[PATCH 3/3] x86/coco/sev: Make SEV_STATUS available via SYSFS

From: Jörg Rödel

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 09:19:32 EST


From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>

Current user-space tooling which needs access to the SEV_STATUS MSR is
using the MSR module. The use of this module poses a security risk in
any trusted execution environment and is generally discouraged.

Instead, provide an file in SYSFS in the /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/
directory to provide the value of the SEV_STATUS MSR to user-space.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
---
.../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 4 ++++
arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 63586e299aa8..cec413a71491 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ Description: Umwait control

What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/vmpl
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status
Date: May 2024
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
@@ -700,6 +701,9 @@ Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
the SEV-SNP guest is running. This file is only present
when running as an SEV-SNP guest.

+ sev_status: Reports the value of the SEV_STATUS MSR which
+ enumerates the enabled features of an SEV
+ environment.

What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/svm
Date: August 2019
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index 5770b99feb9b..4532ffc27041 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -1431,9 +1431,23 @@ static ssize_t vmpl_show(struct kobject *kobj,
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", snp_vmpl);
}

+static ssize_t sev_status_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "0x%llx\n", sev_status);
+}
+
static struct kobj_attribute vmpl_attr = __ATTR_RO(vmpl);
+static struct kobj_attribute sev_status_attr = __ATTR_RO(sev_status);

-static struct attribute_group sev_attr_group = {};
+static struct attribute *sev_status_attrs[] = {
+ &sev_status_attr.attr,
+ NULL
+};
+
+static struct attribute_group sev_attr_group = {
+ .attrs = sev_status_attrs,
+};

static int __init sev_sysfs_init(void)
{
--
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