From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Tharit Tangkijwanichakul" <tharitt97@gmail.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: selftests: Test partial KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG requests
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:35:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918143545.BE7E11F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918142053.10127-1-tharitt97@gmail.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] kvm: selftests: out-of-bounds memory read in dirty_log_test
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commit 91a9082b8baef537794ce258865b745e98facf50
Author: Tharit Tangkijwanichakul <tharitt97@gmail.com>
KVM: selftests: Test partial KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG requests
This commit adds a test to verify that KVM correctly applies a clear log
bitmap relative to a nonzero first_page offset. It introduces
run_clear_log_partial_test() to ensure that pages not selected by a
partial request remain dirty.
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
> index af5eb0334a74f..3976748f39400 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -815,6 +815,114 @@ static void run_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
[ ... ]
> +static void run_clear_log_partial_test(enum vm_guest_mode mode, void *arg)
> +{
> + unsigned long *bmap, *clear_bmap;
> + struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> + struct kvm_vm *vm;
> + u64 page;
[ ... ]
> + bmap = bitmap_zalloc(host_num_pages);
> + clear_bmap = bitmap_zalloc(BITS_PER_LONG);
[Severity: Medium]
Does this allocate an undersized buffer on 32-bit systems?
Using BITS_PER_LONG allocates 32 bits (4 bytes) on 32-bit architectures,
rather than the 64 bits mandated by the KVM API bit count for the request
below.
> +
> + vm_userspace_mem_region_add(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS,
[ ... ]
> + __set_bit_le(TEST_CLEAR_LOG_BIT, clear_bmap);
> + kvm_vm_clear_dirty_log(vm, TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, clear_bmap,
> + TEST_CLEAR_LOG_FIRST_PAGE,
> + TEST_CLEAR_LOG_NUM_PAGES);
[Severity: Medium]
Will this trigger an out-of-bounds read of userspace heap memory?
The test passes clear_bmap alongside TEST_CLEAR_LOG_NUM_PAGES (which is 64)
to kvm_vm_clear_dirty_log(). This instructs the kernel to read 64 bits (8
bytes) of dirty log data.
Since clear_bmap is only 4 bytes long on 32-bit systems, this appears to cause
the kernel to read 4 bytes past the end of the allocated buffer.
> +
> + kvm_vm_get_dirty_log(vm, TEST_MEM_SLOT_INDEX, bmap);
[ ... ]
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260918142053.10127-1-tharitt97@gmail.com?part=1
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2026-09-18 14:20 [PATCH v2] KVM: selftests: Test partial KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG requests Tharit Tangkijwanichakul
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