From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
To: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org, joey.gouly@arm.com,
seiden@linux.ibm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
christoffer.dall@arm.com
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
imv4bel@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Reallocate the nested_mmus array under the mmu_lock
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 03:30:00 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiHEKOeZMVwsRlvP@v4bel> (raw)
Code that walks kvm->arch.nested_mmus[] holds kvm->mmu_lock. By contrast,
kvm_vcpu_init_nested() reallocates the array and frees the old buffer while
holding only kvm->arch.config_lock, so a walker can reference the freed
array.
Allocate the new array outside the lock, as the allocation can sleep, and
do only the copy and the pointer swap under the mmu_lock. After the swap no
walker can reach the old buffer, so free it once the lock has been
released.
Fixes: 4f128f8e1aaac ("KVM: arm64: nv: Support multiple nested Stage-2 mmu structures")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@gmail.com>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 38f672e940878..6f7bc9a9992e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -89,21 +89,28 @@ int kvm_vcpu_init_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* again, and there is no reason to affect the whole VM for this.
*/
num_mmus = atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) * S2_MMU_PER_VCPU;
- tmp = kvrealloc(kvm->arch.nested_mmus,
- size_mul(sizeof(*kvm->arch.nested_mmus), num_mmus),
- GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO);
- if (!tmp)
- return -ENOMEM;
- swap(kvm->arch.nested_mmus, tmp);
+ if (num_mmus > kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size) {
+ tmp = kvcalloc(num_mmus, sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -ENOMEM;
- /*
- * If we went through a realocation, adjust the MMU back-pointers in
- * the previously initialised kvm_pgtable structures.
- */
- if (kvm->arch.nested_mmus != tmp)
- for (int i = 0; i < kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size; i++)
- kvm->arch.nested_mmus[i].pgt->mmu = &kvm->arch.nested_mmus[i];
+ write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+
+ if (kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size) {
+ memcpy(tmp, kvm->arch.nested_mmus,
+ size_mul(sizeof(*tmp), kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size));
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size; i++)
+ tmp[i].pgt->mmu = &tmp[i];
+ }
+
+ swap(kvm->arch.nested_mmus, tmp);
+
+ write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
+
+ kvfree(tmp);
+ }
for (int i = kvm->arch.nested_mmus_size; !ret && i < num_mmus; i++)
ret = init_nested_s2_mmu(kvm, &kvm->arch.nested_mmus[i]);
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 18:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-04 18:30 Hyunwoo Kim [this message]
2026-06-04 22:27 ` [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Reallocate the nested_mmus array under the mmu_lock Oliver Upton
2026-06-04 22:58 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-06-05 5:35 ` Hyunwoo Kim
2026-06-05 7:51 ` Marc Zyngier
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