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 15/26] KVM: nSVM: Drop the non-architectural consistency check for NP_ENABLE
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:13:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260115011312.3675857-16-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115011312.3675857-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
KVM currenty fails a nested VMRUN and injects VMEXIT_INVALID (aka
SVM_EXIT_ERR) if L1 sets NP_ENABLE and the host does not support NPTs.
On first glance, it seems like the check should actually be for
guest_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_NPT) instead, as it is possible for the
host to support NPTs but the guest CPUID to not advertise it.
However, the consistency check is not architectural to begin with. The
APM does not mention VMEXIT_INVALID if NP_ENABLE is set on a processor
that does not have X86_FEATURE_NPT. Hence, NP_ENABLE should be ignored
if X86_FEATURE_NPT is not available for L1, so sanitize it when copying
from the VMCB12 to KVM's cache.
Apart from the consistency check, NP_ENABLE in VMCB12 is currently
ignored because the bit is actually copied from VMCB01 to VMCB02, not
from VMCB12.
Fixes: 4b16184c1cca ("KVM: SVM: Initialize Nested Nested MMU context on VMRUN")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 704e572324f2..0f2b42803cf6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -351,9 +351,6 @@ static bool nested_vmcb_check_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (CC(control->asid == 0))
return false;
- if (CC((control->nested_ctl & SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE) && !npt_enabled))
- return false;
-
if (CC(!nested_svm_check_bitmap_pa(vcpu, control->msrpm_base_pa,
MSRPM_SIZE)))
return false;
@@ -434,6 +431,11 @@ void __nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
nested_svm_sanitize_intercept(vcpu, to, SKINIT);
nested_svm_sanitize_intercept(vcpu, to, RDPRU);
+ /* Always clear NP_ENABLE if the guest cannot use NPTs */
+ to->nested_ctl = from->nested_ctl;
+ if (!guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_NPT))
+ to->nested_ctl &= ~SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE;
+
to->iopm_base_pa = from->iopm_base_pa;
to->msrpm_base_pa = from->msrpm_base_pa;
to->tsc_offset = from->tsc_offset;
@@ -448,7 +450,6 @@ void __nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
to->exit_info_2 = from->exit_info_2;
to->exit_int_info = from->exit_int_info;
to->exit_int_info_err = from->exit_int_info_err;
- to->nested_ctl = from->nested_ctl;
to->event_inj = from->event_inj;
to->event_inj_err = from->event_inj_err;
to->next_rip = from->next_rip;
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev 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 ` [PATCH v4 13/26] KVM: nSVM: Unify handling of VMRUN failures with proper cleanup Yosry Ahmed
2026-02-06 0:47 ` 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 ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
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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