From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: seanjc@google.com, xinyang@anthropic.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] KVM: VMX: check validity of VMCS controls when returning from SMM
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:24:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310202414.406078-2-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310202414.406078-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>
The VMCS12 is not available while in SMM. However, it can be overwritten
if userspace manages to trigger copy_enlightened_to_vmcs12() - for example
via KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE.
Because of this, the VMCS12 has to be checked for validity before it is
used to generate the VMCS02. Move the check code out of vmx_set_nested_state()
(the other "not a VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME" path that emulates a nested vmentry)
and reuse it in vmx_leave_smm().
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Xinyang Ge <xinyang@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index cb925cc53389..d4bc47079809 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -6849,13 +6849,34 @@ void vmx_leave_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
free_nested(vcpu);
}
+int nested_vmx_check_restored_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ enum vm_entry_failure_code ignored;
+ struct vmcs12 *vmcs12 = get_vmcs12(vcpu);
+
+ if (nested_cpu_has_shadow_vmcs(vmcs12) &&
+ vmcs12->vmcs_link_pointer != INVALID_GPA) {
+ struct vmcs12 *shadow_vmcs12 = get_shadow_vmcs12(vcpu);
+
+ if (shadow_vmcs12->hdr.revision_id != VMCS12_REVISION ||
+ !shadow_vmcs12->hdr.shadow_vmcs)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (nested_vmx_check_controls(vcpu, vmcs12) ||
+ nested_vmx_check_host_state(vcpu, vmcs12) ||
+ nested_vmx_check_guest_state(vcpu, vmcs12, &ignored))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int vmx_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
struct kvm_nested_state __user *user_kvm_nested_state,
struct kvm_nested_state *kvm_state)
{
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
struct vmcs12 *vmcs12;
- enum vm_entry_failure_code ignored;
struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data __user *user_vmx_nested_state =
&user_kvm_nested_state->data.vmx[0];
int ret;
@@ -6986,25 +7007,20 @@ static int vmx_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
vmx->nested.mtf_pending =
!!(kvm_state->flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_MTF_PENDING);
- ret = -EINVAL;
if (nested_cpu_has_shadow_vmcs(vmcs12) &&
vmcs12->vmcs_link_pointer != INVALID_GPA) {
struct vmcs12 *shadow_vmcs12 = get_shadow_vmcs12(vcpu);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
if (kvm_state->size <
sizeof(*kvm_state) +
sizeof(user_vmx_nested_state->vmcs12) + sizeof(*shadow_vmcs12))
goto error_guest_mode;
+ ret = -EFAULT;
if (copy_from_user(shadow_vmcs12,
user_vmx_nested_state->shadow_vmcs12,
- sizeof(*shadow_vmcs12))) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
- goto error_guest_mode;
- }
-
- if (shadow_vmcs12->hdr.revision_id != VMCS12_REVISION ||
- !shadow_vmcs12->hdr.shadow_vmcs)
+ sizeof(*shadow_vmcs12)))
goto error_guest_mode;
}
@@ -7015,9 +7031,8 @@ static int vmx_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
kvm_state->hdr.vmx.preemption_timer_deadline;
}
- if (nested_vmx_check_controls(vcpu, vmcs12) ||
- nested_vmx_check_host_state(vcpu, vmcs12) ||
- nested_vmx_check_guest_state(vcpu, vmcs12, &ignored))
+ ret = nested_vmx_check_restored_vmcs12(vcpu);
+ if (ret < 0)
goto error_guest_mode;
vmx->nested.dirty_vmcs12 = true;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
index b844c5d59025..213a448104af 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf, u32 ept_caps);
void nested_vmx_hardware_unsetup(void);
__init int nested_vmx_hardware_setup(int (*exit_handlers[])(struct kvm_vcpu *));
void nested_vmx_set_vmcs_shadowing_bitmap(void);
+int nested_vmx_check_restored_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
void nested_vmx_free_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
enum nvmx_vmentry_status nested_vmx_enter_non_root_mode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
bool from_vmentry);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 48f0e426a8a2..e9fa59e92548 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8540,6 +8540,10 @@ int vmx_leave_smm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const union kvm_smram *smram)
}
if (vmx->nested.smm.guest_mode) {
+ /* Triple fault if the state is invalid. */
+ if (nested_vmx_check_restored_vmcs12(vcpu) < 0)
+ return 1;
+
ret = nested_vmx_enter_non_root_mode(vcpu, false);
if (ret)
return ret;
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 20:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 20:24 [PATCH 0/5] KVM: x86: check validity of nested state " Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-10 20:24 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2026-03-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 2/5] KVM: SVM: check validity of VMCB " Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-10 21:37 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-10 21:45 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 21:46 ` Yosry Ahmed
2026-03-11 16:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 3/5] selftests: kvm: extract common functionality out of smm_test.c Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 4/5] selftests: kvm: add a test that VMX validates controls on RSM Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-10 20:24 ` [PATCH 5/5] KVM: x86: clarify leave_smm() return value Paolo Bonzini
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