[PATCH v4 8/8] KVM: arm64: Prevent host from managing timer offsets for protected VMs
Fuad Tabba
tabba at google.com
Wed Nov 12 01:20:51 PST 2025
For protected VMs, the guest's timer offset state should not be
controlled by the host and must always run with a virtual counter offset
of 0. The existing timer logic allowed the host to set and manage the
timer counter offsets for protected VMs in certain cases.
Disable all host-side management of timer offsets for protected VMs by
adding checks in the relevant code paths.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
index 3f675875abea..f5407301c8f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
@@ -1056,10 +1056,14 @@ static void timer_context_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int timerid)
ctxt->timer_id = timerid;
- if (timerid == TIMER_VTIMER)
- ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.voffset;
- else
- ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.poffset;
+ if (!kvm_vm_is_protected(vcpu->kvm)) {
+ if (timerid == TIMER_VTIMER)
+ ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.voffset;
+ else
+ ctxt->offset.vm_offset = &kvm->arch.timer_data.poffset;
+ } else {
+ ctxt->offset.vm_offset = NULL;
+ }
hrtimer_setup(&ctxt->hrtimer, kvm_hrtimer_expire, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD);
@@ -1083,7 +1087,8 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
timer_context_init(vcpu, i);
/* Synchronize offsets across timers of a VM if not already provided */
- if (!test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET, &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
+ if (!vcpu_is_protected(vcpu) &&
+ !test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET, &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
timer_set_offset(vcpu_vtimer(vcpu), kvm_phys_timer_read());
timer_set_offset(vcpu_ptimer(vcpu), 0);
}
@@ -1687,6 +1692,9 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_counter_offset(struct kvm *kvm,
if (offset->reserved)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (kvm_vm_is_protected(kvm))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
if (!kvm_trylock_all_vcpus(kvm)) {
--
2.51.2.1041.gc1ab5b90ca-goog
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