From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Josh Hilke <jrhilke@google.com>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] Introduce KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_FREEZE_IN_SMM_CC
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 15:15:26 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205231537.1278753-1-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
Add KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_FREEZE_IN_SMM_CC to allow L1 to set FREEZE_IN_SMM
in vmcs12's GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL field, as permitted prior to
commit 6b1dd26544d0 ("KVM: VMX: Preserve host's DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_IN_SMM
while running the guest"). The quirk is enabled by default for backwards
compatibility; userspace can disable it via KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2 for
consistency with the constraints on WRMSR(IA32_DEBUGCTL).
Note that the quirk only bypasses the consistency check. The vmcs02 bit is
still owned by the host, and PMCs are not frozen during virtualized SMM.
In particular, if a host administrator decides that PMCs should not be
frozen during physical SMM, then L1 has no say in the matter.
Fixes: 095686e6fcb4 ("KVM: nVMX: Check vmcs12->guest_ia32_debugctl on nested VM-Enter")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 10 ++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 ++-
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index d04b4bdd60c1..325e565ff99e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -8482,6 +8482,16 @@ KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT By default, on Intel platforms, KVM ignores
guest software, for example if it does not
expose a bochs graphics device (which is
known to have had a buggy driver).
+
+KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_FREEZE_IN_SMM_CC
+ By default, KVM relaxes the consistency
+ check for GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL in vmcb12
+ to allow FREEZE_IN_SMM to be set. When
+ this quirk is disabled, KVM requires
+ this bit to be cleared. Note that the
+ vmcs02 bit is still completely
+ controlled by the host, regardless of
+ the quirk setting.
=================================== ============================================
7.32 KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ff07c45e3c73..1669d4797f0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -2485,7 +2485,8 @@ int memslot_rmap_alloc(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages);
KVM_X86_QUIRK_MWAIT_NEVER_UD_FAULTS | \
KVM_X86_QUIRK_SLOT_ZAP_ALL | \
KVM_X86_QUIRK_STUFF_FEATURE_MSRS | \
- KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT)
+ KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT | \
+ KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_FREEZE_IN_SMM_CC)
#define KVM_X86_CONDITIONAL_QUIRKS \
(KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED | \
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 846a63215ce1..76128958bbca 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ struct kvm_sync_regs {
#define KVM_X86_QUIRK_SLOT_ZAP_ALL (1 << 7)
#define KVM_X86_QUIRK_STUFF_FEATURE_MSRS (1 << 8)
#define KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT (1 << 9)
+#define KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_FREEZE_IN_SMM_CC (1 << 10)
#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_VMX 0
#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_SVM 1
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 248635da6766..9bd29b9375fb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -3300,10 +3300,25 @@ static int nested_vmx_check_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (CC(vmcs12->guest_cr4 & X86_CR4_CET && !(vmcs12->guest_cr0 & X86_CR0_WP)))
return -EINVAL;
- if ((vmcs12->vm_entry_controls & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_DEBUG_CONTROLS) &&
- (CC(!kvm_dr7_valid(vmcs12->guest_dr7)) ||
- CC(!vmx_is_valid_debugctl(vcpu, vmcs12->guest_ia32_debugctl, false))))
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (vmcs12->vm_entry_controls & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_DEBUG_CONTROLS) {
+ u64 debugctl = vmcs12->guest_ia32_debugctl;
+
+ /*
+ * FREEZE_IN_SMM is not virtualized, but allow L1 to set it
+ * in VMCB12's DEBUGCTL under a quirk for backwards
+ * compatibility. Note that the quirk only relaxes the
+ * consistency check. The vmcb02 bit is still under the
+ * control of the host. In particular, if a host
+ * administrator decides to clear the bit, then L1 has no
+ * say in the matter.
+ */
+ if (kvm_check_has_quirk(vcpu->kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_FREEZE_IN_SMM_CC))
+ debugctl &= ~DEBUGCTLMSR_FREEZE_IN_SMM;
+
+ if (CC(!kvm_dr7_valid(vmcs12->guest_dr7)) ||
+ CC(!vmx_is_valid_debugctl(vcpu, debugctl, false)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
if ((vmcs12->vm_entry_controls & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT) &&
CC(!kvm_pat_valid(vmcs12->guest_ia32_pat)))
base-commit: e944fe2c09f405a2e2d147145c9b470084bc4c9a
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 23:15 UTC|newest]
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