* [PATCH 0/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle xarray binding errors
@ 2026-08-26 16:51 Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 16:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 16:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() " Sean Christopherson
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From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-08-26 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paolo Bonzini, Sean Christopherson
Cc: David Hildenbrand, kvm, linux-kernel, Stefan Teodorescu,
Dennis Tighe, Sashiko Bot, Yan Zhao
Handle errors when inserting into guest_memfd's binding xarray, e.g. to
do the right thing on ENOMEM.
Patch 2 is a related cleanup to remove a superflous WRITE_ONCE() (unwinding
the slot update on insertion failure isn't an option if the slot is observable,
i.e. if the WRITE_ONCE() is actually necessary).
Sean Christopherson (2):
KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a
memslot
KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
base-commit: 76671054f9a1ff6abb976583cd8da37650acdc97
--
2.55.0.887.g758fc8c411-goog
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* [PATCH 1/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot
2026-08-26 16:51 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle xarray binding errors Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-08-26 16:51 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 16:51 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() " Sean Christopherson
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From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-08-26 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paolo Bonzini, Sean Christopherson
Cc: David Hildenbrand, kvm, linux-kernel, Stefan Teodorescu,
Dennis Tighe, Sashiko Bot, Yan Zhao
If inserting a memslot into a guest_memfd's bindings xarray fails,
propagate the error back to the caller, i.e. fail memslot creation as well.
Signalling success and continuing on with memslot creation results in
use-after-free, as the guest_memfd instance will remain reachable via the
memslot after the file is freed (kvm_gmem_release() won't nullify the file
pointer due to lack of a valid binding).
Opportunistically WARN and reject binding if KVM_MEMSLOT_GMEM_ONLY is
already set, partly to guard against goofs elsewhere, but mostly so that
KVM doesn't need to worry about clobbering flags when unwinding on failure.
Fixes: a7800aa80ea4 ("KVM: Add KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD ioctl() for guest-specific backing memory")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com>
Reported-by: Dennis Tighe <dtighe@google.com>
Reported-by: Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260823135031.4F6DC1F000E9%40smtp.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index b596486d184c..1ef9e2916423 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -612,10 +612,14 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
struct inode *inode;
struct file *file;
int r = -EINVAL;
+ void *xar;
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(gpa_t) != sizeof(offset));
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(gfn_t) != sizeof(slot->gmem.pgoff));
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(slot->flags & KVM_MEMSLOT_GMEM_ONLY))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
file = fget(fd);
if (!file)
return -EBADF;
@@ -654,7 +658,7 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
if (kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(inode))
slot->flags |= KVM_MEMSLOT_GMEM_ONLY;
- xa_store_range(&f->bindings, start, end - 1, slot, GFP_KERNEL);
+ xar = xa_store_range(&f->bindings, start, end - 1, slot, GFP_KERNEL);
filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
/*
@@ -662,7 +666,12 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
* not the other way 'round. Active bindings are invalidated if the
* file is closed before memslots are destroyed.
*/
- r = 0;
+ r = xa_is_err(xar) ? xa_err(xar) : 0;
+ if (r) {
+ slot->gmem.file = NULL;
+ slot->gmem.pgoff = 0;
+ slot->flags &= ~KVM_MEMSLOT_GMEM_ONLY;
+ }
err:
fput(file);
return r;
--
2.55.0.887.g758fc8c411-goog
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* [PATCH 2/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Drop superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when binding a memslot
2026-08-26 16:51 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Handle xarray binding errors Sean Christopherson
2026-08-26 16:51 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: guest_memfd: Gracefully handle xarray errors when binding a memslot Sean Christopherson
@ 2026-08-26 16:51 ` Sean Christopherson
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Sean Christopherson @ 2026-08-26 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Paolo Bonzini, Sean Christopherson
Cc: David Hildenbrand, kvm, linux-kernel, Stefan Teodorescu,
Dennis Tighe, Sashiko Bot, Yan Zhao
Drop the superfluous WRITE_ONCE() when setting a memslot's guest_memfd file
during initial binding, as the memslot *must* be inactive and unreachable.
The superfluous WRITE_ONCE() was added by commit 67b43038ce14 ("KVM:
guest_memfd: Remove RCU-protected attribute from slot->gmem.file") to
maintain rough "parity" with the existing rcu_assign_pointer(), not
realizing that the only reason rcu_assign_pointer() was used was to make
sparse and other checkers happy.
Cc: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 1ef9e2916423..1d2de9a1bc3f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
* kvm_gmem_bind() must occur on a new memslot. Because the memslot
* is not visible yet, kvm_gmem_get_pfn() is guaranteed to see the file.
*/
- WRITE_ONCE(slot->gmem.file, file);
+ slot->gmem.file = file;
slot->gmem.pgoff = start;
if (kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(inode))
slot->flags |= KVM_MEMSLOT_GMEM_ONLY;
--
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