From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>, Xiao Wu <xiaowu.417@qq.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: SVM: Fix a (very) unlikely UAF for GA Log IRQs
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:01:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260630210156.457151-1-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
Fix a potential UAF due to freeing vCPUs while they're still reachable through
the global hashed list used to handle GA Log notifications.
v2:
- Defer adding the VM to the GA Log list until a vCPU is created (KVM only
needs GA Lot notifications to wake blocking vCPUs), so that removing the
VM from the list can be done during pre-destroy without having to handle
the scenario where VM creation fails at a later stage. [Sashiko, Xiao]
- Drop the stable@ tag, as it's not clear to me that the bug can actually
occur in the wild, whereas the changes themselves are somewhat risky.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260625220933.3357733-1-seanjc@google.com
Sean Christopherson (3):
KVM: SVM: Make kvm_x86_ops.vcpu_precreate() hook fully AVIC specific
KVM: SVM: Do all per-VM AVIC initialization during vCPU precreation
phase
KVM: SVM: Remove VM from the GA Log notifier list before VM
destruction
arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 16 ++-----
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 3 +-
3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)
base-commit: a204badd8432f93b7e862e7dac6db0fe3d65f370
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2.55.0.rc0.799.gd6f94ed593-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-30 21:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-30 21:01 Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-06-30 21:01 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: SVM: Make kvm_x86_ops.vcpu_precreate() hook fully AVIC specific Sean Christopherson
2026-06-30 21:01 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: SVM: Do all per-VM AVIC initialization during vCPU precreation phase Sean Christopherson
2026-06-30 21:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 21:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-06-30 21:01 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: SVM: Remove VM from the GA Log notifier list before VM destruction Sean Christopherson
2026-06-30 21:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-30 21:27 ` Sean Christopherson
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