Commit 72bef33b15 for qemu.org
commit 72bef33b1553497079a5feff9f46c64c7d3f1ad3
Author: Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
Date: Wed Apr 22 23:42:02 2026 +0200
hw/intc: apic: disallow APIC reads when disabled
!APICBASE_ENABLE + attempting to read xAPIC registers is not an allowed combination.
And neither is x2APIC enabled + attempting to read xAPIC registers
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Mediouni <mohamed@unpredictable.fr>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260422214225.2242-15-mohamed@unpredictable.fr
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/hw/intc/apic.c b/hw/intc/apic.c
index 8766ed00b9..e5ea831261 100644
--- a/hw/intc/apic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/apic.c
@@ -875,6 +875,15 @@ static uint64_t apic_mem_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned size)
return -1;
}
+ /* if the xAPIC is disabled, return early. */
+ if (!(s->apicbase & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE)) {
+ return 0xffffffff;
+ }
+
+ if (is_x2apic_mode(s)) {
+ return 0xffffffff;
+ }
+
index = (addr >> 4) & 0xff;
apic_register_read(s, index, &val);