[PATCH v2] KVM: arm64: Prevent the host from using an smc with imm16 != 0
From: Sebastian Ene
Date: Wed Mar 25 2026 - 07:40:34 EST
The ARM Service Calling Convention (SMCCC) specifies that the function
identifier and parameters should be passed in registers, leaving the
16-bit immediate field of the SMC instruction un-handled.
Currently, our pKVM handler ignores the immediate value, which could lead
to non-compliant software relying on implementation-defined behavior.
Enforce the host kernel running under pKVM to use an immediate value
of 0 by decoding the ISS from the ESR_EL2 and return a not supported
error code back to the caller.
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -> v2:
- Dropped injecting an UNDEF and return an error instead
(SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED)
- Used the mask ESR_ELx_xVC_IMM_MASK instead of masking with U16_MAX
- Updated the title of the commit message from:
"[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Inject UNDEF when host is executing an
smc with imm16 != 0"
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
index e7790097db93..4ffe30fd8707 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
@@ -762,6 +762,12 @@ void handle_trap(struct kvm_cpu_context *host_ctxt)
handle_host_hcall(host_ctxt);
break;
case ESR_ELx_EC_SMC64:
+ if (ESR_ELx_xVC_IMM_MASK & esr) {
+ cpu_reg(host_ctxt, 0) = SMCCC_RET_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+ kvm_skip_host_instr();
+ break;
+ }
+
handle_host_smc(host_ctxt);
break;
case ESR_ELx_EC_IABT_LOW:
--
2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog