linux-kernel - [PATCH v15 22/41] KVM: nVMX: Add consistency checks for CR0.WP and CR4.CET

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Message-ID: <20250912232319.429659-23-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:23:00 -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 22/41] KVM: nVMX: Add consistency checks for CR0.WP and CR4.CET

From: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>

Add consistency checks for CR4.CET and CR0.WP in guest-state or host-state
area in the VMCS12. This ensures that configurations with CR4.CET set and
CR0.WP not set result in VM-entry failure, aligning with architectural
behavior.

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>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 51d69f368689..a73f38d7eea1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -3111,6 +3111,9 @@ static int nested_vmx_check_host_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	    CC(!kvm_vcpu_is_legal_cr3(vcpu, vmcs12->host_cr3)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (CC(vmcs12->host_cr4 & X86_CR4_CET && !(vmcs12->host_cr0 & X86_CR0_WP)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (CC(is_noncanonical_msr_address(vmcs12->host_ia32_sysenter_esp, vcpu)) ||
 	    CC(is_noncanonical_msr_address(vmcs12->host_ia32_sysenter_eip, vcpu)))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -3225,6 +3228,9 @@ static int nested_vmx_check_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	    CC(!nested_guest_cr4_valid(vcpu, vmcs12->guest_cr4)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (CC(vmcs12->guest_cr4 & X86_CR4_CET && !(vmcs12->guest_cr0 & X86_CR0_WP)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if ((vmcs12->vm_entry_controls & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_DEBUG_CONTROLS) &&
 	    (CC(!kvm_dr7_valid(vmcs12->guest_dr7)) ||
 	     CC(!vmx_is_valid_debugctl(vcpu, vmcs12->guest_ia32_debugctl, false))))
-- 
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog