linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 02/46] KVM: nVMX: Set LDTR to its architecturally defined value on nested VM-Exit

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:32:40 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.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, Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 02/46] KVM: nVMX: Set LDTR to its architecturally defined
 value on nested VM-Exit

Set L1's LDTR on VM-Exit per the Intel SDM:

  The host-state area does not contain a selector field for LDTR. LDTR is
  established as follows on all VM exits: the selector is cleared to
  0000H, the segment is marked unusable and is otherwise undefined
  (although the base address is always canonical).

This is likely a benign bug since the LDTR is unusable, as it means the
L1 VMM is conditioned to reload its LDTR in order to function properly on
bare metal.

Fixes: 4704d0befb07 ("KVM: nVMX: Exiting from L2 to L1")
Reviewed-by: Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 1a52134b0c42..7f8184f432b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4298,6 +4298,10 @@ static void load_vmcs12_host_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	};
 	vmx_set_segment(vcpu, &seg, VCPU_SREG_TR);
 
+	memset(&seg, 0, sizeof(seg));
+	seg.unusable = 1;
+	vmx_set_segment(vcpu, &seg, VCPU_SREG_LDTR);
+
 	kvm_set_dr(vcpu, 7, 0x400);
 	vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL, 0);
 
-- 
2.32.0.93.g670b81a890-goog