[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Sync SCTLR_EL1 when injecting an exception into a pVM

From: tabba

Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 06:24:27 EST


When pKVM injects a synchronous exception into a protected guest,
enter_exception64() reads SCTLR_EL1 to set the new PSTATE's PAN and
SSBS bits. pKVM refreshes VBAR_EL1 from the live value before injecting
but not SCTLR_EL1, which is untrapped for protected guests, so a guest
that updates it and then traps takes the exception with stale PAN/SSBS.

Sync SCTLR_EL1 alongside VBAR_EL1.

Fixes: 798eb5978700 ("KVM: arm64: Sync protected guest VBAR_EL1 on injecting an undef exception")
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
index 8c3fbb413a06..7608cc4030b8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/sys_regs.c
@@ -257,10 +257,11 @@ static void inject_sync64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 esr)
*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) = read_sysreg_el2(SYS_SPSR);

/*
- * Make sure we have the latest update to VBAR_EL1, as pKVM
- * handles traps very early, before sysregs are resync'ed
+ * Sync VBAR_EL1 and SCTLR_EL1, both read by enter_exception64(),
+ * as pKVM handles traps before sysregs are resync'ed.
*/
__vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, VBAR_EL1, read_sysreg_el1(SYS_VBAR));
+ __vcpu_assign_sys_reg(vcpu, SCTLR_EL1, read_sysreg_el1(SYS_SCTLR));

kvm_pend_exception(vcpu, EXCEPT_AA64_EL1_SYNC);

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