From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Claudio Imbrenda" <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, "Vasily Gorbik" <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
"Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
"Alexander Gordeev" <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: s390: Return -EFAULT instead of PGM_ADDRESSING
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:27:38 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260713152738.A7C381F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713150857.269954-3-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [High] The patch fails to fix the `KVM_S390_KEYOP` ioctl, which silently ignores and leaks positive program exception codes (e.g., `PGM_ADDRESSING`) to userspace in the exact same way as the patched functions.
--
--- Patch [2]: [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: s390: Return -EFAULT instead of PGM_ADDRESSING ---
commit 4941b5a35b7857c25a5086d12db876b148a9642d
Author: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
KVM: s390: Return -EFAULT instead of PGM_ADDRESSING
If kvm_s390_set_cmma_bits() is asked to set CMMA values outside of a
memslot, PGM_ADDRESSING (5) is returned, instead of a negative error
value. Same issue with kvm_s390_{g,s}et_skeys().
Fix by returning -EFAULT whenever the return value would be > 0, which
is consistent with the behaviour before the gmap rewrite.
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> index 374dae6dae81b..53691aaf6534c 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> @@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ static int kvm_s390_get_skeys(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_skeys *args)
> }
>
> kvfree(keys);
> - return r;
> + return r <= 0 ? r : -EFAULT;
> }
[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but does the same issue exist in
kvm_s390_keyop() and the KVM_S390_KEYOP ioctl handler?
When memory functions like dat_get_storage_key() return PGM_ADDRESSING (5),
kvm_s390_keyop() passes the positive exception code back to its caller without
converting it to -EFAULT:
arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c:kvm_s390_keyop() {
...
case KVM_S390_KEYOP_ISKE:
r = dat_get_storage_key(asce, gfn, &skey);
if (!r)
return skey.skey;
break;
...
return r;
}
The KVM_S390_KEYOP handler then treats any positive return value from
kvm_s390_keyop() as a success, silently leaking the exception code into
kop.key and returning 0 to userspace:
arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c:kvm_arch_vm_ioctl() {
...
r = kvm_s390_keyop(mc, kvm, kop.operation, kop.guest_addr, skey);
kvm_s390_free_mmu_cache(mc);
if (r < 0)
break;
kop.key = r;
r = 0;
if (copy_to_user(argp, &kop, sizeof(kop)))
...
}
Since kvm_s390_keyop() conflates valid storage keys with exception codes,
userspace is fundamentally unable to detect that the memory access failed.
Should KVM_S390_KEYOP be updated to handle positive return codes similarly
to the functions fixed in this patch?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260713150857.269954-1-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com?part=2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 15:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 15:08 [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: s390: Misc fixes Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: s390: Fix unlikely NULL gmap dereference Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 8:32 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-14 13:23 ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: s390: Return -EFAULT instead of PGM_ADDRESSING Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:27 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-07-14 8:44 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: s390: Fix race in __do_essa() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: s390: cmma: Fix dirty tracking when removing memslot Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:58 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: s390: ucontrol: Add missing locking around gmap_remove_child() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: s390: Fix overclearing ESCA in case of error Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-14 12:48 ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-14 12:51 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 15:08 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: s390: Return -EINTR if a signal was pending while faulting-in Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-13 15:33 ` sashiko-bot
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