From: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
To: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
"Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP)" <chleroy@kernel.org>,
"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
Shrikanth Hegde <sshegde@linux.ibm.com>,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com>,
Harsh Prateek Bora <harshpb@linux.ibm.com>,
R Nageswara Sastry <rnsastry@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>,
linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:07:01 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928113704.48912-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
The virtual-mode HPT hcall handlers (H_ENTER, H_REMOVE, H_BULK_REMOVE,
H_CLEAR_REF, H_CLEAR_MOD) call into book3s_hv_rm_mmu.c, which accesses
memslots via kvm_memslots_raw(). kvm_memslots_raw() uses
rcu_dereference_raw_check() to bypass SRCU lockdep annotation checking.
This is safe in real mode because the entire guest entry/exit is wrapped
in srcu_read_lock/unlock inside kvmppc_run_core() and
kvmhv_run_single_vcpu().
However, since commit 6165d5dd99db ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: add virtual
mode handlers for HPT hcalls and page faults"), these same handlers are
also executed in virtual mode via kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall(), which runs
after SRCU has already been released on guest exit.
A concurrent KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION deletion or move can therefore
call synchronize_srcu_expedited() — which does not wait for this thread —
and then kfree(slot) and vfree(slot->arch.rmap) while the hcall handler
still holds a raw pointer to the memslot. lock_rmap() then writes to
freed vmalloc memory, leading to use-after-free and memory corruption.
Because kvm_memslots_raw() suppresses lockdep checks, this race is
entirely silent.
Fix this by factoring out the 7 HPT hcall handlers (H_REMOVE, H_ENTER,
H_READ, H_CLEAR_MOD, H_CLEAR_REF, H_PROTECT, H_BULK_REMOVE) into a
helper function, kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall(), and wrapping its call
site in srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu) / srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx).
Targeting only the HPT hcalls avoids wrapping non-HPT hcalls that sleep
(such as H_CONFER, H_REGISTER_VPA, H_PAGE_INIT) or handlers that already
acquire SRCU internally (such as H_RTAS).
Fixes: 6165d5dd99db ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: add virtual mode handlers for HPT hcalls and page faults")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.14+
Suggested-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index dbac3573b2c8..aa51968e206a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,38 @@ static long kvmppc_h_rpt_invalidate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
return H_SUCCESS;
}
+static long kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long req)
+{
+ switch (req) {
+ case H_REMOVE:
+ return kvmppc_h_remove(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 6));
+ case H_ENTER:
+ return kvmppc_h_enter(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 6),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 7));
+ case H_READ:
+ return kvmppc_h_read(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5));
+ case H_CLEAR_MOD:
+ return kvmppc_h_clear_mod(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5));
+ case H_CLEAR_REF:
+ return kvmppc_h_clear_ref(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5));
+ case H_PROTECT:
+ return kvmppc_h_protect(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5),
+ kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 6));
+ case H_BULK_REMOVE:
+ return kvmppc_h_bulk_remove(vcpu);
+ }
+
+ return H_FUNCTION;
+}
+
int kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
@@ -1174,47 +1206,15 @@ int kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
switch (req) {
case H_REMOVE:
- ret = kvmppc_h_remove(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 6));
- if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
- return RESUME_HOST;
- break;
case H_ENTER:
- ret = kvmppc_h_enter(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 6),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 7));
- if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
- return RESUME_HOST;
- break;
case H_READ:
- ret = kvmppc_h_read(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5));
- if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
- return RESUME_HOST;
- break;
case H_CLEAR_MOD:
- ret = kvmppc_h_clear_mod(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5));
- if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
- return RESUME_HOST;
- break;
case H_CLEAR_REF:
- ret = kvmppc_h_clear_ref(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5));
- if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
- return RESUME_HOST;
- break;
case H_PROTECT:
- ret = kvmppc_h_protect(vcpu, kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 4),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 5),
- kvmppc_get_gpr(vcpu, 6));
- if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
- return RESUME_HOST;
- break;
case H_BULK_REMOVE:
- ret = kvmppc_h_bulk_remove(vcpu);
+ idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
+ ret = kvmppc_pseries_do_hpt_hcall(vcpu, req);
+ srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
if (ret == H_TOO_HARD)
return RESUME_HOST;
break;
--
2.54.0 (Apple Git-157)
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-28 11:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-28 11:37 Amit Machhiwal [this message]
2026-09-28 11:37 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock users Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-28 11:37 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single D-form Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-28 11:37 ` [PATCH 0/3] KVM: PPC: Fixes for Book3S HV HPT locking and paired-single decoding Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-28 12:32 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls Amit Machhiwal
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