From: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
To: maz@kernel.org, oliver.upton@linux.dev, joey.gouly@arm.com,
suzuki.poulose@arm.com, yuzenghui@huawei.com,
catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
kernel-team@android.com,
Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix nVHE/pKVM hyp tracing error on invalid desc
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 17:26:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260514162624.3477857-1-vdonnefort@google.com> (raw)
pKVM must validate the host-provided tracing buffer descriptor.
However, if an error is found, the hypervisor would just return 0 to the
host. Fix the return value on validation failure.
While at it, rename the function to hyp_trace_desc_is_valid() and skip
validation for the nVHE mode as we trust host-provided data in that
case.
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@google.com>
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
index a6ca27b18e15..e7e150ab265f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/trace.c
@@ -164,13 +164,16 @@ static int hyp_trace_buffer_load(struct hyp_trace_buffer *trace_buffer,
return ret;
}
-static bool hyp_trace_desc_validate(struct hyp_trace_desc *desc, size_t desc_size)
+static bool hyp_trace_desc_is_valid(struct hyp_trace_desc *desc, size_t desc_size)
{
struct ring_buffer_desc *rb_desc;
unsigned int cpu;
size_t nr_bpages;
void *desc_end;
+ if (!is_protected_kvm_enabled())
+ return true;
+
/*
* Both desc_size and bpages_backing_size are untrusted host-provided
* values. We rely on __pkvm_host_donate_hyp() to enforce their validity.
@@ -212,8 +215,10 @@ int __tracing_load(unsigned long desc_hva, size_t desc_size)
if (ret)
return ret;
- if (!hyp_trace_desc_validate(desc, desc_size))
+ if (!hyp_trace_desc_is_valid(desc, desc_size)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
goto err_release_desc;
+ }
hyp_spin_lock(&trace_buffer.lock);
base-commit: 5d6919055dec134de3c40167a490f33c74c12581
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-14 16:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-14 16:26 Vincent Donnefort [this message]
2026-05-15 10:21 ` [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix nVHE/pKVM hyp tracing error on invalid desc Marc Zyngier
2026-05-15 12:58 ` Vincent Donnefort
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