This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled KVM: nSVM: Load L1's TSC multiplier based on L1 state, not L2 state to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: kvm-nsvm-load-l1-s-tsc-multiplier-based-on-l1-state-not-l2-state.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 0c94e2468491cbf0754f49a5136ab51294a96b69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 18:15:49 -0700 Subject: KVM: nSVM: Load L1's TSC multiplier based on L1 state, not L2 state From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 0c94e2468491cbf0754f49a5136ab51294a96b69 upstream. When emulating nested VM-Exit, load L1's TSC multiplier if L1's desired ratio doesn't match the current ratio, not if the ratio L1 is using for L2 diverges from the default. Functionally, the end result is the same as KVM will run L2 with L1's multiplier if L2's multiplier is the default, i.e. checking that L1's multiplier is loaded is equivalent to checking if L2 has a non-default multiplier. However, the assertion that TSC scaling is exposed to L1 is flawed, as userspace can trigger the WARN at will by writing the MSR and then updating guest CPUID to hide the feature (modifying guest CPUID is allowed anytime before KVM_RUN). E.g. hacking KVM's state_test selftest to do vcpu_set_msr(vcpu, MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO, 0); vcpu_clear_cpuid_feature(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR); after restoring state in a new VM+vCPU yields an endless supply of: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 206939 at arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:1105 nested_svm_vmexit+0x6af/0x720 [kvm_amd] Call Trace: nested_svm_exit_handled+0x102/0x1f0 [kvm_amd] svm_handle_exit+0xb9/0x180 [kvm_amd] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1eab/0x2570 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4c9/0x5b0 [kvm] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0x4d/0xa0 __se_sys_ioctl+0x7a/0xc0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x21/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x41/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Unlike the nested VMRUN path, hoisting the svm->tsc_scaling_enabled check into the if-statement is wrong as KVM needs to ensure L1's multiplier is loaded in the above scenario. Alternatively, the WARN_ON() could simply be deleted, but that would make KVM's behavior even more subtle, e.g. it's not immediately obvious why it's safe to write MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO when checking only tsc_ratio_msr. Fixes: 5228eb96a487 ("KVM: x86: nSVM: implement nested TSC scaling") Cc: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230729011608.1065019-3-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c @@ -1021,8 +1021,8 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *s vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb01, VMCB_INTERCEPTS); } - if (svm->tsc_ratio_msr != kvm_caps.default_tsc_scaling_ratio) { - WARN_ON(!svm->tsc_scaling_enabled); + if (kvm_caps.has_tsc_control && + vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio != vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio) { vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio = vcpu->arch.l1_tsc_scaling_ratio; __svm_write_tsc_multiplier(vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio); } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.1/kvm-svm-don-t-inject-ud-if-kvm-attempts-to-skip-sev-guest-insn.patch queue-6.1/kvm-nsvm-check-instead-of-asserting-on-nested-tsc-scaling-support.patch queue-6.1/drm-i915-gvt-verify-pfn-is-valid-before-dereferencin.patch queue-6.1/kvm-nsvm-load-l1-s-tsc-multiplier-based-on-l1-state-not-l2-state.patch queue-6.1/x86-virt-drop-unnecessary-check-on-extended-cpuid-le.patch queue-6.1/kvm-svm-get-source-vcpus-from-source-vm-for-sev-es-intrahost-migration.patch queue-6.1/kvm-svm-skip-vmsa-init-in-sev_es_init_vmcb-if-pointer-is-null.patch queue-6.1/kvm-svm-take-and-hold-ir_list_lock-when-updating-vcpu-s-physical-id-entry.patch queue-6.1/kvm-svm-set-target-pcpu-during-irte-update-if-target-vcpu-is-running.patch queue-6.1/drm-i915-gvt-put-the-page-reference-obtained-by-kvm-.patch queue-6.1/drm-i915-gvt-drop-unused-helper-intel_vgpu_reset_gtt.patch