[PATCH v1 1/3] KVM: arm64: Hide S1POE from guests when not supported by the host

Fuad Tabba tabba at google.com
Thu Feb 12 01:02:50 PST 2026


When CONFIG_ARM64_POE is disabled, KVM does not save/restore POR_EL1.
However, ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1 sanitisation currently exposes the feature to
guests whenever the hardware supports it, ignoring the host kernel
configuration.

If a guest detects this feature and attempts to use it, the host will
fail to context-switch POR_EL1, potentially leading to state corruption.

Fix this by masking ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1.S1POE and preventing KVM from
advertising the feature when the host does not support it, i.e.,
system_supports_poe() is false.

Fixes: 70ed7238297f ("KVM: arm64: Sanitise ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1")
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 ++-
 arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c         | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index ac7f970c7883..7af72ca749a6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1592,7 +1592,8 @@ void kvm_set_vm_id_reg(struct kvm *kvm, u32 reg, u64 val);
 	(kvm_has_feat((k), ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1, S1PIE, IMP))
 
 #define kvm_has_s1poe(k)				\
-	(kvm_has_feat((k), ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1, S1POE, IMP))
+	(system_supports_poe() &&			\
+	 kvm_has_feat((k), ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1, S1POE, IMP))
 
 #define kvm_has_ras(k)					\
 	(kvm_has_feat((k), ID_AA64PFR0_EL1, RAS, IMP))
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 88a57ca36d96..237e8bd1cf29 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -1816,6 +1816,9 @@ static u64 __kvm_read_sanitised_id_reg(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		       ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_SCTLRX |
 		       ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_S1POE |
 		       ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_S1PIE;
+
+		if (!system_supports_poe())
+			val &= ~ID_AA64MMFR3_EL1_S1POE;
 		break;
 	case SYS_ID_MMFR4_EL1:
 		val &= ~ID_MMFR4_EL1_CCIDX;
-- 
2.53.0.239.g8d8fc8a987-goog




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