Explicitly check the current CPU's IA32_FEAT_CTL and VMX feature flags when verifying compatibility across physical CPUs. This effectively adds a check on IA32_FEAT_CTL to ensure that VMX is fully enabled on all CPUs. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index 6020f04fe1a8..38d17c78e19d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -6846,6 +6846,12 @@ static int __init vmx_check_processor_compat(void) struct vmcs_config vmcs_conf; struct vmx_capability vmx_cap; + if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL) || + !this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX)) { + pr_err("kvm: VMX is disabled on CPU %d\n", smp_processor_id()); + return -EIO; + } + if (setup_vmcs_config(&vmcs_conf, &vmx_cap) < 0) return -EIO; if (nested) -- 2.24.0