[PATCH] KVM: x86: Disallow EFER.LMSLE when EferLmsleUnsupported is set in guest CPUID

From: Jim Mattson

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 11:46:02 EST


Reject guest writes to EFER (and nested VMRUN with VMCB12 EFER) that set
EFER.LMSLE when CPUID.80000008H:EBX.EferLmsleUnsupported[bit 20] is set
in the guest's CPUID.

Commit c53c632592a4 ("KVM: SVM: Disallow EFER.LMSLE when not supported by
hardware") prevented EFER.LMSLE from being enabled in supported_efer_bits
on hosts that set EferLmsleUnsupported, but missed checking the guest
CPUID capability in __kvm_valid_efer(). As a result, on a host that
supports EFER.LMSLE (e.g. Rome), a guest whose userspace VMM sets
EferLmsleUnsupported in guest CPUID (e.g. for migration compatibility
with Milan, Genoa, or Turin) can still set EFER.LMSLE without triggering
a #GP.

Fixes: c53c632592a4 ("KVM: SVM: Disallow EFER.LMSLE when not supported by hardware")
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
index dd3bb04878ca..6dbaf063cc8d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
@@ -598,8 +598,11 @@ static bool __kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
if (efer & EFER_NX && !guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_NX))
return false;

- return true;
+ if (efer & EFER_LMSLE &&
+ guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_EFER_LMSLE_MBZ))
+ return false;

+ return true;
}
bool kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
{
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog