linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 06/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested #VMEXIT

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Message-ID: <20260206190851.860662-7-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev>
Date: Fri,  6 Feb 2026 19:08:31 +0000
From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 06/26] KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if mapping VMCB12 fails on nested #VMEXIT

KVM currently injects a #GP and hopes for the best if mapping VMCB12
fails on nested #VMEXIT, and only if the failure mode is -EINVAL.
Mapping the VMCB12 could also fail if creating host mappings fails.

After the #GP is injected, nested_svm_vmexit() bails early, without
cleaning up (e.g. KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is set, is_guest_mode()
is true, etc). Move mapping VMCB12 a bit later, after leaving guest mode
and clearing KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, right before the VMCB12 is
actually used.

Instead of optionally injecting a #GP, triple fault the guest if mapping
VMCB12 fails since KVM cannot make a sane recovery. The APM states that
a #VMEXIT will triple fault if host state is illegal or an exception
occurs while loading host state, so the behavior is not entirely made
up.

Also update the WARN_ON() in svm_get_nested_state_pages() to
WARN_ON_ONCE() to avoid future user-triggeable bugs spamming kernel logs
and potentially causing issues.

Fixes: cf74a78b229d ("KVM: SVM: Add VMEXIT handler and intercepts")
CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 25 +++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index fab0d3d5baa2..830341b0e1f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1121,24 +1121,14 @@ void svm_copy_vmloadsave_state(struct vmcb *to_vmcb, struct vmcb *from_vmcb)
 int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
+	gpa_t vmcb12_gpa = svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa;
 	struct vmcb *vmcb01 = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
 	struct vmcb *vmcb02 = svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
 	struct vmcb *vmcb12;
 	struct kvm_host_map map;
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa), &map);
-	if (rc) {
-		if (rc == -EINVAL)
-			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	vmcb12 = map.hva;
 
 	/* Exit Guest-Mode */
 	leave_guest_mode(vcpu);
-	svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = 0;
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->nested.nested_run_pending);
 
 	kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, vcpu);
@@ -1146,8 +1136,16 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	/* in case we halted in L2 */
 	kvm_set_mp_state(vcpu, KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE);
 
+	svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa = 0;
+
+	if (kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(vmcb12_gpa), &map)) {
+		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, vcpu);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	/* Give the current vmcb to the guest */
 
+	vmcb12 = map.hva;
 	vmcb12->save.es     = vmcb02->save.es;
 	vmcb12->save.cs     = vmcb02->save.cs;
 	vmcb12->save.ss     = vmcb02->save.ss;
@@ -1304,8 +1302,7 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 
 	nested_svm_uninit_mmu_context(vcpu);
 
-	rc = nested_svm_load_cr3(vcpu, vmcb01->save.cr3, false, true);
-	if (rc)
+	if (nested_svm_load_cr3(vcpu, vmcb01->save.cr3, false, true))
 		return 1;
 
 	/*
@@ -1936,7 +1933,7 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 static bool svm_get_nested_state_pages(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON(!is_guest_mode(vcpu)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_guest_mode(vcpu)))
 		return true;
 
 	if (!vcpu->arch.pdptrs_from_userspace &&
-- 
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog