Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Forbid KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} after KVM_RUN

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Wed Jan 05 2022 - 05:10:06 EST


Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 1/3/22 13:56, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> 'allowlist' of things which can change (and put
>> *APICids there) and only fail KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} when we see something
>> else changing.
>
> We could also go the other way and only deny changes that result in
> changed CPU caps. That should be easier to implement since we have
> already a mapping from CPU capability words to CPUID leaves and registers.
>

Good idea, I'll look into it (if noone beats me to it).

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Vitaly