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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c index c589ac832265..532791ffcbb9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c @@ -4223,6 +4223,11 @@ static int check_rdpmc(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt) if (enable_vmware_backdoor && is_vmware_backdoor_pmc(rcx)) return X86EMUL_CONTINUE; + /* + * If CR4.PCE is set, the SDM requires CPL=0 or CR0.PE=0. The CR0.PE + * check however is unnecessary because CPL is always 0 outside + * protected mode. + */ if ((!(cr4 & X86_CR4_PCE) && ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt)) || ctxt->ops->check_pmc(ctxt, rcx)) return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0); |