From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Jörg Rödel" <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
ashish.kalra@amd.com, michael.roth@amd.com, nsaenz@amazon.com,
anelkz@amazon.de, James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com,
Melody Wang <huibo.wang@amd.com>,
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kvm-riscv@lists.infradead.org, x86@kernel.org,
coconut-svsm@lists.linux.dev, joerg.roedel@amd.com,
Mushahid Hussain <hmushi@amazon.co.uk>,
Sriram Nambakam <snambakam@linux.microsoft.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 08/16] KVM: planes: Publish a new plane only once KVM_CREATE_PLANE cannot fail
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 14:29:03 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111222911.477-9-dwmw2@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111222911.477-1-dwmw2@infradead.org>
From: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
kvm_create_plane() publishes the new plane in kvm->planes[] before
kvm_vm_ioctl_create_plane() can still fail at anon_inode_getfile(),
and the error path freed the plane without unpublishing it. Anything
that later reads kvm->planes[] reaches the freed plane, and VM teardown
destroys it a second time.
Unpublishing it on the error path is not enough either. Some readers of
kvm->planes[] take no lock: the SEV VMPL-switch target lookup takes the
level from the guest, so it can pick up a plane that is published and
then freed with no grace period in between.
Publish the plane in kvm_vm_ioctl_create_plane() only after
anon_inode_getfile() succeeds, so a failing create frees a plane that
no reader has ever seen. kvm_create_vm() publishes plane 0 itself,
before the VM is reachable. The store stays smp_store_release(), and
the lock-free readers (MSI delivery and the SEV VMPL target lookup) now
load the pointer with READ_ONCE() to pair with it.
Found by a local Sashiko review.
Fixes the error path in "kvm: Implement KVM_CREATE_PLANE ioctl".
Fixes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260608144252.351443-30-joro@8bytes.org/
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
---
arch/x86/kvm/irq.c | 5 +++--
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 2 +-
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c b/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
index f3044aec7188..26912161997e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ int kvm_set_msi(struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e,
return -1;
kvm_msi_to_lapic_irq(kvm, e, &irq);
- plane = kvm->planes[e->msi.plane_level];
+ plane = READ_ONCE(kvm->planes[e->msi.plane_level]);
return kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic(plane, NULL, &irq);
}
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ int kvm_arch_set_irq_inatomic(struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e,
kvm_msi_to_lapic_irq(kvm, e, &irq);
- if (kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(kvm->planes[e->msi.plane_level], NULL, &irq, &r))
+ if (kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(READ_ONCE(kvm->planes[e->msi.plane_level]),
+ NULL, &irq, &r))
return r;
break;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index fd7605e47216..32a4ba4ffdbb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -4249,7 +4249,7 @@ static int sev_snp_ap_creation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
vmpl = array_index_nospec(vmpl, SVM_SEV_VMPL_MAX);
/* Obtain the target plane and vCPU */
- target_plane = vcpu->kvm->planes[vmpl];
+ target_plane = READ_ONCE(vcpu->kvm->planes[vmpl]);
if (target_plane) {
target_vcpu = plane_get_vcpu(target_plane, apic_id);
} else {
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 95de904f0c61..d256bbf301f4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1252,8 +1252,7 @@ static struct kvm_plane *kvm_create_plane(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned plane_level)
if (kvm_arch_plane_init(kvm, plane, plane_level))
goto out_free_plane;
- kvm->planes[plane_level] = plane;
-
+ /* The caller publishes the plane in kvm->planes[]. */
return plane;
out_free_plane:
@@ -1312,7 +1311,8 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
BUILD_BUG_ON(KVM_MEM_SLOTS_NUM > SHRT_MAX);
/* Initialize planes array and allocate plane 0 */
- if (kvm_create_plane(kvm, 0) == NULL) {
+ kvm->planes[0] = kvm_create_plane(kvm, 0);
+ if (!kvm->planes[0]) {
r = -ENOMEM;
goto out_no_planes;
}
@@ -5627,13 +5627,21 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_plane(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned id)
goto put_kvm;
}
+ /*
+ * Publish only once nothing can fail, so that the error path frees
+ * a plane no reader has seen. Pairs with the READ_ONCE() of the
+ * lock-free readers of kvm->planes[] (MSI delivery, SEV VMPL
+ * targeting): the plane's fields must be visible before the
+ * pointer is.
+ */
+ smp_store_release(&kvm->planes[id], plane);
kvm->has_planes = true;
fd_install(fd, file);
return fd;
put_kvm:
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
kvm_destroy_one_plane(plane);
+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
put_fd:
put_unused_fd(fd);
return r;
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-11 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-08 14:41 [PATCH 00/60] KVM Planes + SEV-SNP Support Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 01/60] x86/sev: Define the #HV doorbell page structure Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 02/60] KVM: SVM: Add support for the SEV-SNP #HV doorbell page NAE event Jörg Rödel
2026-06-10 13:28 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-06-10 15:05 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 03/60] KVM: SVM: Inject #HV when Restricted Injection is active Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 04/60] KVM: SVM: Inject NMIs " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 05/60] KVM: SVM: Inject MCEs " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 06/60] KVM: SVM: Enable Restricted Injection for an SEV-SNP guest Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:41 ` [PATCH 07/60] KVM: SVM: Add support for the SEV-SNP #HV IPI NAE event Jörg Rödel
2026-06-10 13:45 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 08/60] Documentation: kvm: introduce "VM plane" concept Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 09/60] kvm: Introduce struct kvm_plane Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 10/60] kvm: Move vcpu_array to " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 11/60] kvm: Introduce struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 12/60] kvm: Move vcpu accounting to " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 13/60] kvm: Add read accessors for kvm_vcpu scheduling state Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 14/60] kvm: Make kvm_running_vcpus point to struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 15/60] kvm: Move VCPU scheduling state " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 16/60] kvm: Add accessors for kvm_vcpu->mutex Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 17/60] kvm: Move VCPU locking to struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 18/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu->rcuwait " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 19/60] kvm: Introduce accessors for kvm_vcpu->mode Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 20/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu mode and requests field to struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 21/60] kvm: Introduce per-plane VCPU requests Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 22/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu pid members to struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 23/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu sigset " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 24/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu spinloop " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 25/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu->dirty_ring " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 26/60] kvm: Introduce arch-specific plane state Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 27/60] kvm: Introduce arch-specific part of struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 28/60] kvm: Implement KVM_CAP_PLANES Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 29/60] kvm: Implement KVM_CREATE_PLANE ioctl Jörg Rödel
2026-09-11 17:54 ` Serge Hallyn
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 30/60] kvm: Add KVM_EXIT_PLANE_EVENT Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 31/60] kvm: Allocate struct kvm_plane in architecture code Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 32/60] kvm: Allocate struct kvm_run only for struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 33/60] KVM: Implement KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl for planes Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 34/60] kvm: Keep track of plane VCPUs in struct kvm_vcpu_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 35/60] kvm: Add VCPU plane-scheduling state and helpers Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 16:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-06-08 17:52 ` Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 17:58 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-06-09 12:37 ` Jörg Rödel
2026-06-09 12:59 ` James Bottomley
2026-06-09 14:27 ` Jörg Rödel
2026-06-09 15:06 ` James Bottomley
2026-07-17 13:48 ` Saenz Julienne, Nicolas
2026-07-17 15:56 ` James Bottomley
2026-07-17 17:33 ` Saenz Julienne, Nicolas
2026-07-17 18:26 ` James Bottomley
2026-07-17 14:35 ` James Bottomley
2026-09-24 14:10 ` Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 36/60] kvm: Add plane_level to kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 37/60] kvm: Pass plane_level to kvm_set_routing_entry() Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 38/60] kvm: Make KVM_SIGNAL_MSI per plane Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 39/60] kvm: Make KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 40/60] kvm: x86: Handle IOAPIC EOIs " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 41/60] kvm: x86: Make apic_map " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 42/60] kvm: x86: Make local APIC code aware of planes Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 43/60] kvm: x86: Move CPUID state to struct kvm_vcpu_arch_common Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 44/60] kvm: x86: Move cpu_caps " Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 45/60] kvm: x86: Update state for all plane VCPUs after CPUID update Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 46/60] kvm: x86: Share MTRR state across planes Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 47/60] kvm: x86: Select a plane to run Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 48/60] kvm: x86: Make event injection VCPU requests per-plane Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 49/60] kvm: x86: Allow hardware backend to overwrite struct kvm_plane allocation Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 50/60] kvm: x86: Make KVM_REQ_UPDATE_PROTECTED_GUEST_STATE per plane Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 51/60] kvm: x86: Share pio_data across planes Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 52/60] kvm: x86: Switch to plane0 if it has events Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 53/60] kvm: x86: Introduce max_planes x86-op Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 54/60] kvm: x86: Restrict KVM planes support to KVM_IRQCHIP_SPLIT Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 55/60] kvm: svm: Track vmsa_features per plane Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 56/60] kvm: svm: Implement GET_AP_APIC_IDS NAE event Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 57/60] kvm: sev: Allow for VMPL level specification in AP create Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 58/60] kvm: svm: Invoke a specified VMPL level VMSA for the vCPU Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 59/60] kvm: svm: Implement max_planes x86 operation Jörg Rödel
2026-06-08 14:42 ` [PATCH 60/60] kvm: svm: Advertise full multi-VMPL support to the SNP guest Jörg Rödel
2026-06-09 9:29 ` [syzbot ci] Re: KVM Planes + SEV-SNP Support syzbot ci
2026-06-10 18:13 ` [PATCH 00/60] " Melody Wang
2026-11-11 22:28 ` [PATCH 00/16] KVM: Fixes for the Planes + SEV-SNP series David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:28 ` [PATCH 01/16] KVM: s390: arm64: Pass plane_level to the kvm_set_routing_entry() stub David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:28 ` [PATCH 02/16] KVM: SVM: Derive the plane limit from the immutable VM type David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:28 ` [PATCH 03/16] KVM: planes: Report KVM_MAX_PLANES from the system fd David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:28 ` [PATCH 04/16] KVM: Guard the per-plane KVM_SIGNAL_MSI cases with __KVM_HAVE_MSI David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 05/16] KVM: x86: Initialise Hyper-V state on every plane vCPU David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 06/16] KVM: x86: Widen the plane vCPU fd ioctl allowlist David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 07/16] KVM: x86/mmu: Free obsolete roots of all planes David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` David Woodhouse [this message]
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 09/16] KVM: planes: Kick the running twin's pCPU, not the request target's David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 10/16] KVM: planes: Keep current_vcpu in sync in vcpu_load() David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 11/16] KVM: x86: Load each plane twin while updating it after KVM_SET_CPUID David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 12/16] KVM: VMX: Leave the IPIv PID-table entry to the plane 0 vCPU David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 13/16] KVM: x86: Leave TSC matching to the plane 0 vCPUs David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 14/16] KVM: x86: Derive runtime CPUID bits from the executing plane David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 15/16] KVM: planes: Annotate the lockless twin-publication protocol David Woodhouse
2026-11-11 22:29 ` [PATCH 16/16] KVM: SVM: Make KVM_REQ_VMSA_PAGE_RELOAD per plane David Woodhouse
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