From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Subject: [STABLE] [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2025 15:04:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250822140402.2688-1-will@kernel.org> (raw)
Upstream commit fbc7e61195e2 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush
host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") relies on interrupts being disabled during
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() so that a softirq cannot be taken
while the host floating point context is being saved and potentially try
to use kernel-mode NEON.
Unfortunately, stable kernels without 9b19700e623f ("arm64: fpsimd: Drop
unneeded 'busy' flag") leave interrupts enabled in
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() and so the BUG_ON(!may_use_simd()) in
kernel_neon_begin() has been observed to trigger in real-world usage:
| kernel BUG at arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c:1904!
| Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
|
| Call trace:
| kernel_neon_begin+0xdc/0x12c
| ...
| crypto_aead_decrypt+0x5c/0x6c
| seqiv_aead_decrypt+0x88/0x9c
| crypto_aead_decrypt+0x5c/0x6c
| esp_input+0x280/0x364
| xfrm_input+0x6ac/0x16f8
| ...
| net_rx_action+0x13c/0x31c
| handle_softirqs+0x124/0x3d0
| __do_softirq+0x14/0x20
| ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
| call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74
| do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x2c
| __irq_exit_rcu+0x54/0xb4
| irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c
| el1_interrupt+0x38/0x58
| el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
| el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
| fpsimd_save+0xe4/0x130
| kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp+0x2c/0x58
| kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x88/0x26c
| kvm_sched_in+0x2c/0x3c
Given that 9b19700e623f ("arm64: fpsimd: Drop unneeded 'busy' flag") is
not a fix in its own right, has non-trivial dependencies and is a
reasonably invasive change to the in-kernel use of fpsimd, opt instead
for a simple fix to use the softirq-safe {get,put}_cpu_fpsimd_context()
helpers in fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state().
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.15.y, 6.1.y and 6.6.y
Fixes: 806d5c1e1d2e ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 6.6.y
Fixes: 04c50cc23a49 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 6.1.y
Fixes: 5289ac43b69c ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 5.15.y
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
index a1e0cc5353fb..d0d836448a76 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c
@@ -1876,10 +1876,10 @@ void fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state(void)
if (!system_supports_fpsimd())
return;
WARN_ON(preemptible());
- __get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
+ get_cpu_fpsimd_context();
fpsimd_save();
fpsimd_flush_cpu_state();
- __put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
+ put_cpu_fpsimd_context();
}
#ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_MODE_NEON
--
2.51.0.rc2.233.g662b1ed5c5-goog
next reply other threads:[~2025-08-22 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-22 14:04 Will Deacon [this message]
2025-08-22 14:25 ` [STABLE] [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix Greg Kroah-Hartman
2025-08-22 14:25 ` Patch "KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix" has been added to the 5.15-stable tree gregkh
2025-08-22 14:25 ` Patch "KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix" has been added to the 6.1-stable tree gregkh
2025-08-22 14:25 ` Patch "KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree gregkh
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