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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index b24ca7f4ed7c..598334ed5fbc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -1085,12 +1085,21 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function)
case 0x80000000:
entry->eax = min(entry->eax, 0x80000021);
/*
- * Serializing LFENCE is reported in a multitude of ways,
- * and NullSegClearsBase is not reported in CPUID on Zen2;
- * help userspace by providing the CPUID leaf ourselves.
+ * Serializing LFENCE is reported in a multitude of ways, and
+ * NullSegClearsBase is not reported in CPUID on Zen2; help
+ * userspace by providing the CPUID leaf ourselves.
+ *
+ * However, only do it if the host has CPUID leaf 0x8000001d.
+ * QEMU thinks that it can query the host blindly for that
+ * CPUID leaf if KVM reports that it supports 0x8000001d or
+ * above. The processor merrily returns values from the
+ * highest Intel leaf which QEMU tries to use as the guest's
+ * 0x8000001d. Even worse, this can result in an infinite
+ * loop if said highest leaf has no subleaves indexed by ECX.
*/
- if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC)
- || !static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_NULL_SEG))
+ if (entry->eax >= 0x8000001d &&
+ (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LFENCE_RDTSC)
+ || !static_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_NULL_SEG)))
entry->eax = max(entry->eax, 0x80000021);
break;
case 0x80000001: