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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 13/26] KVM: nSVM: Unify handling of VMRUN failures with proper cleanup
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:12:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260115011312.3675857-14-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115011312.3675857-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>

There are currently two possible causes of VMRUN failures:

1) Consistency checks failures. In this case, KVM updates the exit code
   in the mapped VMCB12 and exits early in nested_svm_vmrun(). This
   causes a few problems:

  A) KVM does not clear the GIF if the early consistency checks fail
     (because nested_svm_vmexit() is not called). Nothing requires
     GIF=0 before a VMRUN, from the APM:

	It is assumed that VMM software cleared GIF some time before
	executing the VMRUN instruction, to ensure an atomic state
	switch.

     So an early #VMEXIT from early consistency checks could leave the
     GIF set.

  B) svm_leave_smm() is missing consistency checks on the newly loaded
     guest state, because the checks aren't performed by
     enter_svm_guest_mode().

2) Failure to load L2's CR3 or merge the MSR bitmaps. In this case, a
   fully-fledged #VMEXIT injection is performed as VMCB02 is already
   prepared.

Arguably all VMRUN failures should be handled before the VMCB02 is
prepared, but with proper cleanup (e.g. clear the GIF). Move all the
potential failure checks inside enter_svm_guest_mode() before switching
to VMCB02. On failure of any of these checks, nested_svm_vmrun()
synthesizes a minimal #VMEXIT through the new nested_svm_failed_vmrun()
helper.

__nested_svm_vmexit() already performs the necessary cleanup for a
failed VMRUN, including uninitializing the nested MMU and reloading L1's
CR3. This ensures that consistency check failures do proper necessary
cleanup, while other failures do not doo too much cleanup. It also
leaves a unified path for handling VMRUN failures.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 52c65a30a5c6 ("KVM: SVM: Check for nested vmrun intercept before emulating vmrun")
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 53ae761b50e2..1dfe5800c98c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -938,22 +938,19 @@ int enter_svm_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 vmcb12_gpa,
 				    vmcb12->control.intercepts[INTERCEPT_WORD4],
 				    vmcb12->control.intercepts[INTERCEPT_WORD5]);
 
-
 	svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = vmcb12_gpa;
 
 	WARN_ON(svm->vmcb == svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr);
 
 	enter_guest_mode(vcpu);
 
+	if (!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &svm->nested.save) ||
+	    !nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu, &svm->nested.ctl))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (nested_npt_enabled(svm))
 		nested_svm_init_mmu_context(vcpu);
 
-	nested_svm_copy_common_state(svm->vmcb01.ptr, svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr);
-
-	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
-	nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, vmcb12->save.rip, vmcb12->save.cs.base);
-	nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(svm, vmcb12);
-
 	ret = nested_svm_load_cr3(&svm->vcpu, svm->nested.save.cr3,
 				  nested_npt_enabled(svm), from_vmrun);
 	if (ret)
@@ -965,6 +962,17 @@ int enter_svm_guest_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 vmcb12_gpa,
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Any VMRUN failure needs to happen before this point, such that the
+	 * nested #VMEXIT is injected properly by nested_svm_failed_vmrun().
+	 */
+
+	nested_svm_copy_common_state(svm->vmcb01.ptr, svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr);
+
+	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
+	nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, vmcb12->save.rip, vmcb12->save.cs.base);
+	nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(svm, vmcb12);
+
 	if (!from_vmrun)
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
 
@@ -983,6 +991,8 @@ static void __nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	struct vmcb *vmcb01 = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(is_guest_mode(vcpu));
+
 	svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = 0;
 	svm->nested.ctl.nested_cr3 = 0;
 
@@ -1006,6 +1016,19 @@ static void __nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, DB_VECTOR);
 }
 
+static void nested_svm_failed_vmrun(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12)
+{
+	WARN_ON(svm->vmcb == svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr);
+
+	leave_guest_mode(vcpu);
+
+	vmcb12->control.exit_code = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
+	vmcb12->control.exit_code_hi = -1u;
+	vmcb12->control.exit_info_1 = 0;
+	vmcb12->control.exit_info_2 = 0;
+	__nested_svm_vmexit(svm);
+}
+
 int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
@@ -1048,15 +1071,6 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(svm, &vmcb12->control);
 	nested_copy_vmcb_save_to_cache(svm, &vmcb12->save);
 
-	if (!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu, &svm->nested.save) ||
-	    !nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu, &svm->nested.ctl)) {
-		vmcb12->control.exit_code    = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
-		vmcb12->control.exit_code_hi = -1u;
-		vmcb12->control.exit_info_1  = 0;
-		vmcb12->control.exit_info_2  = 0;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * Since vmcb01 is not in use, we can use it to store some of the L1
 	 * state.
@@ -1077,15 +1091,9 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		svm->nmi_l1_to_l2 = false;
 		svm->soft_int_injected = false;
 
-		svm->vmcb->control.exit_code    = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
-		svm->vmcb->control.exit_code_hi = -1u;
-		svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_1  = 0;
-		svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_2  = 0;
-
-		nested_svm_vmexit(svm);
+		nested_svm_failed_vmrun(svm, vmcb12);
 	}
 
-out:
 	kvm_vcpu_unmap(vcpu, &map);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -1224,6 +1232,8 @@ void nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_ERAPS))
 		vmcb01->control.erap_ctl |= ERAP_CONTROL_CLEAR_RAP;
 
+	/* VMRUN failures before switching to VMCB02 are handled by nested_svm_failed_vmrun() */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->vmcb != svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr);
 	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->vmcb01);
 
 	/*
@@ -1914,9 +1924,6 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	if (nested_npt_enabled(svm))
 		nested_svm_init_mmu_context(vcpu);
 
-	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
-	nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, svm->vmcb->save.rip, svm->vmcb->save.cs.base);
-
 	/*
 	 * While the nested guest CR3 is already checked and set by
 	 * KVM_SET_SREGS, it was set when nested state was yet loaded,
@@ -1928,6 +1935,9 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free;
 
+	svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
+	nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, svm->vmcb->save.rip, svm->vmcb->save.cs.base);
+
 	svm->nested.force_msr_bitmap_recalc = true;
 
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-15  1:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-15  1:12 [PATCH v4 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 01/26] KVM: SVM: Switch svm_copy_lbrs() to a macro Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  0:59   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06  1:12     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  1:25       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 15:13         ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 15:54           ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 02/26] KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 03/26] KVM: selftests: Add a test for LBR save/restore (ft. nested) Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  1:03   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 04/26] KVM: nSVM: Always inject a #GP if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested VMRUN Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 05/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested #VMEXIT Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 06/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 " Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 07/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop nested_vmcb_check_{save/control}() wrappers Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 08/26] KVM: nSVM: Call enter_guest_mode() before switching to VMCB02 Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 09/26] KVM: nSVM: Make nested_svm_merge_msrpm() return an errno Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 10/26] KVM: nSVM: Call nested_svm_merge_msrpm() from enter_svm_guest_mode() Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 11/26] KVM: nSVM: Call nested_svm_init_mmu_context() before switching to VMCB02 Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` [PATCH v4 12/26] KVM: nSVM: Refactor minimal #VMEXIT handling out of nested_svm_vmexit() Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:12 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-02-06  0:47   ` [PATCH v4 13/26] KVM: nSVM: Unify handling of VMRUN failures with proper cleanup Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 15:40     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  1:20   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 14/26] KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ field in VMCB12 on nested #VMEXIT Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 15/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop the non-architectural consistency check for NP_ENABLE Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 16/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for nCR3 validity Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-22  1:38   ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 17/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for hCR0.PG and NP_ENABLE Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 18/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for EFER, CR0, CR4, and CS Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 19/26] KVM: nSVM: Add missing consistency check for event_inj Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 20/26] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->nested_ctl to vmcb->misc_ctl Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 21/26] KVM: SVM: Rename vmcb->virt_ext to vmcb->misc_ctl2 Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  1:31   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 16:04     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 17:58       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 22/26] KVM: SVM: Use BIT() and GENMASK() for definitions in svm.h Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  1:37   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-06 15:45     ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 23/26] KVM: nSVM: Cache all used fields from VMCB12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 24/26] KVM: nSVM: Restrict mapping VMCB12 on nested VMRUN Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 25/26] KVM: nSVM: Sanitize control fields copied from VMCB12 Yosry Ahmed
2026-01-15  1:13 ` [PATCH v4 26/26] KVM: nSVM: Only copy NP_ENABLE from VMCB01's misc_ctl Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06  1:38 ` [PATCH v4 00/26] Nested SVM fixes, cleanups, and hardening Sean Christopherson

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