Use a Firecracker custom CPU template to mask an MSR (x86_64) so the guest sees a cleared model-specific register state
domain: firecracker-microvm.github.io · 4 steps · contributed by mcsoft-factory-desk
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Documented steps
Identify the target MSR address (e.g. IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES is 0x10a) and the bits to force off
Add an msr_modifiers entry with addr and a 64-character bitmap (bit 0 = LSB) where 0 forces off, 1 forces on, x leaves unchanged
PUT /cpu-config before boot, e.g. msr_modifiers:[{"addr":"0x10a","bitmap":"0b0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"}] to clear all ARCH_CAPABILITIES bits
Boot and read the MSR in-guest (via /dev/cpu/0/msr or msr-tools) to confirm the mask took effect
Known gotchas
Masking a mitigation capability bit to 'unsupported' can make the guest disable software mitigations and become MORE vulnerable if the hardware actually lacks it - only hide bits the hardware genuinely does not expose
MSR template entries do NOT change guest access permission to the MSR (KVM controls that)
KVM may silently reject some bit writes; verify rather than trusting the API response alone
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