x86/fred: Fix early boot failures on SEV-ES/SNP guests

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FRED-enabled SEV-(ES,SNP) guests fail to boot due to the following issues
in the early boot sequence:

* FRED does not have a #VC exception handler in the dispatch logic

* Early FRED #VC exceptions attempt to use uninitialized per-CPU GHCBs
  instead of boot_ghcb

Add X86_TRAP_VC case to fred_hwexc() with a new exc_vmm_communication()
function that provides the unified entry point FRED requires, dispatching
to existing user/kernel handlers based on privilege level. The function is
already declared via DECLARE_IDTENTRY_VC().

Fix early GHCB access by falling back to boot_ghcb in
__sev_{get,put}_ghcb() when per-CPU GHCBs are not yet initialized.

Fixes: 14619d912b ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code")
Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>  # 6.12+
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260318075654.1792916-4-nikunj@amd.com

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Nikunj A Dadhania 2026-03-18 07:56:54 +00:00 • committed by Borislav Petkov (AMD)

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arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c

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