The 'misc_ctl' field in VMCB02 is taken as-is from VMCB01. However, the only bit that needs to copied is SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP, as all other known bits in misc_ctl are related to SEV guests, and KVM doesn't support nested virtualization for SEV guests. Only copy SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP to harden against future bugs if/when other bits are set for L1 but should not be set for L2. Opportunistically add a comment explaining why SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP is taken from VMCB01 and not VMCB02. Suggested-by: Jim Mattson Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed --- arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c index c87738962970..d80b1bde6630 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c @@ -852,8 +852,16 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm, V_NMI_BLOCKING_MASK); } - /* Copied from vmcb01. msrpm_base can be overwritten later. */ - vmcb02->control.misc_ctl = vmcb01->control.misc_ctl; + /* + * Copied from vmcb01. msrpm_base can be overwritten later. + * + * SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP in vmcb12 is only used for consistency checks. If + * L1 enables NPTs, KVM shadows L1's NPTs and uses those to run L2. If + * L1 disables NPT, KVM runs L2 with the same NPTs used to run L1. For + * the latter, L1 runs L2 with shadow page tables that translate L2 GVAs + * to L1 GPAs, so the same NPTs can be used for L1 and L2. + */ + vmcb02->control.misc_ctl = vmcb01->control.misc_ctl & SVM_MISC_ENABLE_NP; vmcb02->control.iopm_base_pa = vmcb01->control.iopm_base_pa; vmcb02->control.msrpm_base_pa = vmcb01->control.msrpm_base_pa; vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_PERM_MAP); -- 2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog