[PATCH 00/14] KVM: x86: Emulator MMIO fix and cleanups
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 20:21:01 EST
Fix a UAF stack bug where KVM references a stack pointer around an exit to
userspace, and then clean up the related code to try to make it easier to
maintain (not necessarily "easy", but "easier").
The SEV-ES and TDX changes are compile-tested only.
Sean Christopherson (14):
KVM: x86: Use scratch field in MMIO fragment to hold small write
values
KVM: x86: Open code handling of completed MMIO reads in
emulator_read_write()
KVM: x86: Trace unsatisfied MMIO reads on a per-page basis
KVM: x86: Use local MMIO fragment variable to clean up
emulator_read_write()
KVM: x86: Open code read vs. write userspace MMIO exits in
emulator_read_write()
KVM: x86: Move MMIO write tracing into vcpu_mmio_write()
KVM: x86: Harden SEV-ES MMIO against on-stack use-after-free
KVM: x86: Dedup kvm_sev_es_mmio_{read,write}()
KVM: x86: Consolidate SEV-ES MMIO emulation into a single public API
KVM: x86: Bury emulator read/write ops in
emulator_{read,write}_emulated()
KVM: x86: Fold emulator_write_phys() into write_emulate()
KVM: x86: Rename .read_write_emulate() to .read_write_guest()
KVM: x86: Don't panic the kernel if completing userspace I/O / MMIO
goes sideways
KVM: x86: Add helpers to prepare kvm_run for userspace MMIO exit
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 -
arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 13 ++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 20 +--
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 14 +-
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 287 ++++++++++++++------------------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 30 +++-
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 3 +-
7 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 192 deletions(-)
base-commit: 183bb0ce8c77b0fd1fb25874112bc8751a461e49
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