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From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/28] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:24:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918082437.C7A301F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918081543.139871-7-pbonzini@redhat.com>

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] kvm: selftests: host OOB write in test_readonly_input()
- [Medium] kvm: selftests: missing read-only memory map in test_clock_pairing_fault()
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commit 363dccb0211d2629dd610b0d28c041e51635155e
Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits

This commit introduces selftests for KVM hypercall memory faults. It verifies
that hypercalls with invalid or read-only guest physical addresses exit to
userspace correctly.

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hcall_fault.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hcall_fault.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..63e38c87616f9
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/hcall_fault.c
[ ... ]
> +/* Read-only hypercalls, read-only inputs, valid/invalid argument */
> +static void test_readonly_input(void)
> +{
> +	struct hv_tlb_flush *flush;
> +	struct hcall_test *test;
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +	struct kvm_vm *vm;
> +	gpa_t hcall_page;
> +
> +	vm = create_vm(&vcpu, &test, &hcall_page);
> +	flush = (struct hv_tlb_flush *)&test->readonly_data;
> +	flush->flags = HV_FLUSH_ALL_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_SPACES | HV_FLUSH_ALL_PROCESSORS;
> +	flush->processor_mask = 0;

[Severity: Medium]
Will this result in an out-of-bounds host memory write?

The test allocates two separate 1-page memslots for TEST_MEM_GPA and
READONLY_GPA. In the guest, they are mapped contiguously to test_gva. However,
create_vm() gets the host virtual address of only the first page and assigns
it to the test pointer.

By accessing test->readonly_data, does this write past the 1-page host
allocation of the first memslot?

> +	test->control = HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_SPACE;
> +	test->ingpa = READONLY_GPA;
> +	test->outgpa = UNMAPPED_OUT_GPA;
[ ... ]
> +static void test_clock_pairing_fault(bool readonly)
> +{
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +	struct kvm_vm *vm;
> +	gpa_t gpa;
> +
> +	/* Unlike create_vm do not enable Hyper-V hypercalls. */
> +	vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, clock_pairing_guest);
> +	vm_enable_cap(vm, KVM_CAP_HCALL_FAULT_EXIT, 1);
> +	gpa = readonly ? READONLY_GPA : UNMAPPED_OUT_GPA;

[Severity: Medium]
When readonly is true, does this inadvertently test an unmapped write fault
instead of a read-only write fault?

Since test_clock_pairing_fault() creates a new VM with
vm_create_with_one_vcpu() instead of using create_vm(), it appears
READONLY_GPA is never actually mapped into the guest as a read-only memslot.

Will KVM treat READONLY_GPA as completely unmapped memory here, missing the
intended coverage for read-only memory faults?

> +	vcpu_args_set(vcpu, 1, gpa);
> +
> +	assert_memory_fault(vcpu, gpa, KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_WRITE);
> +	kvm_vm_free(vm);
> +}

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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260918081543.139871-1-pbonzini@redhat.com?part=6

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-18  8:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-18  8:15 [PATCH v2 00/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory protection attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 01/28] KVM: selftests: Take into account mixed memory fault flags Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 02/28] KVM: Define and communicate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT RWX flags to userspace Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:27   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 03/28] KVM: selftests: Test address translation for Hyper-V direct L2 hypercalls Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:30   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 04/28] KVM: apply nGPA->GPA translation to KVM_HC_CLOCK_PAIRING Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:34   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 05/28] KVM: x86: Introduce memory fault on invalid hypercalls reads/writes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:33   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 06/28] KVM: selftests: test hypercall memory fault exits Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:24   ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 07/28] KVM: x86/mmu: intersect writability from __kvm_faultin_pfn with fault->map_writable Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 08/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend map_writable to a full ACC_* mask Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 09/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Init memslot hugepage information for non-private_mem VMs too Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 10/28] KVM: pass kvm == NULL case to kvm_arch_has_private_mem Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 11/28] KVM: adjust for presence of more than one attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 12/28] KVM: Introduce NR/NW/NX memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 13/28] KVM: Include memory protections in result of gfn->hva conversion Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 14/28] KVM: Introduce kvm_fetch_guest_page() and use it for x86 Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 15/28] KVM: Take memory protections into account for memory read/write/fetch Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:34   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 16/28] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 17/28] KVM: Introduce kvm_check_gen()/kvm_memslots_check_gen() Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 18/28] KVM: Introduce a generation number for memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 19/28] KVM: Take memory protections into account for accesses with cached gfn->hva Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:38   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 20/28] KVM: pfncache: Fail to refresh if it contains memory protections Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 21/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Take memory protection attributes into account during faults Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:46   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 22/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Issue memory fault exit if walk failed due to memory attribute Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:37   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 23/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not update accessed/dirty if guest PTE is read-only Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Do not prefetch sptes on gfns backed by memory attributes Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:36   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 25/28] KVM: x86/mmu: Obsolete all roots if memattr contains gPTEs Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:43   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 26/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory protection attributes test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:39   ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 27/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes PTE test Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:15 ` [PATCH v2 28/28] KVM: x86: selftests: Introduce memory attributes side-channel tests Paolo Bonzini
2026-09-18  8:43   ` sashiko-bot

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