From: "Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, seanjc@google.com, pbonzini@redhat.com
Cc: "Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>,
"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 (maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)),
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT
AND 64-BIT))
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix #GP check in em_dr_write()
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 15:33:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260601133320.91479-2-clopez@suse.de> (raw)
When emulating a MOV to a debug register, em_dr_write() calls
@ctxt->ops->set_dr(), which is forwarded to emulator_set_dr() and
then kvm_set_dr(). The latter checks that the written value is valid,
otherwise returning an error, in which case the emulator is supposed to
inject a #GP fault into the guest.
Commit 996ff5429e98 ("KVM: x86: move kvm_inject_gp up from kvm_set_dr
to callers") changed the contract of kvm_set_dr() (and thus
emulator_set_dr()), returning 1 as an error instead of -1, but the
caller in em_dr_write() was never updated, checking only if the returned
value is negative. The end result is that em_dr_write() does not detect
the error, so an invalid write does not generate a #GP, but at the same
time the register value is not updated.
The practical impact is limited, as check_dr_write() already checks DR6
and DR7 manually. However, it misses DR4/DR5, which alias DR6/DR7 when
CR4.DE=0.
Fix this by treating any non-zero return from set_dr() as a reason to
inject #GP.
Fixes: 996ff5429e98 ("KVM: x86: move kvm_inject_gp up from kvm_set_dr to callers")
Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@suse.de>
---
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 585a8ceab220..de138ef92dc6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -3299,7 +3299,7 @@ static int em_dr_write(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
val = ctxt->src.val & ~0U;
/* #UD condition is already handled. */
- if (ctxt->ops->set_dr(ctxt, ctxt->modrm_reg, val) < 0)
+ if (ctxt->ops->set_dr(ctxt, ctxt->modrm_reg, val) != 0)
return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
/* Disable writeback. */
base-commit: d1568b1332b6b3b36b222c2868fc102727c12a34
--
2.51.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-01 13:34 UTC|newest]
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2026-06-01 13:33 Carlos López [this message]
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