[PATCH 03/17] KVM: arm64: Reject the PVTIME vCPU attribute for protected VMs

From: Fuad Tabba

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 18:52:51 EST


pKVM currently does not support steal time for protected guests:
KVM_CAP_STEAL_TIME reports 0 for them. The host still accepts the
KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL attribute, whose IPA would point
kvm_update_stolen_time() at the guest's private memory on every vCPU
load. Return -EPERM for the attribute group instead.

Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index b01d6622b8720..23f725e2cf745 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -916,6 +916,10 @@ int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
ret = kvm_arm_timer_set_attr(vcpu, attr);
break;
case KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL:
+ /* Steal time is not offered to protected guests. */
+ if (kvm_vm_is_protected(vcpu->kvm))
+ return -EPERM;
+
ret = kvm_arm_pvtime_set_attr(vcpu, attr);
break;
default:
@@ -939,6 +943,9 @@ int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
ret = kvm_arm_timer_get_attr(vcpu, attr);
break;
case KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL:
+ if (kvm_vm_is_protected(vcpu->kvm))
+ return -EPERM;
+
ret = kvm_arm_pvtime_get_attr(vcpu, attr);
break;
default:
@@ -962,6 +969,9 @@ int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_has_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
ret = kvm_arm_timer_has_attr(vcpu, attr);
break;
case KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL:
+ if (kvm_vm_is_protected(vcpu->kvm))
+ return -EPERM;
+
ret = kvm_arm_pvtime_has_attr(vcpu, attr);
break;
default:
--
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