The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From 78051e3b7e35722ad3f31dd611f1b34770bddab8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2014 20:32:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Disable unrestricted mode if ept=0
If L0 has disabled EPT, don't advertise unrestricted
mode at all since it depends on EPT to run real mode code.
Fixes: 92fbc7b195b824e201d9f06f2b93105f72384d65
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 9bcc871f0635..feb852b04598 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2399,13 +2399,13 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
nested_vmx_secondary_ctls_low = 0;
nested_vmx_secondary_ctls_high &=
SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES |
- SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST |
SECONDARY_EXEC_WBINVD_EXITING |
SECONDARY_EXEC_XSAVES;
if (enable_ept) {
/* nested EPT: emulate EPT also to L1 */
- nested_vmx_secondary_ctls_high |= SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_EPT;
+ nested_vmx_secondary_ctls_high |= SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_EPT |
+ SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST;
nested_vmx_ept_caps = VMX_EPT_PAGE_WALK_4_BIT |
VMX_EPTP_WB_BIT | VMX_EPT_2MB_PAGE_BIT |
VMX_EPT_INVEPT_BIT;
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