linux-kernel - kvm_intel fails to load on CPUs running Linux 4.12 or later

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:02:14 -0400
From:   Jason R Begley <jayray@...italgoat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: kvm_intel fails to load on CPUs running Linux 4.12 or later

I see that this has been discussed before, but I have ran into the same 
problem recently after trying kernel 4.13.6 and the kvm_intel module 
would not load. I stumbled across an article from Sat, 5 Aug 2017 
21:26:42 with the same issue. Is there any way to fix this? Below is a 
cpuinfo



processor       : 3
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5150  @ 2.66GHz
stepping        : 6
microcode       : 0xcd
cpu MHz         : 600.000
cache size      : 4096 KB
physical id     : 3
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
apicid          : 7
initial apicid  : 7
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe 
syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl cpuid 
aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm 
dca lahf_lm tpr_shadow dtherm
bugs            :
bogomips        : 5335.26
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:


Thank you for the help,

J