From: <amirmohammad.eftekhar@cispa.de>
To: <seanjc@google.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<amirmohammadeftekhar@gmail.com>,
Amirmohammad Eftekhar <amirmohammad.eftekhar@cispa.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Reject nested VM-entry in a non-active state blocked by STI/MOV-SS
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:51:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261022215146.233479-2-amirmohammad.eftekhar@cispa.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <atqDVkHjdJ2iF9Uv@google.com>
From: Amirmohammad Eftekhar <amirmohammad.eftekhar@cispa.de>
nested_check_guest_non_reg_state() only checks that guest_activity_state is
one of ACTIVE/HLT/WAIT_SIPI; it does not enforce the SDM's requirement that
the activity state indicate the active state when the interruptibility-state
field blocks by STI or MOV SS. KVM cannot rely on hardware to catch the
miss: prepare_vmcs02() never writes GUEST_ACTIVITY_STATE, so vmcs02 always
carries the active state and the physical VMLAUNCH cannot reject the illegal
combination. Add the cross-check.
Signed-off-by: Amirmohammad Eftekhar <amirmohammad.eftekhar@cispa.de>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index b25216862740..6e2ec1912f12 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -3311,6 +3311,11 @@ static int nested_check_guest_non_reg_state(struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
vmcs12->guest_activity_state != GUEST_ACTIVITY_WAIT_SIPI))
return -EINVAL;
+ if (CC(vmcs12->guest_activity_state != GUEST_ACTIVITY_ACTIVE &&
+ (vmcs12->guest_interruptibility_info &
+ (GUEST_INTR_STATE_STI | GUEST_INTR_STATE_MOV_SS))))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
return 0;
}
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-22 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-22 21:12 [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Reject nested VM-entry in wait-for-SIPI with a pending event injection Amirmohammad Eftekhar
2026-10-22 21:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-10-22 21:51 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] KVM: nVMX: Add the activity-state cross-checks VM-entry requires amirmohammad.eftekhar
2026-10-22 21:51 ` amirmohammad.eftekhar [this message]
2026-10-22 21:51 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] KVM: nVMX: Reject nested VM-entry in wait-for-SIPI with a pending event injection amirmohammad.eftekhar
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