[PATCH] x86/coco/sev: Make SEV_STATUS available via SYSFS

From: Jörg Rödel

Date: Tue Jun 23 2026 - 03:38:39 EST


From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>

Current user-space tooling which needs access to the SEV_STATUS MSR is
using the MSR module. The use of this module poses a security risk in
any trusted execution environment and is generally discouraged.

Instead, provide an file in SYSFS in the /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/
directory to provide the value of the SEV_STATUS MSR to user-space.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 4 ++++
arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
index 82d10d556cc8..f7908ade4be8 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ Description: Umwait control

What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev
/sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/vmpl
+ /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/sev_status
Date: May 2024
Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
@@ -699,6 +700,9 @@ Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
vmpl: Reports the Virtual Machine Privilege Level (VMPL) at which
the SEV-SNP guest is running.

+ sev_status: Reports the value of the SEV_STATUS MSR which
+ enumerates the enabled features of an SEV-SNP
+ environment.

What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/svm
Date: August 2019
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index 7ed3da998489..557c1f230cb9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -1435,10 +1435,18 @@ static ssize_t vmpl_show(struct kobject *kobj,
return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", snp_vmpl);
}

+static ssize_t sev_status_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "0x%llx\n", sev_status);
+}
+
static struct kobj_attribute vmpl_attr = __ATTR_RO(vmpl);
+static struct kobj_attribute sev_status_attr = __ATTR_RO(sev_status);

static struct attribute *vmpl_attrs[] = {
&vmpl_attr.attr,
+ &sev_status_attr.attr,
NULL
};

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