FAILED: patch "[PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Fix sdata leak and stale snapshot_addr in" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x b7749531a9b195f4fd7db92ca3cc49bda1a4dc8d
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026092910-onslaught-tinwork-1a6b@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From b7749531a9b195f4fd7db92ca3cc49bda1a4dc8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@kylinos.cn>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:41:17 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Fix sdata leak and stale snapshot_addr in
 snapshot_set_shmem

A guest may call SBI_PMU_SNAPSHOT_SET_SHMEM repeatedly. Each call
overwrites kvpmu->sdata without freeing the old buffer (memory leak),
and if a later kvm_vcpu_write_guest() fails, the error path frees
sdata but leaves snapshot_addr stale. A subsequent
SBI_PMU_COUNTER_START then passes the INVALID_GPA check and crashes
the host with a NULL buffer in kvm_vcpu_read_guest().

Fix this by clearing the previously installed snapshot area before
installing a new one, which keeps sdata and snapshot_addr consistent.
The SBI spec suggests a single invocation but defines no error code
for repeated calls, so KVM must tolerate them.

Fixes: c2f41ddbcdd756 ("RISC-V: KVM: Implement SBI PMU Snapshot feature")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@kylinos.cn>
Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260826064117.58029-1-min_halo@163.com
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
index 6ff741ee7803..cc0c138651bc 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
@@ -454,6 +454,14 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_snapshot_set_shmem(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long s
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Clear any previously installed snapshot area to avoid leaking
+	 * the old sdata and to keep sdata/snapshot_addr consistent if
+	 * the re-install fails below.
+	 */
+	if (kvpmu->snapshot_addr != INVALID_GPA)
+		kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area(vcpu);
+
 	kvpmu->sdata = kzalloc(snapshot_area_size, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!kvpmu->sdata) {
 		sbiret = SBI_ERR_FAILURE;