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KVM: nVMX: add missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4
authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:10:56 +0000 (11:10 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:30:03 +0000 (13:30 +0100)
commitc54974ccaff73525462e278602dfe4069877cfaa
tree15073f855857c0d904203ddbcadf69ab63cbbe06
parent7b18dea697e400dd91c2a0447cebf1f5fe9f5d1c
KVM: nVMX: add missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4

commit 112e66017bff7f2837030f34c2bc19501e9212d5 upstream.

The effective values of the guest CR0 and CR4 registers may differ from
those included in the VMCS12.  In particular, disabling EPT forces
CR4.PAE=1 and disabling unrestricted guest mode forces CR0.PG=CR0.PE=1.

Therefore, checks on these bits cannot be delegated to the processor
and must be performed by KVM.

Reported-by: Reima ISHII <ishiir@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c