[PATCH v6 17/31] KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ field in VMCB12 on nested #VMEXIT
From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 17:40:19 EST
According to the APM, from the reference of the VMRUN instruction:
Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in
order to return to the host execution context:
...
clear EVENTINJ field in VMCB
KVM correctly cleared EVENTINJ (i.e. event_inj and event_inj_err) on
nested #VMEXIT before commit 2d8a42be0e2b ("KVM: nSVM: synchronize VMCB
controls updated by the processor on every vmexit"). That commit made
sure the fields are synchronized between VMCB02 and KVM's cached VMCB12
on every L2->L0 #VMEXIT, such that they are serialized correctly on
save/restore.
However, the commit also incorrectly copied the fields from KVM's cached
VMCB12 to L1's VMCB12 on nested #VMEXIT. This is mostly correct, as the
fields will be zeroed by the CPU, but it doesn't handle a #VMEXIT due to
an invalid VMRUN. Explicitly clear the fields all nested #VMEXIT code
paths.
Fixes: 2d8a42be0e2b ("KVM: nSVM: synchronize VMCB controls updated by the processor on every vmexit")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 2c5878cbb3940..dd95c6434403f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ static void nested_svm_vmrun_error_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcb *vm
vmcb12->control.exit_code = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
vmcb12->control.exit_info_1 = 0;
vmcb12->control.exit_info_2 = 0;
+ vmcb12->control.event_inj = 0;
+ vmcb12->control.event_inj_err = 0;
__nested_svm_vmexit(svm);
}
@@ -1199,9 +1201,9 @@ static int nested_svm_vmexit_update_vmcb12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu))
svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb12->save, &vmcb02->save);
+ vmcb12->control.event_inj = 0;
+ vmcb12->control.event_inj_err = 0;
vmcb12->control.int_ctl = svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl;
- vmcb12->control.event_inj = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj;
- vmcb12->control.event_inj_err = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj_err;
trace_kvm_nested_vmexit_inject(vmcb12->control.exit_code,
vmcb12->control.exit_info_1,
--
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