From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay <devnull+ackerleytng.google.com@kernel.org>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>,
Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>,
Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>,
Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>,
Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
Zongyao Chen <ZongYao.Chen@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@linux.intel.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: guest_memfd: Use write permissions when GUP-ing source pages
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:45:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260522-fix-sev-gmem-post-populate-v1-1-9fc8d6437b65@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260522-fix-sev-gmem-post-populate-v1-0-9fc8d6437b65@google.com>
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
sev_gmem_post_populate() may write to the source page if there was an error
while performing SNP_LAUNCH_UPDATE.
Since GUP requested only reads, there is a chance sev_gmem_post_populate()
could be writing to some read-only page.
sev_gmem_post_populate() will only ever write the source page if the type
of page being LAUNCH_UPDATEd is a CPUID page. Hence, request a writable
page only when loading the CPUID page.
Since TDX never writes to the source page, always pass false to
kvm_gmem_populate().
With this, even if a read-only mapping or the global zero page was provided
as the source page, GUP will do a copy-on-write, making it writable before
the write happens in gvm_post_populate.
Fixes: 2a62345b30529 ("KVM: guest_memfd: GUP source pages prior to populating guest memory")
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 3 ++-
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 6 ++++--
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 940b97d4a8523..2f254c447923e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -2469,6 +2469,7 @@ static int snp_launch_update(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
sev_populate_args.type = params.type;
count = kvm_gmem_populate(kvm, params.gfn_start, src, npages,
+ params.type == KVM_SEV_SNP_PAGE_TYPE_CPUID,
sev_gmem_post_populate, &sev_populate_args);
if (count < 0) {
argp->error = sev_populate_args.fw_error;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index b8c3d3d8bbfe5..00dcfcbc47f68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ static int tdx_vcpu_init_mem_region(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_tdx_cmd *c
};
gmem_ret = kvm_gmem_populate(kvm, gpa_to_gfn(region.gpa),
u64_to_user_ptr(region.source_addr),
- 1, tdx_gmem_post_populate, &arg);
+ 1, false, tdx_gmem_post_populate, &arg);
if (gmem_ret < 0) {
ret = gmem_ret;
break;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 4c14aee1fb063..2c5ad9a6d5ce8 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2596,7 +2596,8 @@ int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, int max_ord
typedef int (*kvm_gmem_populate_cb)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
struct page *page, void *opaque);
-long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, void __user *src, long npages,
+long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src,
+ long npages, bool may_writeback_src,
kvm_gmem_populate_cb post_populate, void *opaque);
#endif
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 69c9d6d546b28..07d8db344872b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ static long __kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
return ret;
}
-long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long npages,
+long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src,
+ long npages, bool may_writeback_src,
kvm_gmem_populate_cb post_populate, void *opaque)
{
struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
@@ -892,8 +893,9 @@ long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long
if (src) {
unsigned long uaddr = (unsigned long)src + i * PAGE_SIZE;
+ unsigned int flags = may_writeback_src ? FOLL_WRITE : 0;
- ret = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, 1, 0, &src_page);
+ ret = get_user_pages_fast(uaddr, 1, flags, &src_page);
if (ret < 0)
break;
if (ret != 1) {
--
2.54.0.794.g4f17f83d09-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-22 20:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-22 20:45 [PATCH 0/3] guest_memfd fixes for bind and populate Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-22 20:45 ` Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay [this message]
2026-05-22 20:45 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: guest_memfd: Fix possible signed integer overflow Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-05-22 20:45 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle errors from xa_store_range() when binding Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
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