[PATCH] KVM: VMX: Add array_index_nospec() to evmcs_field_offset()

From: Amirmohammad Eftekhar

Date: Sat Oct 17 2026 - 05:31:23 EST


evmcs_field_offset() bounds-checks the guest-supplied field index against
nr_evmcs_1_fields and then indexes vmcs_field_to_evmcs_1[] without an
array_index_nospec() clamp, unlike its vmcs12 counterpart
get_vmcs12_field_offset(). An enlightened VMREAD/VMWRITE from the guest
can therefore speculatively read out of bounds of vmcs_field_to_evmcs_1[]
past the bound check (Spectre v1).

Clamp the index with array_index_nospec(), mirroring
get_vmcs12_field_offset().

Signed-off-by: Amirmohammad Eftekhar <amirmohammad.eftekhar@xxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv_evmcs.h | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv_evmcs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv_evmcs.h
index bc08fe405..052b62b8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv_evmcs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv_evmcs.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ static __always_inline int evmcs_field_offset(unsigned long field,
if (unlikely(index >= nr_evmcs_1_fields))
return -ENOENT;

+ index = array_index_nospec(index, nr_evmcs_1_fields);
+
evmcs_field = &vmcs_field_to_evmcs_1[index];

/*
--
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)