From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com>
Cc: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang@arm.com>,
Yao Yuan <yaoyuan@linux.alibaba.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: nv: Fix null ptr deref on nested wp/unmap, teardown race
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:46:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260822-kvm-arm-nested-virt-fix-v2-2-ac4059a0eaa6@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260822-kvm-arm-nested-virt-fix-v2-0-ac4059a0eaa6@kernel.org>
Commit 7270cc9157f4 ("KVM: arm64: nv: Handle VNCR_EL2 invalidation from MMU
notifiers") introduced VNCR_EL2 invalidation in both kvm_nested_s2_unmap()
and kvm_nested_s2_wp().
However at the point of this being performed concurrent stage 2 teardown of
a nested guest can cause kvm->arch.mmu.pgt to be set to NULL.
This happens in kvm_flush_shadow_all() -> kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all() ->
kvm_free_stage2_pgd() and is performed under the kvm->mmu_lock.
Commit ec14c272408a ("KVM: arm64: nv: Unmap/flush shadow stage 2 page
tables") introduced the teardown of the entire nested MMU range, which then
invokes stage2_apply_range() with resched=true:
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start()
-> ... -> kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start()
-> kvm_mmu_unmap_gfn_range()
-> kvm_unmap_gfn_range()
-> kvm_nested_s2_unmap()
-> kvm_stage2_unmap_range()
-> __unmap_stage2_range()
-> stage2_apply_range()
This means that stage2_apply_range() can drop the kvm->mmu_lock and thus
concurrent progress can be made in lockstep with
kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all().
If kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all() advances ahead of stage2_apply_range() and
completes its operation it guarantees a NULL pointer deref.
Since kvm_free_stage2_pgd() is performed under the kvm->mmu_lock this will
either be observed NULL or not and serialised against
kvm_free_stage2_pgd().
Resolve the issue by abstracting the invalidation to a new function,
kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa_all(), and check that the pgt is non-NULL before
dereferencing it.
Fixes: 7270cc9157f4 ("KVM: arm64: nv: Handle VNCR_EL2 invalidation from MMU notifiers")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 17123f0b6dab..f69722e1592a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -1260,6 +1260,17 @@ void kvm_handle_s1e2_tlbi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 inst, u64 val)
invalidate_vncr_va(vcpu->kvm, &scope);
}
+static void kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa_all(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ struct kvm_pgtable *pgt = kvm->arch.mmu.pgt;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held_write(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+
+ /* if the mmu lock was dropped, pgt teardown may have raced. */
+ if (pgt)
+ kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa(kvm, 0, BIT(pgt->ia_bits));
+}
+
void kvm_nested_s2_wp(struct kvm *kvm)
{
int i;
@@ -1276,7 +1287,7 @@ void kvm_nested_s2_wp(struct kvm *kvm)
kvm_stage2_wp_range(mmu, 0, kvm_phys_size(mmu));
}
- kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa(kvm, 0, BIT(kvm->arch.mmu.pgt->ia_bits));
+ kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa_all(kvm);
}
void kvm_nested_s2_unmap(struct kvm *kvm, bool may_block)
@@ -1295,7 +1306,7 @@ void kvm_nested_s2_unmap(struct kvm *kvm, bool may_block)
kvm_stage2_unmap_range(mmu, 0, kvm_phys_size(mmu), may_block);
}
- kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa(kvm, 0, BIT(kvm->arch.mmu.pgt->ia_bits));
+ kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa_all(kvm);
}
void kvm_nested_s2_flush(struct kvm *kvm)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-22 17:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-22 17:46 [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Fix spurious warn, null ptr deref on S2 " Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-22 17:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Fix spurious warning for benign stage 2 " Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-23 5:38 ` Yao Yuan
2026-08-24 13:29 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-22 17:46 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-08-23 7:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Fix spurious warn, null ptr deref on S2 " Marc Zyngier
2026-08-24 13:15 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-24 15:56 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-08-24 17:34 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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