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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/x86.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9cf1ba865562..104b72df33d6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -10044,7 +10044,20 @@ static int kvm_check_and_inject_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
kvm_x86_ops.nested_ops->has_events(vcpu))
*req_immediate_exit = true;
- WARN_ON(kvm_is_exception_pending(vcpu));
+ /*
+ * KVM must never queue a new exception while injecting an event; KVM
+ * is done emulating and should only propagate the to-be-injected event
+ * to the VMCS/VMCB. Queueing a new exception can put the vCPU into an
+ * infinite loop as KVM will bail from VM-Enter to inject the pending
+ * exception and start the cycle all over.
+ *
+ * Exempt triple faults as they have special handling and won't put the
+ * vCPU into an infinite loop. Triple fault can be queued when running
+ * VMX without unrestricted guest, as that requires KVM to emulate Real
+ * Mode events (see kvm_inject_realmode_interrupt()).
+ */
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->arch.exception.pending ||
+ vcpu->arch.exception_vmexit.pending);
return 0;
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