
KVM: selftests: Add a selftests for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE
RFC: KVM: SVM: WARN if VMSAVE/VMLOAD are not intercepted or
virtualized
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 23 +-
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86/processor.h | 1 +
.../kvm/x86/nested_vmsave_vmload_test.c | 197 ++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/nested_vmsave_vmload_test.c
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-10 0:48 Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: SVM: Stop toggling virtual VMSAVE/VMLOAD on intercept recalc Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add a selftests for nested VMLOAD/VMSAVE Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-10 0:48 ` [PATCH 4/4] RFC: KVM: SVM: WARN if VMSAVE/VMLOAD are not intercepted or virtualized Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15 18:03 ` [PATCH 0/4] KVM: nSVM: nested VMSAVE/VMLOAD fixes Sean Christopherson
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