[PATCH 0/3] KVM: nSVM: Stop tracking EFER.SVME in guest mode

From: Yosry Ahmed

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 21:10:32 EST


Fix a bug (although not architecturally a bug) where KVM leaves guest
mode and tears nested state if L2 clears EFER.SVME and L1 does not
intercept it.

Yosry Ahmed (3):
KVM: SVM: Refactor EFER.SVME switching logic out of svm_set_efer()
KVM: nSVM: Do not track EFER.SVME toggling in guest mode
KVM: selftests: Add a test for L2 toggling EFER.SVME

arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 79 ++++++++++++-------
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 +
.../kvm/x86/svm_nested_toggle_efer_svme.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/svm_nested_toggle_efer_svme.c


base-commit: 1a424e9e0616db91010f08e5985bcc6edc504205
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