From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Claudio Imbrenda" <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, "Alexander Gordeev" <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
"Christian Borntraeger" <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
"Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
"Vasily Gorbik" <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM: s390: Fix potential races in dat skey functions
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:08:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260828120844.5D2501F00A3D@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828115439.145885-8-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
> When dat_cond_set_storage_key() finds a large page, it will
> conditionally set the storage key in absolute memory using
> large_crste_to_phys() to get the absolute address.
>
> There is a race window between dat_entry_walk() and
> large_crste_to_phys(): the large page could have been split
> concurrently, and large_crste_to_phys() might be called with a crste
> that does not designate a large page, leading to crashes.
>
> Similar issues were also present in dat_set_storage_key().
>
> dat_get_storage_key() and dat_reset_reference_bit() did instead check
> for a potential concurrent splitting of the large page, but then
> handled it incorrectly.
>
> Fix by performing a READ_ONCE on the crste pointer, checking and using
> the result, instead of dereferencing the pointer again. In case a race
> is detacted, try dat_entry_walk() again.
>
> Fixes: 8e03e8316eb2 ("KVM: s390: KVM page table management functions: storage keys")
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-28 12:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-28 11:54 [PATCH v3 0/8] KVM: s390: Even more misc fixes Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] KVM: s390: Fix dirty marking in adapter_indicators_set*() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] KVM: s390: Fix compile warning for kvm_s390_update_cmma_dirty() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:02 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] KVM: s390: Fix _gaccess_shadow_fault() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] KVM: s390: Refactor dat_set_slot() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:05 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] KVM: s390: Move all code into s390_kvm_mmu_prepare_memory_region() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] KVM: s390: Add missing srcu in kvm_s390_set_irq_state() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] KVM: s390: Fix potential races in dat skey functions Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:08 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-08-28 11:54 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] KVM: s390: Fix race in _destroy_pages_crste() Claudio Imbrenda
2026-08-28 12:18 ` sashiko-bot
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