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x86/microcode: Do not access MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID when running as a guest
authorBorislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Wed, 13 May 2026 20:06:01 +0000 (22:06 +0200)
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Tue, 26 May 2026 20:36:23 +0000 (13:36 -0700)
commitcda64169bade79427f264e43d0f422eaed9dc116
tree16e336db135052a3aabb50a7dbb80e0f30cd34ca
parent80501dff814eeccebf44a59340c3fe3a205eb120
x86/microcode: Do not access MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID when running as a guest

Patch in Fixes: causes the usual:

  unchecked MSR access error: RDMSR from 0x17 at ... (intel_get_platform_id)
  Call Trace:
   early_init_intel
   early_cpu_init
   setup_arch
   _printk
   start_kernel
   x86_64_start_reservations
   x86_64_start_kernel
   common_startup_64

because the kernel is booted in a guest.

In order to avoid it, this MSR access needs to be prevented when running
virtualized. That is usually done by checking X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR but
for this particular case it is too early yet.

The platform ID needs to be read as early as when microcode is loaded on
the BSP:

  load_ucode_bsp ... -> get_microcode_blob ... -> intel_find_matching_signature

and by that time, CPUID leafs haven't been parsed yet.

The microcode loader already has logic to check early whether the kernel
is running virtualized so make that globally available to arch/x86/. The
query whether running virtualized is getting more and more prominent in
recent times so might as well make it an arch-global var which the rest
of the code can use.

Fixes: d8630b67ca1ed ("x86/cpu: Add platform ID to CPU info structure")
Reported-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Tested-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260430020953.1405535-1-binbin.wu@linux.intel.com
arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/core.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/internal.h