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KVM currently uses the value of CR2 from vmcb02 to update vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT. This value is incorrect in some cases, causing L1 to run L2 with a corrupted CR2. This could lead to segfaults or data corruption if L2 is in the middle of handling a #PF and reads a corrupted CR2. Use the correct value in vcpu->arch.cr2 instead. The value in vcpu->arch.cr2 is sync'd to vmcb02 shortly before a VMRUN of L2, and sync'd back to vcpu->arch.cr2 shortly after. The value are only out-of-sync in two cases: after save+restore, and after a #PF is injected into L2. In either case, if a #VMEXIT to L1 is synthesized before L2 runs, using the value in vmcb02 would be incorrect. After save+restore, the value of CR2 is restored by KVM_SET_SREGS into vcpu->arch.cr2. It is not reflect in vmcb02 until a VMRUN of L2. Before that, it holds whatever was in vmcb02 before restore, which would be zero on a new vCPU that never ran nested. If a #VMEXIT to L1 is synthesized before L2 ever runs, using vcpu->arch.cr2 to update vmcb12 is the right thing to do. The #PF injection case is more nuanced. Although the APM is a bit unclear about when CR2 is written during a #PF, the SDM is more clear: Processors update CR2 whenever a page fault is detected. If a second page fault occurs while an earlier page fault is being delivered, the faulting linear address of the second fault will overwrite the contents of CR2 (replacing the previous address). These updates to CR2 occur even if the page fault results in a double fault or occurs during the delivery of a double fault. KVM injecting the exception surely counts as the #PF being "detected". More importantly, when an exception is injected into L2 at the time of a synthesized #VMEXIT, KVM updates exit_int_info in vmcb12 accordingly, such that an L1 hypervisor can re-inject the exception. If CR2 is not written at that point, the L1 hypervisor have no way of correctly re-injecting the #PF. Hence, if a #VMEXIT to L1 is synthesized after the #PF is injected into L2 but before it actually runs, using vcpu->arch.cr2 to update vmcb12 is also the right thing to do. Note that KVM does _not_ update vcpu->arch.cr2 when a #PF is pending for L2, only when it is injected. The distinction is important, because only injected (but not intercepted) exceptions are propagated to L1 through exit_int_info. It would be incorrect to update CR2 in vmcb12 for a pending #PF, as L1 would perceive an updated CR2 value with no #PF. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@linux.dev> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260203201010.1871056-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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