[PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: nVMX: Make VMPTRLD result in #UD when eVMCS is used
From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 12:55:02 EST
VMPTRLD with active eVMCS is already forbidden, however, returning 1
without skipping the instruction or queuing an exception will likely
result in L1 getting stuck. Genuine Hyper-V seems to inject #UD under
similar circumstances, mimic the behavior in KVM.
Reported-by: f734222792@xxxxxxxxx
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221841
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index ddf6df7bee93..216f54a0b8ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -5879,6 +5879,12 @@ static int handle_vmptrld(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (!nested_vmx_check_permission(vcpu))
return 1;
+ /* Forbid normal VMPTRLD if Enlightened version was used */
+ if (nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid(vmx)) {
+ kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
if (nested_vmx_get_vmptr(vcpu, &vmptr, &r))
return r;
@@ -5888,10 +5894,6 @@ static int handle_vmptrld(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (vmptr == vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr)
return nested_vmx_fail(vcpu, VMXERR_VMPTRLD_VMXON_POINTER);
- /* Forbid normal VMPTRLD if Enlightened version was used */
- if (nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid(vmx))
- return 1;
-
if (vmx->nested.current_vmptr != vmptr) {
struct gfn_to_hva_cache *ghc = &vmx->nested.vmcs12_cache;
struct vmcs_hdr hdr;
--
2.55.0