When the guest CPUID doesn't have support for long mode, 32 bit SMRAM layout is used and it has no support for preserving EFER and/or SVM state. Note that this isn't relevant to running 32 bit guests on VM which is long mode capable - such VM can still run 32 bit guests in compatibility mode. Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c index 3004a5ff3fbf79..d22a809d923339 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c @@ -4445,6 +4445,14 @@ static int svm_enter_smm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, union kvm_smram *smram) if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu)) return 0; + /* + * 32-bit SMRAM format doesn't preserve EFER and SVM state. Userspace is + * responsible for ensuring nested SVM and SMIs are mutually exclusive. + */ + + if (!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LM)) + return 1; + smram->smram64.svm_guest_flag = 1; smram->smram64.svm_guest_vmcb_gpa = svm->nested.vmcb12_gpa; -- 2.34.3