From: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
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 <oupton@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: nv: Respect stage-2 write permssion when setting stage-1 AF
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 12:42:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108204230.677172-1-oupton@kernel.org> (raw)
Naturally, updating the Access Flag in a stage-1 descriptor requires
write permission at stage-2, although this isn't actually enforced in
KVM's software PTW.
Generate a stage-2 permission fault if the stage-1 walk attempts to
update the descriptor and its corresponding stage-2 translation lacks
write permission.
Fixes: bff8aa213dee ("KVM: arm64: Implement HW access flag management in stage-1 SW PTW")
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/at.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
index 53bf70126f81..808d26bed182 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/at.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ static int walk_s1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s1_walk_info *wi,
struct s1_walk_result *wr, u64 va)
{
u64 va_top, va_bottom, baddr, desc, new_desc, ipa;
+ struct kvm_s2_trans s2_trans = {};
int level, stride, ret;
level = wi->sl;
@@ -420,8 +421,6 @@ static int walk_s1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s1_walk_info *wi,
ipa = baddr | index;
if (wi->s2) {
- struct kvm_s2_trans s2_trans = {};
-
ret = kvm_walk_nested_s2(vcpu, ipa, &s2_trans);
if (ret) {
fail_s1_walk(wr,
@@ -515,6 +514,11 @@ static int walk_s1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct s1_walk_info *wi,
new_desc |= PTE_AF;
if (new_desc != desc) {
+ if (wi->s2 && !kvm_s2_trans_writable(&s2_trans)) {
+ fail_s1_walk(wr, ESR_ELx_FSC_PERM_L(level), true);
+ return -EPERM;
+ }
+
ret = kvm_swap_s1_desc(vcpu, ipa, desc, new_desc, wi);
if (ret)
return ret;
base-commit: 9448598b22c50c8a5bb77a9103e2d49f134c9578
--
2.47.3
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 20:42 UTC|newest]
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2026-01-08 20:42 Oliver Upton [this message]
2026-01-09 11:31 ` [PATCH] KVM: arm64: nv: Respect stage-2 write permssion when setting stage-1 AF Marc Zyngier
2026-01-10 10:22 ` Oliver Upton
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