From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
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>,
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,
Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:57:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <v77pjykr.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260928122837.8782-2-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> 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(-)
I had looked at this path in depth earlier itself. LGTM.
Please feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-28 13:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-28 12:28 [RESEND PATCH 0/3] KVM: PPC: Fixes for Book3S HV HPT locking and paired-single decoding Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-28 12:28 ` [RESEND PATCH 1/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add SRCU protection for virtual-mode HPT hcalls Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-28 13:27 ` Ritesh Harjani [this message]
2026-09-28 12:28 ` [RESEND PATCH 2/3] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add preempt_disable() around virtual-mode HPTE bit-lock users Amit Machhiwal
2026-09-28 13:42 ` Ritesh Harjani
2026-09-29 6:18 ` Shrikanth Hegde
2026-09-28 12:28 ` [RESEND PATCH 3/3] KVM: PPC: Fix get_d_signext() 12-bit displacement for paired-single D-form Amit Machhiwal
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