From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev, iommu@lists.linux.dev,
linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/16] PCI/TSM: wait for vdevice contexts before removing a DSM
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:31:17 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq5atsmr44r6.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <sashiko-outbox-163687@kernel.org>
sashiko-bot@kernel.org writes:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [High] PCI/TSM: UAF due to bypassed drain wait in pci_tsm_unregister()
> --
>
> commit 70b40a7c8d41eb1bbe070cea07e7f252f47338e8
> Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
>
> PCI/TSM: wait for vdevice contexts before removing a DSM
>
> A PF0 DSM can be removed while a sibling function still has a vdevice.
> The context pins both the pci dev, but those references do not keep the
> PF0 DOE mailbox alive. Ignoring -EBUSY from link disconnect lets PCI
> continue to pci_doe_destroy(), leaving the vdevice with a stale mailbox
> pointer.
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/tsm.c b/drivers/pci/tsm.c
>> index c8603867e09df..8aa74ba31932b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/tsm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/tsm.c
> [ ... ]
>> @@ -751,8 +769,44 @@ static void __pci_tsm_destroy(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct tsm_dev *tsm_dev)
>>
>> void pci_tsm_destroy(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>> {
>> - guard(rwsem_write)(&pci_tsm_rwsem);
>> + struct pci_tsm_pf0 *pf0 = NULL;
>> + struct completion *drained;
>> + bool interrupted = false;
>> + long rc;
>> +
>> + down_write(&pci_tsm_rwsem);
>> + if (pdev->tsm && is_link_tsm(pdev->tsm->tsm_dev) &&
>> + is_pci_tsm_pf0(pdev)) {
>> + pf0 = to_pci_tsm_pf0(pdev->tsm);
>> + drained = &pf0->contexts_drained;
>> + mutex_lock(&pf0->lock);
>> + pf0->removing = true;
>> + mutex_unlock(&pf0->lock);
>> +
>> + /* An unused DSM may never have completed contexts_drained. */
>> + rc = pf0->context_users ?
>> + try_wait_for_completion(drained) : 1;
>> + /* Context release needs the read side of pci_tsm_rwsem. */
>> + up_write(&pci_tsm_rwsem);
>> + while (rc <= 0) {
> [ ... ]
>> + if (!rc)
>> + pci_warn(pdev, "TSM connection is in use, waiting for vdevices\n");
>> + }
>> + down_write(&pci_tsm_rwsem);
>> + }
>> __pci_tsm_destroy(pdev, NULL);
>> + up_write(&pci_tsm_rwsem);
>> }
>
> [Severity: High]
> This adds the context drain wait loop when the PCI device is destroyed, but
> what happens when the TSM provider device is unbound and calls
> pci_tsm_unregister() first?
>
> Looking at pci_tsm_unregister() in drivers/pci/tsm.c, it directly calls
> __pci_tsm_destroy(pdev, tsm_dev) bypassing this new wait loop:
>
> drivers/pci/tsm.c:pci_tsm_unregister() {
> ...
> for_each_pci_dev_reverse(pdev)
> __pci_tsm_destroy(pdev, tsm_dev);
> }
>
> If contexts are active, __pci_tsm_destroy() skips clearing pdev->tsm
> because pci_tsm_disconnect() will return -EBUSY:
>
> drivers/pci/tsm.c:__pci_tsm_destroy() {
> ...
> if (is_link_tsm(tsm_dev) && is_pci_tsm_pf0(pdev)) {
> if (pci_tsm_disconnect(pdev))
> pci_warn(pdev, "TSM connection is still in use\n");
> } else {
> ...
> }
>
> tsm_unregister() then drops its reference, and the provider frees the
> underlying pci_tsm memory. Later, when the PCI core calls this modified
> pci_tsm_destroy(), won't it dereference the already freed pdev->tsm and
> pdev->tsm->tsm_dev pointers here?
>
With this series, vdevices hold a reference to their parent vIOMMU,
which pins arm-cca-host. sysfs unbind is disabled, and the SMCCC
provider device has no hot-unplug path.
-aneesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-12 10:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 5:59 [PATCH v7 00/16] iommufd: vIOMMUs and TSM guest requests for confidential guests Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 01/16] KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 02/16] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 03/16] KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 04/16] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 05/16] KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 06/16] KVM: Remove unused file_is_kvm Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 07/16] iommufd/device: Associate KVM file pointer with iommufd_device Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 08/16] iommufd/viommu: Keep a reference to the KVM file Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 09/16] tsm: Remove the device from lookup before PCI teardown Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
[not found] ` <sashiko-outbox-163673@kernel.org>
2026-10-12 9:14 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-10-12 13:01 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-10-13 8:49 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-10-13 11:57 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 10/16] iommufd: Add the vdevice TSM request ioctl Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 11/16] PCI/TSM: Remove the legacy guest request interface Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 12/16] PCI/TSM: Add vIOMMU-bound contexts for vdevices Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 13/16] iommufd/viommu: Select vIOMMU operations before allocation Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 14/16] iommufd/viommu: Allow PCI TSM backends to provide vIOMMU operations Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
[not found] ` <sashiko-outbox-163680@kernel.org>
2026-10-12 9:55 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 15/16] iommufd: Allow vIOMMUs without a parent HWPT Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 16/16] PCI/TSM: wait for vdevice contexts before removing a DSM Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
[not found] ` <sashiko-outbox-163687@kernel.org>
2026-10-12 10:01 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
2026-10-12 13:07 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-10-13 9:44 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-10-13 11:59 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-10-12 20:34 ` Bjorn Helgaas
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=yq5atsmr44r6.fsf@kernel.org \
--to=aneesh.kumar@kernel.org \
--cc=iommu@lists.linux.dev \
--cc=jgg@nvidia.com \
--cc=linux-coco@lists.linux.dev \
--cc=sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox