linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] KVM: VMX: Drop guest CPUID check for VMXE in vmx_set

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Date:   Tue,  6 Oct 2020 18:44:12 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] KVM: VMX: Drop guest CPUID check for VMXE in vmx_set_cr4()

Drop vmx_set_cr4()'s somewhat hidden guest_cpuid_has() check on VMXE now
that common x86 handles the check by incorporating VMXE into the CR4
reserved bits, i.e. in cr4_guest_rsvd_bits.  This fixes a bug where KVM
incorrectly rejects KVM_SET_SREGS with CR4.VMXE=1 if it's executed
before KVM_SET_CPUID{,2}.

Fixes: 5e1746d6205d ("KVM: nVMX: Allow setting the VMXE bit in CR4")
Reported-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index e23c41ccfac9..99ea57ba2a84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3110,9 +3110,10 @@ int vmx_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 		 * must first be able to turn on cr4.VMXE (see handle_vmon()).
 		 * So basically the check on whether to allow nested VMX
 		 * is here.  We operate under the default treatment of SMM,
-		 * so VMX cannot be enabled under SMM.
+		 * so VMX cannot be enabled under SMM.  Note, guest CPUID is
+		 * intentionally ignored, it's handled by cr4_guest_rsvd_bits.
 		 */
-		if (!nested_vmx_allowed(vcpu) || is_smm(vcpu))
+		if (!nested || is_smm(vcpu))
 			return 1;
 	}
 
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2.28.0