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From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
	borntraeger@de.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com, david@kernel.org,
	seiden@linux.ibm.com, nrb@linux.ibm.com,
	schlameuss@linux.ibm.com, gra@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 01/13] KVM: s390: Fix unlikely NULL gmap dereference
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:29:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260729152938.782383-2-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260729152938.782383-1-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>

When creating a new vCPU, kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu() will call
kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate() after the file descriptor for the new vCPU
has been created. The new file descriptor has not been returned yet,
but a malicious userspace program could try to guess it.

If a malicious userspace program manages to start the newly created vCPU
before kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate() is called, __vcpu_run() will try to
dereference vcpu->arch.gmap and trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Fix this by adding a new field to struct kvm_vcpu_arch to keep track of
the initialization status of the vCPU. Refuse to run a vCPU that is not
fully initialized.

Fixes: dafd032a15f8 ("KVM: s390: move vcpu specific initalization to a later point")
Fixes: e38c884df921 ("KVM: s390: Switch to new gmap")
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  1 +
 arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c         | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index eaa34c5bd3c1..edf75b6ad20c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	bool skey_enabled;
 	/* Indicator if the access registers have been loaded from guest */
 	bool acrs_loaded;
+	bool initialized;
 	struct kvm_s390_pv_vcpu pv;
 	union diag318_info diag318_info;
 	struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 150b5dd2170e..f86b4b0b356f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3613,6 +3613,9 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (test_kvm_facility(vcpu->kvm, 74) || vcpu->kvm->arch.user_instr0 ||
 	    vcpu->kvm->arch.user_operexec)
 		vcpu->arch.sie_block->ictl |= ICTL_OPEREXC;
+
+	/* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run() and kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl() */
+	smp_store_release(&vcpu->arch.initialized, true);
 }
 
 static bool kvm_has_pckmo_subfunc(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long nr)
@@ -5039,6 +5042,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	    kvm_run->kvm_dirty_regs & ~KVM_SYNC_S390_VALID_FIELDS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* Pairs with smp_store_release() in kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate() */
+	if (!smp_load_acquire(&vcpu->arch.initialized))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
 	if (guestdbg_exit_pending(vcpu)) {
@@ -5523,6 +5530,10 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	long r;
 	u16 rc, rrc;
 
+	/* Pairs with smp_store_release() in kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate() */
+	if (!smp_load_acquire(&vcpu->arch.initialized))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
-- 
2.55.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-29 15:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-29 15:29 [PATCH v5 00/13] KVM: s390: Misc fixes Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 15:29 ` Claudio Imbrenda [this message]
2026-07-29 15:43   ` [PATCH v5 01/13] KVM: s390: Fix unlikely NULL gmap dereference sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 02/13] KVM: s390: Fix kvm_s390_vcpu_unsetup_cmma() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 16:06   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 03/13] KVM: s390: Fix overclearing ESCA in case of error Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 16:35   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 04/13] KVM: s390: ucontrol: Fix sca_clear_ext_call() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 16:55   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 05/13] KVM: s390: Fix leaking of PGM_ADDRESSING to userspace Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 17:08   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 06/13] KVM: s390: Fix race in __do_essa() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 17:22   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 07/13] KVM: s390: cmma: Fix dirty tracking when removing memslot Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 17:38   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 08/13] KVM: s390: ucontrol: Add missing locking around gmap_remove_child() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 17:50   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 09/13] KVM: s390: Free the mmu cache when kvm_arch_vcpu_create() fails Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 18:02   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 10/13] KVM: s390: Return -EINTR if a signal was pending while faulting-in Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 18:12   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 11/13] KVM: s390: Fix ordering when adding to SCA Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 18:33   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 12/13] KVM: s390: Fix cleanup in kvm_s390_pv_create_cpu() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 18:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-29 15:29 ` [PATCH v5 13/13] KVM: s390: Fix kvm_arch_commit_memory_region() when low on memory Claudio Imbrenda
2026-07-29 18:53   ` sashiko-bot

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