From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: arm64: vgic-init: Plug vCPU vs. VGIC creation race
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 09:08:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250523160810.4049313-6-oliver.upton@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250523160810.4049313-1-oliver.upton@linux.dev>
syzkaller has found another ugly race in the VGIC, this time dealing
with VGIC creation. Since kvm_vgic_create() doesn't sufficiently protect
against in-flight vCPU creations, it is possible to get a vCPU into the
kernel w/ an in-kernel VGIC but no allocation of private IRQs:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000d20
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000046
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000046, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 1, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000103e4f000
[0000000000000d20] pgd=0800000102e1c403, p4d=0800000102e1c403, pud=0800000101146403, pmd=0000000000000000
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000046 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 246 Comm: test Not tainted 6.14.0-rc6-00097-g0c90821f5db8 #16
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 814020c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c
lr : kvm_vgic_set_owner+0x54/0xa4
sp : ffff80008086ba20
x29: ffff80008086ba20 x28: ffff0000c19b5640 x27: 0000000000000000
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff0000c4879bd0 x24: 000000000000001e
x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff0000c487af80
x20: ffff0000c487af18 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000001afadd5a8b
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000001
x14: ffff0000c19b56c0 x13: 0030c9adf9d9889e x12: ffffc263710e1908
x11: 0000001afb0d74f2 x10: e0966b840b373664 x9 : ec806bf7d6a57cd5
x8 : ffff80008086b980 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000001
x5 : 0000000080800054 x4 : 4ec4ec4ec4ec4ec5 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000d20
Call trace:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x34/0x8c (P)
kvm_vgic_set_owner+0x54/0xa4
kvm_timer_enable+0xf4/0x274
kvm_arch_vcpu_run_pid_change+0xe0/0x380
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x93c/0x9e0
__arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb4/0xec
invoke_syscall+0x48/0x110
el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x40/0xe0
do_el0_svc+0x1c/0x28
el0_svc+0x30/0xd0
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x10c/0x138
el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c
Code: b9000841 d503201f 52800001 52800022 (88e17c02)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Plug the race by explicitly checking for an in-progress vCPU creation
and failing kvm_vgic_create() when that's the case. Add some comments to
document all the things kvm_vgic_create() is trying to guard against
too.
Reported-by: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 1f33e71c2a73..0611a1c2ce8e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -84,15 +84,40 @@ int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm, u32 type)
!kvm_vgic_global_state.can_emulate_gicv2)
return -ENODEV;
- /* Must be held to avoid race with vCPU creation */
+ /*
+ * Ensure mutual exclusion with vCPU creation and any vCPU ioctls by:
+ *
+ * - Holding kvm->lock to prevent KVM_CREATE_VCPU from reaching
+ * kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate() and ensuring created_vcpus is stable.
+ * This alone is insufficient, as kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu() drops
+ * the kvm->lock before completing the vCPU creation.
+ */
lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->lock);
+ /*
+ * - Acquiring the vCPU mutex for every *online* vCPU to prevent
+ * concurrent vCPU ioctls for vCPUs already visible to userspace.
+ */
ret = -EBUSY;
if (!lock_all_vcpus(kvm))
return ret;
+ /*
+ * - Taking the config_lock which protects VGIC data structures such
+ * as the per-vCPU arrays of private IRQs (SGIs, PPIs).
+ */
mutex_lock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
+ /*
+ * - Bailing on the entire thing if a vCPU is in the middle of creation,
+ * dropped the kvm->lock, but hasn't reached kvm_arch_vcpu_create().
+ *
+ * The whole combination of this guarantees that no vCPU can get into
+ * KVM with a VGIC configuration inconsistent with the VM's VGIC.
+ */
+ if (kvm->created_vcpus != atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus))
+ goto out_unlock;
+
if (irqchip_in_kernel(kvm)) {
ret = -EEXIST;
goto out_unlock;
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-05-23 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-05-23 16:08 [PATCH 0/5] KVM: arm64: Some VGIC-related fixes Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 16:08 ` [PATCH 1/5] KVM: arm64: Use lock guard in vgic_v4_set_forwarding() Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 16:08 ` [PATCH 2/5] KVM: arm64: Protect vLPI translation with vgic_irq::irq_lock Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 16:08 ` [PATCH 3/5] KVM: arm64: Resolve vLPI by host IRQ in vgic_v4_unset_forwarding() Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 17:25 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-05-23 18:22 ` Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 16:08 ` [PATCH 4/5] KVM: arm64: Unmap vLPIs affected by changes to GSI routing information Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 17:26 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-05-23 17:48 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-05-23 18:14 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-05-23 20:54 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-05-23 20:58 ` Oliver Upton
2025-05-23 16:08 ` Oliver Upton [this message]
2025-05-23 17:35 ` [PATCH 0/5] KVM: arm64: Some VGIC-related fixes Marc Zyngier
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