[RFC PATCH 2/5] KVM: nSVM: Use the correct RIP when restoring vmcb02's control area

From: Yosry Ahmed

Date: Thu Feb 12 2026 - 18:09:50 EST


In svm_set_nested_state(), the value of RIP from vmcb02 is passed into
nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(). However, even if RIP is restored with
KVM_SET_REGS prior to KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE, its value is not reflected
into the VMCB until the vCPU is run.

Use the value from KVM's cache instead, which is what KVM_SET_REGS
updates. Not that the passed RIP is still incorrect if KVM_SET_REGS is
not called prior to KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE, this will be fixed separately.

Fixes: cc440cdad5b7 ("KVM: nSVM: implement KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE and KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE")
CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index eebbe00714e3..aec17c80ed73 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ static int svm_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
nested_copy_vmcb_control_to_cache(svm, ctl);

svm_switch_vmcb(svm, &svm->nested.vmcb02);
- nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, svm->vmcb->save.rip, svm->vmcb->save.cs.base);
+ nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(svm, kvm_rip_read(vcpu), svm->vmcb->save.cs.base);

/*
* While the nested guest CR3 is already checked and set by
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2.53.0.273.g2a3d683680-goog