linux-kernel - [PATCH v15 10/41] KVM: x86: Add fault checks for guest CR4.CET setting

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Message-ID: <20250912232319.429659-11-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:22:48 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>, 
	John Allen <john.allen@....com>, Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, 
	Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>, Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, 
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v15 10/41] KVM: x86: Add fault checks for guest CR4.CET setting

From: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>

Check potential faults for CR4.CET setting per Intel SDM requirements.
CET can be enabled if and only if CR0.WP == 1, i.e. setting CR4.CET ==
1 faults if CR0.WP == 0 and setting CR0.WP == 0 fails if CR4.CET == 1.

Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Tested-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@....com>
Tested-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a95ca2fbd3a9..5653ddfe124e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,9 @@ int kvm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0)
 	    (is_64_bit_mode(vcpu) || kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_PCIDE)))
 		return 1;
 
+	if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_WP) && kvm_is_cr4_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR4_CET))
+		return 1;
+
 	kvm_x86_call(set_cr0)(vcpu, cr0);
 
 	kvm_post_set_cr0(vcpu, old_cr0, cr0);
@@ -1376,6 +1379,9 @@ int kvm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 			return 1;
 	}
 
+	if ((cr4 & X86_CR4_CET) && !kvm_is_cr0_bit_set(vcpu, X86_CR0_WP))
+		return 1;
+
 	kvm_x86_call(set_cr4)(vcpu, cr4);
 
 	kvm_post_set_cr4(vcpu, old_cr4, cr4);
-- 
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog