According to section "Checks on Host Control Registers and MSRs" in Intel
SDM vol 3C, the following check is performed on vmentry of nested guests:
"If the "load IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL" VM-exit control is 1, bits reserved
in the IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL MSR must be 0 in the field for that
register."
Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Karl Heubaum <karl.heubaum@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 83cd887638cb..d2067370e288 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2595,6 +2595,11 @@ static int nested_check_host_control_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
!nested_host_cr4_valid(vcpu, vmcs12->host_cr4) ||
!nested_cr3_valid(vcpu, vmcs12->host_cr3))
return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (vmcs12->vm_exit_controls & VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL &&
+ !kvm_valid_perf_global_ctrl(vmcs12->host_ia32_perf_global_ctrl))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* If the load IA32_EFER VM-exit control is 1, bits reserved in the
* IA32_EFER MSR must be 0 in the field for that register. In addition,
--
2.17.2
