linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.4 29/51] KVM: VMX: Fix IBRS handling after vmexit

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Message-Id: <20221005113211.618592607@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  5 Oct 2022 13:32:17 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5.4 29/51] KVM: VMX: Fix IBRS handling after vmexit

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>

commit bea7e31a5caccb6fe8ed989c065072354f0ecb52 upstream.

For legacy IBRS to work, the IBRS bit needs to be always re-written
after vmexit, even if it's already on.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6571,8 +6571,13 @@ void noinstr vmx_spec_ctrl_restore_host(
 
 	/*
 	 * If the guest/host SPEC_CTRL values differ, restore the host value.
+	 *
+	 * For legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit always needs to be written after
+	 * transitioning from a less privileged predictor mode, regardless of
+	 * whether the guest/host values differ.
 	 */
-	if (vmx->spec_ctrl != hostval)
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS) ||
+	    vmx->spec_ctrl != hostval)
 		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, hostval);
 
 	barrier_nospec();