From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5] arm64: Don't read GMID_EL1 when MTE is disabled
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:59:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260827185937.1369099-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
__cpuinfo_store_cpu() gates the GMID_EL1 read on the raw
ID_AA64PFR1_EL1, so it reads the register even when the kernel has
disabled MTE (CONFIG_ARM64_MTE=n or arm64.nomte). KVM sets HCR_EL2.TID5
in that case, and pKVM injects an UNDEF the host cannot handle:
Internal error: Oops - Undefined instruction: 0000000002000000 [#1] SMP
pc : __cpuinfo_store_cpu+0xf4/0x264
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
Only pKVM reaches it, and only after a CPU is offlined and brought back
online: its CPU_ON relay sets the host HCR before the CPU enters EL1,
while plain nVHE sets it at CPUHP_AP_KVM_ONLINE.
Gate the read on the CPU's own ID_AA64PFR1_EL1 with the command-line
override applied, and on CONFIG_ARM64_MTE, which no register reflects.
The boot CPU stores its registers before init_cpu_features() strips an
unsafe override, so clamp against the hardware value here too.
Fixes: f35abcbb8a084 ("KVM: arm64: Trap MTE access and discovery when MTE is disabled")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
Notes:
Changes since v4:
- Gate on the ID_AA64PFR1_EL1 that __cpuinfo_store_cpu() has already
read, clamping the override against it in cpufeature.c, rather than
adding a __read_sysreg_by_encoding() caller in the header (Will). The
register is not read a second time.
- Dropped Suzuki's override clamp, which this no longer needs. It is
worth having on its own, so I'll post it separately with the Fixes:
tag and without the update_cpu_ftr_reg() hunk (Catalin).
Tested on QEMU under pKVM, with -machine virt,mte=on.
Offline/online CPU1 with arm64.nomte: unpatched panics in
__cpuinfo_store_cpu(), patched does not. Same with CONFIG_ARM64_MTE=n
and no override on the command line. And with id_aa64pfr1.mte=2 on a
CPU without FEAT_MTE2, where the clamp keeps the gate false and
init_cpu_ftr_reg() drops the override afterwards.
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h | 1 +
arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 7 ------
arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h
index 71493b760b839..3c008821219c2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -78,5 +78,6 @@ void __init cpuinfo_store_boot_cpu(void);
void __init init_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info);
void update_cpu_features(int cpu, struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info,
struct cpuinfo_arm64 *boot);
+bool gmid_el1_accessible(const struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info);
#endif /* __ASM_CPU_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
index a57870fa96db5..f6a7200700ccf 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h
@@ -627,13 +627,6 @@ static inline bool id_aa64pfr1_mpamfrac(u64 pfr1)
return val > 0;
}
-static inline bool id_aa64pfr1_mte(u64 pfr1)
-{
- u32 val = cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(pfr1, ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE_SHIFT);
-
- return val >= ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE_MTE2;
-}
-
void __init setup_boot_cpu_features(void);
void __init setup_system_features(void);
void __init setup_user_features(void);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index 9a22df0c5120f..103e70d683ca2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,33 @@ static bool detect_ftr_has_mpam(void)
return id_aa64pfr0_mpam(pfr0) || id_aa64pfr1_mpamfrac(pfr1);
}
+bool gmid_el1_accessible(const struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
+{
+ const struct arm64_ftr_bits *ftrp;
+ s64 mte, ovr;
+ u64 ftr_mask;
+
+ /* No ID register reflects CONFIG_ARM64_MTE. */
+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE))
+ return false;
+
+ for (ftrp = ftr_id_aa64pfr1; ftrp->width; ftrp++) {
+ if (ftrp->shift == ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE_SHIFT)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ ftr_mask = arm64_ftr_mask(ftrp);
+ mte = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, info->reg_id_aa64pfr1);
+
+ /* The boot CPU runs before init_cpu_ftr_reg() strips unsafe overrides. */
+ if ((id_aa64pfr1_override.mask & ftr_mask) == ftr_mask) {
+ ovr = arm64_ftr_value(ftrp, id_aa64pfr1_override.val);
+ mte = arm64_ftr_safe_value(ftrp, ovr, mte);
+ }
+
+ return mte >= ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE_MTE2;
+}
+
void __init init_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
{
/* Before we start using the tables, make sure it is sorted */
@@ -1228,7 +1255,7 @@ void __init init_cpu_features(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
init_cpu_ftr_reg(SYS_MPAMIDR_EL1, info->reg_mpamidr);
}
- if (id_aa64pfr1_mte(info->reg_id_aa64pfr1))
+ if (gmid_el1_accessible(info))
init_cpu_ftr_reg(SYS_GMID_EL1, info->reg_gmid);
}
@@ -1490,11 +1517,9 @@ void update_cpu_features(int cpu,
* they read/write depends on the GMID_EL1.BS field. Check that the
* value is the same on all CPUs.
*/
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_MTE) &&
- id_aa64pfr1_mte(info->reg_id_aa64pfr1)) {
+ if (gmid_el1_accessible(info))
taint |= check_update_ftr_reg(SYS_GMID_EL1, cpu,
info->reg_gmid, boot->reg_gmid);
- }
/*
* If we don't have AArch32 at all then skip the checks entirely
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
index d50e2a9b066b3..45c63f3d75c53 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpuinfo.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static void __cpuinfo_store_cpu(struct cpuinfo_arm64 *info)
info->reg_id_aa64smfr0 = read_cpuid(ID_AA64SMFR0_EL1);
info->reg_id_aa64fpfr0 = read_cpuid(ID_AA64FPFR0_EL1);
- if (id_aa64pfr1_mte(info->reg_id_aa64pfr1))
+ if (gmid_el1_accessible(info))
info->reg_gmid = read_cpuid(GMID_EL1);
if (id_aa64pfr0_32bit_el0(info->reg_id_aa64pfr0))
--
2.39.5
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