Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Check that root is valid/loaded when pre-faulting SPTEs

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:02:11 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Error out if kvm_mmu_reload() fails when pre-faulting memory, as trying to
> fault-in SPTEs will fail miserably due to root.hpa pointing at garbage.
> 
> Note, kvm_mmu_reload() can return -EIO and thus trigger the WARN on -EIO
> in kvm_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(), but all such paths also WARN, i.e. the
> WARN isn't user-triggerable and won't run afoul of warn-on-panic because
> the kernel would already be panicking.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 fixes, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: x86/mmu: Check that root is valid/loaded when pre-faulting SPTEs
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/28cec7f08b8b

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