[PATCH 4.19 26/34] KVM: VMX: Fix IBRS handling after vmexit

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From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit bea7e31a5caccb6fe8ed989c065072354f0ecb52 upstream.

For legacy IBRS to work, the IBRS bit needs to be always re-written
after vmexit, even if it's already on.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 951cec231e7f..babb1e5a4dfa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -10770,9 +10770,13 @@ u64 __always_inline vmx_spec_ctrl_restore_host(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 	guestval = __rdmsr(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL);
 
 	/*
-	 * If the guest/host SPEC_CTRL values differ, restore the host value.
+	 *
+	 * For legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit always needs to be written after
+	 * transitioning from a less privileged predictor mode, regardless of
+	 * whether the guest/host values differ.
 	 */
-	if (guestval != hostval)
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS) ||
+	    guestval != hostval)
 		native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, hostval);
 
 	barrier_nospec();
-- 
2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog




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