linux/arch/x86/kvm
Sean Christopherson ba3bca40f9 KVM: SVM: Set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated
[ Upstream commit 87d0f901a9 ]

Explicitly set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated to
fix a bug where KVM leaves the interception enabled after AVIC is
activated.  E.g. if KVM emulates INIT=>WFS while AVIC is deactivated, CR8
will remain intercepted in perpetuity.

On its own, the dangling CR8 intercept is "just" a performance issue, but
combined with the TPR sync bug fixed by commit d02e48830e ("KVM: SVM:
Sync TPR from LAPIC into VMCB::V_TPR even if AVIC is active"), the danging
intercept is fatal to Windows guests as the TPR seen by hardware gets
wildly out of sync with reality.

Note, VMX isn't affected by the bug as TPR_THRESHOLD is explicitly ignored
when Virtual Interrupt Delivery is enabled, i.e. when APICv is active in
KVM's world.  I.e. there's no need to trigger update_cr8_intercept(), this
is firmly an SVM implementation flaw/detail.

WARN if KVM gets a CR8 write #VMEXIT while AVIC is active, as KVM should
never enter the guest with AVIC enabled and CR8 writes intercepted.

Fixes: 3bbf3565f4 ("svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Cc: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@kernel.org>
Cc: Maciej S. Szmigiero <maciej.szmigiero@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203190711.458413-3-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
[Squash fix to avic_deactivate_vmcb. - Paolo]
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
History 2026-03-19 16:08:50 +01:00
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mmu KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only 2025-09-30 13:40:02 -04:00
svm KVM: SVM: Set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated 2026-03-19 16:08:50 +01:00
vmx KVM: x86: Introduce KVM_X86_QUIRK_VMCS12_ALLOW_FREEZE_IN_SMM 2026-03-19 16:08:24 +01:00
.gitignore KVM: x86: use a separate asm-offsets.c file 2022-11-09 12:10:17 -05:00
cpuid.c KVM: x86: Apply runtime updates to current CPUID during KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} 2026-01-02 12:57:21 +01:00
cpuid.h Merge branch 'kvm-tdx-initial' into HEAD 2025-04-07 07:36:33 -04:00
debugfs.c KVM: Get rid of return value from kvm_arch_create_vm_debugfs() 2024-02-23 21:44:58 +00:00
emulate.c - Remove a bunch of asm implementing condition flags testing in KVM's 2025-10-11 11:19:16 -07:00
fpu.h KVM: x86: Move FPU register accessors into fpu.h 2021-06-17 13:09:24 -04:00
hyperv.c KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only 2025-09-30 13:40:02 -04:00
hyperv.h KVM: x86: Drop superfluous kvm_hv_set_sint() => kvm_hv_synic_set_irq() wrapper 2025-06-20 13:52:43 -07:00
i8254.c Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
i8254.h KVM: x86: Move IRQ mask notifier infrastructure to I/O APIC emulation 2025-06-20 13:52:52 -07:00
i8259.c KVM: x86: Move IRQ mask notifier infrastructure to I/O APIC emulation 2025-06-20 13:52:52 -07:00
ioapic.c KVM: x86: Add x2APIC "features" to control EOI broadcast suppression 2026-03-12 07:09:31 -04:00
ioapic.h KVM: x86: Move IRQ mask notifier infrastructure to I/O APIC emulation 2025-06-20 13:52:52 -07:00
irq.c KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only 2025-09-30 13:40:02 -04:00
irq.h KVM: x86: Move kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic() from irq.c to lapic.c 2025-09-10 12:05:09 -07:00
Kconfig - Remove a bunch of asm implementing condition flags testing in KVM's 2025-10-11 11:19:16 -07:00
kvm-asm-offsets.c KVM: SVM: move MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL save/restore to assembly 2022-11-09 12:25:53 -05:00
kvm_cache_regs.h KVM: VMX: Make CR4.CET a guest owned bit 2025-09-23 10:03:09 -07:00
kvm_emulate.h KVM: x86: Don't (re)check L1 intercepts when completing userspace I/O 2025-08-19 10:53:40 -07:00
kvm_onhyperv.c KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only 2025-09-30 13:40:02 -04:00
kvm_onhyperv.h KVM: x86: Move Hyper-V partition assist page out of Hyper-V emulation context 2023-12-07 09:34:01 -08:00
lapic.c KVM: x86: Add x2APIC "features" to control EOI broadcast suppression 2026-03-12 07:09:31 -04:00
lapic.h KVM: x86: Add x2APIC "features" to control EOI broadcast suppression 2026-03-12 07:09:31 -04:00
Makefile KVM: x86: Fold irq_comm.c into irq.c 2025-06-20 13:52:52 -07:00
mmu.h KVM: x86/mmu: WARN on attempt to check permissions for Shadow Stack #PF 2025-09-23 09:16:53 -07:00
mtrr.c KVM: x86: drop x86.h include from cpuid.h 2024-11-01 09:22:23 -07:00
pmu.c KVM: x86/pmu: Don't try to get perf capabilities for hybrid CPUs 2025-10-10 14:25:12 -07:00
pmu.h Generic: 2025-10-06 12:37:34 -07:00
reverse_cpuid.h KVM: x86: Advertise support for the immediate form of MSR instructions 2025-08-19 11:59:47 -07:00
smm.c KVM: x86: Export KVM-internal symbols for sub-modules only 2025-09-30 13:40:02 -04:00
smm.h KVM: x86: Save and reload SSP to/from SMRAM 2025-09-23 09:11:22 -07:00
trace.h KVM: x86: Define AMD's #HV, #VC, and #SX exception vectors 2025-09-23 09:29:03 -07:00
tss.h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
x86.c KVM: x86: Add x2APIC "features" to control EOI broadcast suppression 2026-03-12 07:09:31 -04:00
x86.h KVM: x86: Explicitly configure supported XSS from {svm,vmx}_set_cpu_caps() 2026-02-11 13:41:40 +01:00
xen.c KVM: x86/xen: Fix cleanup logic in emulation of Xen schedop poll hypercalls 2025-07-23 23:48:54 +02:00
xen.h KVM: x86: Update Xen TSC leaves during CPUID emulation 2025-02-25 07:09:55 -08:00