From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Srikanth Aithal <sraithal@amd.com>,
Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SEV: Don't set CR8 write intercept when disabling AVIC for SEV-ES guests
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:18:40 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260310211841.2552361-2-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260310211841.2552361-1-seanjc@google.com>
Don't set the CR8 write intercept when disabling AVIC for SEV-ES vCPUs, as
attempting to intercept CR8 will generate a #VC and in all likelihood kill
the VM.
Note! At first glance, one might think KVM's handling of CR8 write traps
for SEV-ES is flawed, as KVM traps CR8 writes even when AVIC is enabled,
despite the fact that hardware updates the AVIC backing page as well. But
KVM unconditionally inhibits AVIC for SEV-ES guests as current hardware
apparently can't support it (see c538dc792ff7 ("KVM: SVM: Do not activate
AVIC for SEV-enabled guest")).
However, KVM's overall handling of CR8 _is_ broken, as sync_cr8_to_lapic()
will clobber with stale information from the unencrypted VMCB. That issue
will be fixed separately.
Reported-by: Srikanth Aithal <sraithal@amd.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/19935696-36cf-411b-af90-aabe6a98d7e7@amd.com
Fixes: e992bf67bcba ("KVM: SVM: Set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index 13a4a8949aba..f7ec7914e3c4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ static void avic_deactivate_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
vmcb->control.int_ctl &= ~(AVIC_ENABLE_MASK | X2APIC_MODE_MASK);
vmcb->control.avic_physical_id &= ~AVIC_PHYSICAL_MAX_INDEX_MASK;
- svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
+ if (!sev_es_guest(svm->vcpu.kvm))
+ svm_set_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
/*
* If running nested and the guest uses its own MSR bitmap, there
--
2.53.0.473.g4a7958ca14-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-10 21:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-10 21:18 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: SEV: Fix a CR8 intercept goof with " Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 21:18 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-03-11 4:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SEV: Don't set CR8 write intercept when disabling AVIC for " Aithal, Srikanth
2026-03-10 21:18 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: selftests: Verify SEV+ guests can read and write EFER, CR0, CR4, and CR8 Sean Christopherson
2026-03-11 4:56 ` Aithal, Srikanth
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