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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index b81000cc826a..421db354b1ab 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -6844,8 +6844,13 @@ void noinstr vmx_spec_ctrl_restore_host(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, /* * If the guest/host SPEC_CTRL values differ, restore the host value. + * + * For legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit always needs to be written after + * transitioning from a less privileged predictor mode, regardless of + * whether the guest/host values differ. */ - if (vmx->spec_ctrl != hostval) + if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS) || + vmx->spec_ctrl != hostval) native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, hostval); barrier_nospec(); |