FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ fields in vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
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maintainerThe patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 69b721a86d0dcb026f6db7d111dcde7550442d2e
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026050304-demeaning-gala-e020@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 69b721a86d0dcb026f6db7d111dcde7550442d2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yosry Ahmed <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 00:34:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Clear EVENTINJ fields in vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT
According to the APM, from the reference of the VMRUN instruction:
Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to return to the host execution context:
...
clear EVENTINJ field in VMCB
KVM already syncs EVENTINJ fields from vmcb02 to cached vmcb12 on every L2->L0 #VMEXIT. Since these fields are zeroed by the CPU on #VMEXIT, they will mostly be zeroed in vmcb12 on nested #VMEXIT by nested_svm_vmexit().
However, this is not the case when:
1. Consistency checks fail, as nested_svm_vmexit() is not called.
2. Entering guest mode fails before L2 runs (e.g. due to failed load of
CR3).
(2) was broken by commit 2d8a42be0e2b ("KVM: nSVM: synchronize VMCB controls updated by the processor on every vmexit"), as prior to that nested_svm_vmexit() always zeroed EVENTINJ fields.
Explicitly clear the fields in all nested #VMEXIT code paths.
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c +4 -2
@@ -1035,6 +1035,8 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) vmcb12->control.exit_code =SVM_EXIT_ERR ; vmcb12->control.exit_info_1 =0 ; vmcb12->control.exit_info_2 =0 ; + vmcb12->control.event_inj =0 ; + vmcb12->control.event_inj_err =0 ;svm_set_gif (svm, false); goto out; }
@@ -1178,9 +1180,9 @@ static int nested_svm_vmexit_update_vmcb12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv (vcpu))svm_copy_lbrs (&vmcb12->save, &vmcb02->save); + vmcb12->control.event_inj =0 ; + vmcb12->control.event_inj_err =0 ; vmcb12->control.int_ctl = svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl; - vmcb12->control.event_inj = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj; - vmcb12->control.event_inj_err = svm->nested.ctl.event_inj_err; trace_kvm_nested_vmexit_inject(vmcb12->control.exit_code, vmcb12->control.exit_info_1,