Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Fix a wrong MSR update in add_atomic_switch_msr()
From: Mi, Dapeng
Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 22:31:52 EST
On 2/21/2026 6:02 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The previous change had a bug to update a guest MSR with a host value.
>
> Fixes: c3d6a7210a4de9096 ("KVM: VMX: Dedup code for adding MSR to VMCS's auto list")
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 967b58a8ab9d0d47..83d057cfa8164937 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static void add_atomic_switch_msr(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, unsigned msr,
> }
>
> vmx_add_auto_msr(&m->guest, msr, guest_val, VM_ENTRY_MSR_LOAD_COUNT, kvm);
> - vmx_add_auto_msr(&m->guest, msr, host_val, VM_EXIT_MSR_LOAD_COUNT, kvm);
> + vmx_add_auto_msr(&m->host, msr, host_val, VM_EXIT_MSR_LOAD_COUNT, kvm);
> }
>
> static bool update_transition_efer(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
Reviewed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>