linux-kernel - [PATCH v15 26/41] KVM: nSVM: Save/load CET Shadow Stack state to/from vmcb12/vmcb02

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Message-ID: <20250912232319.429659-27-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:23:04 -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 26/41] KVM: nSVM: Save/load CET Shadow Stack state to/from vmcb12/vmcb02

Transfer the three CET Shadow Stack VMCB fields (S_CET, ISST_ADDR, and
SSP) on VMRUN, #VMEXIT, and loading nested state (saving nested state
simply copies the entire save area).  SVM doesn't provide a way to
disallow L1 from enabling Shadow Stacks for L2, i.e. KVM *must* provide
nested support before advertising SHSTK to userspace.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 826473f2d7c7..a6443feab252 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -636,6 +636,14 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12
 		vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_DT);
 	}
 
+	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) &&
+	    (unlikely(new_vmcb12 || vmcb_is_dirty(vmcb12, VMCB_CET)))) {
+		vmcb02->save.s_cet  = vmcb12->save.s_cet;
+		vmcb02->save.isst_addr = vmcb12->save.isst_addr;
+		vmcb02->save.ssp = vmcb12->save.ssp;
+		vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_CET);
+	}
+
 	kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, vmcb12->save.rflags | X86_EFLAGS_FIXED);
 
 	svm_set_efer(vcpu, svm->nested.save.efer);
@@ -1044,6 +1052,12 @@ void svm_copy_vmrun_state(struct vmcb_save_area *to_save,
 	to_save->rsp = from_save->rsp;
 	to_save->rip = from_save->rip;
 	to_save->cpl = 0;
+
+	if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
+		to_save->s_cet  = from_save->s_cet;
+		to_save->isst_addr = from_save->isst_addr;
+		to_save->ssp = from_save->ssp;
+	}
 }
 
 void svm_copy_vmloadsave_state(struct vmcb *to_vmcb, struct vmcb *from_vmcb)
@@ -1111,6 +1125,12 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	vmcb12->save.dr6    = svm->vcpu.arch.dr6;
 	vmcb12->save.cpl    = vmcb02->save.cpl;
 
+	if (guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
+		vmcb12->save.s_cet	= vmcb02->save.s_cet;
+		vmcb12->save.isst_addr	= vmcb02->save.isst_addr;
+		vmcb12->save.ssp	= vmcb02->save.ssp;
+	}
+
 	vmcb12->control.int_state         = vmcb02->control.int_state;
 	vmcb12->control.exit_code         = vmcb02->control.exit_code;
 	vmcb12->control.exit_code_hi      = vmcb02->control.exit_code_hi;
-- 
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog