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From: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
To: anup@brainfault.org
Cc: atish.patra@linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] RISC-V: KVM: Synchronize hrtimer callback during teardown
Date: Sat,  1 Aug 2026 01:35:50 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260731163550.46991-1-mhun512@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGEsz8GNHFCOZ=-_y56rK1aX+Ze7w8qVqZSQ-OuGo_dPC4bXCw@mail.gmail.com>

The non-Sstc hrtimer callback clears next_set before its final uses of
the enclosing vCPU.  If teardown observes next_set as false while the
callback is still running, kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_cancel() skips
hrtimer_cancel() and kvm_destroy_vcpus() can free the vCPU before the
callback enters kvm_riscv_vcpu_set_interrupt().

A guest can arm the timer with SBI TIME and request shutdown with SBI
legacy shutdown or SRST.  A VMM that honors KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT and
destroys the VM supplies the teardown side of the race; no post-launch
host ioctl is needed to arm or request teardown.

On upstream master 62cc90241548, generic KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_raw_spin_lock
  Write of size 4 at addr ff60000005e58898

  kvm_riscv_vcpu_set_interrupt
  kvm_riscv_vcpu_hrtimer_expired
  __hrtimer_run_queues
  hrtimer_interrupt

The object was allocated by KVM_CREATE_VCPU and freed concurrently by:

  kvm_destroy_vcpus
  kvm_arch_destroy_vm
  kvm_destroy_vm
  __fput

For deterministic validation, I added mdelay(1000) immediately after
the existing next_set = false assignment.  This only widens the
existing post-clear callback window.  A no-delay trace build naturally
reached the callback-after-teardown-start/before-deinit ordering in 12
of 200 runs, but 1,500 stock-kernel stress iterations did not produce a
KASAN report, so natural reproduction is timing-sensitive.

Always invoke hrtimer_cancel() for an initialized timer.  Preserve the
existing -EINVAL result when the timer is no longer set, but only after
synchronizing with a running callback.

With this patch, hrtimer_cancel() blocked for the full widened callback
window before vCPU destruction.  KASAN reported no error in 100
fixed-and-widened runs or 200 fix-only timing-sweep runs.

Fixes: 3a9f66cb25e1 ("RISC-V: KVM: Add timer functionality")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: OpenAI:GPT-5.6
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak <mhun512@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Add the required Assisted-by trailer.
- Drop security@kernel.org from the recipients.

 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

AI disclosure: I used AI assistance during the audit and am treating the
issue as public as required by Documentation/process/security-bugs.rst.
The reproducer and full KASAN trace have not been posted publicly and
are available on request.

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
index ae53133c7ab0..a2cd277a4059 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_timer.c
@@ -61,10 +61,13 @@ kvm_riscv_vcpu_hrtimer_expired(struct hrtimer *h)
 
 static int kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_cancel(struct kvm_vcpu_timer *t)
 {
-	if (!t->init_done || !t->next_set)
+	if (!t->init_done)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	hrtimer_cancel(&t->hrt);
+
+	if (!t->next_set)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	t->next_set = false;
 
 	return 0;
--
2.47.2

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31 16:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-28 16:42 [PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Synchronize hrtimer callback during teardown Myeonghun Pak
2026-07-29  8:44 ` Greg KH
2026-07-31 16:28   ` Myeonghun Pak
2026-07-31 16:35 ` Myeonghun Pak [this message]

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