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Invoking the 64-bit variation on a 32-bit kenrel will crash the guest,
trigger a WARN, and/or lead to a buffer overrun in the host, e.g.
rsm_load_state_64() writes r8-r15 unconditionally, but enum kvm_reg and
thus x86_emulate_ctxt._regs only define r8-r15 for CONFIG_X86_64.
KVM allows userspace to report long mode support via CPUID, even though
the guest is all but guaranteed to crash if it actually tries to enable
long mode. But, a pure 32-bit guest that is ignorant of long mode will
happily plod along.
SMM complicates things as 64-bit CPUs use a different SMRAM save state
area. KVM handles this correctly for 64-bit kernels, e.g. uses the
legacy save state map if userspace has hid long mode from the guest,
but doesn't fare well when userspace reports long mode support on a
32-bit host kernel (32-bit KVM doesn't support 64-bit guests).
Since the alternative is to crash the guest, e.g. by not loading state
or explicitly requesting shutdown, unconditionally use the legacy SMRAM
save state map for 32-bit KVM. If a guest has managed to get far enough
to handle SMIs when running under a weird/buggy userspace hypervisor,
then don't deliberately crash the guest since there are no downsides
(from KVM's perspective) to allow it to continue running.
Fixes:
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| Documentation | ||
| drivers | ||
| fs | ||
| include | ||
| init | ||
| ipc | ||
| kernel | ||
| lib | ||
| LICENSES | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| samples | ||
| scripts | ||
| security | ||
| sound | ||
| tools | ||
| usr | ||
| virt | ||
| .clang-format | ||
| .cocciconfig | ||
| .get_maintainer.ignore | ||
| .gitattributes | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .mailmap | ||
| COPYING | ||
| CREDITS | ||
| Kbuild | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| MAINTAINERS | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.