[PATCH 3/7] KVM: x86: Disallow EFER.LME and EFER.LMA if long mode is not supported
From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 19:47:48 EST
Remove EFER.LME and EFER.LMA from EFER reserved bits only if long mode
is actually supported. KVM does check long-mode support before allowing
the bits for guest writes and userspace writes through KVM_SET_SREGS*
(in __kvm_valid_efer()), but userspace writes through KVM_SET_MSRS only
check reserved bits.
A nice side effect (and the true motivation) is getting rid of
the #ifdeffery when initializing efer_reserved_bits.
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c | 10 +---------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
index 45170df0ce40b..17d4c813a9e8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
@@ -19,16 +19,8 @@ bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true;
module_param(report_ignored_msrs, bool, 0644);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(report_ignored_msrs);
-/* EFER defaults:
- * - enable syscall per default because its emulated by KVM
- * - enable LME and LMA per default on 64 bit KVM
- */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-static
-u64 __read_mostly efer_reserved_bits = ~((u64)(EFER_SCE | EFER_LME | EFER_LMA));
-#else
+/* Enable syscall by default because its emulated by KVM */
static u64 __read_mostly efer_reserved_bits = ~((u64)EFER_SCE);
-#endif
#define MAX_IO_MSRS 256
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8dbc0fa302a8b..a0b2c40d93c21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6892,6 +6892,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_setup_xss_caps);
static void kvm_setup_efer_caps(void)
{
+ if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_LM))
+ kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_LME | EFER_LMA);
+
if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_NX))
kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_NX);
--
2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog