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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 498fed0dda98..f15ddf58a5bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4901,24 +4901,35 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
| FEAT_CTL_VMX_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX;
/*
- * Note, KVM cannot rely on hardware to perform the CR0/CR4 #UD checks
- * that have higher priority than VM-Exit (see Intel SDM's pseudocode
- * for VMXON), as KVM must load valid CR0/CR4 values into hardware while
- * running the guest, i.e. KVM needs to check the _guest_ values.
+ * Manually check CR4.VMXE checks, KVM must force CR4.VMXE=1 to enter
+ * the guest and so cannot rely on hardware to perform the check,
+ * which has higher priority than VM-Exit (see Intel SDM's pseudocode
+ * for VMXON).
*
- * Rely on hardware for the other two pre-VM-Exit checks, !VM86 and
- * !COMPATIBILITY modes. KVM may run the guest in VM86 to emulate Real
- * Mode, but KVM will never take the guest out of those modes.
+ * Rely on hardware for the other pre-VM-Exit checks, CR0.PE=1, !VM86
+ * and !COMPATIBILITY modes. For an unrestricted guest, KVM doesn't
+ * force any of the relevant guest state. For a restricted guest, KVM
+ * does force CR0.PE=1, but only to also force VM86 in order to emulate
+ * Real Mode, and so there's no need to check CR0.PE manually.
*/
- if (!nested_host_cr0_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr0(vcpu)) ||
- !nested_host_cr4_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr4(vcpu))) {
+ if (!kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_VMXE)) {
kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
return 1;
}
/*
- * CPL=0 and all other checks that are lower priority than VM-Exit must
- * be checked manually.
+ * The CPL is checked for "not in VMX operation" and for "in VMX root",
+ * and has higher priority than the VM-Fail due to being post-VMXON,
+ * i.e. VMXON #GPs outside of VMX non-root if CPL!=0. In VMX non-root,
+ * VMXON causes VM-Exit and KVM unconditionally forwards VMXON VM-Exits
+ * from L2 to L1, i.e. there's no need to check for the vCPU being in
+ * VMX non-root.
+ *
+ * Forwarding the VM-Exit unconditionally, i.e. without performing the
+ * #UD checks (see above), is functionally ok because KVM doesn't allow
+ * L1 to run L2 without CR4.VMXE=0, and because KVM never modifies L2's
+ * CR0 or CR4, i.e. it's L2's responsibility to emulate #UDs that are
+ * missed by hardware due to shadowing CR0 and/or CR4.
*/
if (vmx_get_cpl(vcpu)) {
kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
@@ -4928,6 +4939,17 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (vmx->nested.vmxon)
return nested_vmx_fail(vcpu, VMXERR_VMXON_IN_VMX_ROOT_OPERATION);
+ /*
+ * Invalid CR0/CR4 generates #GP. These checks are performed if and
+ * only if the vCPU isn't already in VMX operation, i.e. effectively
+ * have lower priority than the VM-Fail above.
+ */
+ if (!nested_host_cr0_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr0(vcpu)) ||
+ !nested_host_cr4_valid(vcpu, kvm_read_cr4(vcpu))) {
+ kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
if ((vmx->msr_ia32_feature_control & VMXON_NEEDED_FEATURES)
!= VMXON_NEEDED_FEATURES) {
kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);