From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org, joey.gouly@arm.com,
seiden@linux.ibm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, mark.rutland@arm.com, steven.price@arm.com,
vdonnefort@google.com, qperret@google.com, tabba@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Validate the host vCPU's VM before reading it under pKVM
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:04:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260915070418.3209779-2-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915070418.3209779-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
On an MTE-capable host under pKVM, enter_exception64() reads the VM's
MTE flag through vcpu->kvm, which for a host vCPU is a host-writable
pointer nothing validates. The host can point it at any address in the
hyp linear map and read back bit 1 of that word through PSR_TCO in the
vCPU's CPSR, or panic the hypervisor with an unmapped one.
Get the VM through a get/put pair around the read: a loaded vCPU's is
the hyp VM, an unloaded host vCPU's is read once and pinned, and a
pointer the host never shared leaves TCO clear.
Fixes: ea7fc1bb1cd1b ("KVM: arm64: Introduce MTE VM feature")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260914070536.877D91F000FF@smtp.kernel.org/
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c | 5 ++-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h | 18 ++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
index 754e2dc1df54a..6e60d890afa4a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static void enter_exception64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long target_mode,
enum exception_type type)
{
unsigned long sctlr, vbar, old, new, mode;
+ struct kvm *kvm;
u64 exc_offset;
mode = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & (PSR_MODE_MASK | PSR_MODE32_BIT);
@@ -109,8 +110,10 @@ static void enter_exception64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long target_mode,
new |= (old & PSR_C_BIT);
new |= (old & PSR_V_BIT);
- if (kvm_has_mte(kern_hyp_va(vcpu->kvm)))
+ kvm = vcpu_get_kvm(vcpu);
+ if (kvm && kvm_has_mte(kvm))
new |= PSR_TCO_BIT;
+ vcpu_put_kvm(vcpu, kvm);
new |= (old & PSR_DIT_BIT);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h
index 4fdfeabefeb43..a4fb04faa7d09 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@
#include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
#include <asm/kvm_host.h>
+/*
+ * Under pKVM a host vCPU's ->kvm is host-writable: the nVHE pair
+ * validates it.
+ */
+#ifdef __KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__
+struct kvm *vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm);
+#else
+static inline struct kvm *vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ return vcpu->kvm;
+}
+
+static inline void vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
static inline void kvm_skip_instr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu)) {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index 459bd9eb7e4bc..9bdc7a9b84b8c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
#include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
+#include <hyp/adjust_pc.h>
+
#include <nvhe/mem_protect.h>
#include <nvhe/memory.h>
#include <nvhe/pkvm.h>
@@ -304,6 +306,43 @@ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vcpu(void)
}
+static struct pkvm_hyp_vm *loaded_hyp_vm_of(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu = pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vcpu();
+
+ if (hyp_vcpu &&
+ (vcpu == &hyp_vcpu->vcpu || vcpu == hyp_vcpu->host_vcpu))
+ return pkvm_hyp_vcpu_to_hyp_vm(hyp_vcpu);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/* An unloaded host vCPU's VM is mapped at EL2 only while pinned. */
+struct kvm *vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct pkvm_hyp_vm *hyp_vm;
+ struct kvm *kvm;
+
+ if (!is_protected_kvm_enabled())
+ return kern_hyp_va(vcpu->kvm);
+
+ hyp_vm = loaded_hyp_vm_of(vcpu);
+ if (hyp_vm)
+ return &hyp_vm->kvm;
+
+ kvm = kern_hyp_va(READ_ONCE(vcpu->kvm));
+ if (hyp_pin_shared_mem(kvm, kvm + 1))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return kvm;
+}
+
+void vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ if (kvm && is_protected_kvm_enabled() && !loaded_hyp_vm_of(vcpu))
+ hyp_unpin_shared_mem(kvm, kvm + 1);
+}
+
struct pkvm_hyp_vm *get_pkvm_hyp_vm(pkvm_handle_t handle)
{
struct pkvm_hyp_vm *hyp_vm;
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-15 7:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 7:04 [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: arm64: Validate host pointers in __kvm_adjust_pc() " Fuad Tabba
2026-09-15 7:04 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-09-15 7:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: arm64: Validate the host vCPU's VM before reading it " Vincent Donnefort
2026-09-15 10:03 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-15 10:17 ` Joey Gouly
2026-09-15 10:23 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-09-15 7:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: arm64: Pin the host vCPU before adjusting its PC " Fuad Tabba
2026-09-15 7:41 ` Vincent Donnefort
2026-09-15 10:47 ` Joey Gouly
2026-09-15 11:00 ` Fuad Tabba
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