From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Christian Borntraeger" <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, "Vasily Gorbik" <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, "Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
"Alexander Gordeev" <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 5/5] KVM: s390: pci: Fix handling of AIF enable without AISB
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:47:31 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260713084731.A65111F000E9@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260713083007.65863-6-borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 8 potential issue(s) to consider:
Pre-existing issues:
- [Critical] Unchecked return value from `airq_iv_create()` causes a host kernel panic in `kvm_zpci_set_airq()`.
- [Critical] Insufficient page pinning for the Adapter Interrupt Bit Vector (AIBV) allows hardware DMA to write beyond the pinned page into arbitrary host memory.
- [Critical] The `set_bit_inv()` call in the interrupt forwarding path can write outside the bounds of the single pinned AISB page due to an unvalidated page offset and bit index.
- [High] Repeated KVM_S390_ZPCIOP_REG_AEN ioctl calls unconditionally overwrite existing AIF allocations, causing unbounded memory and resource exhaustion.
- [High] Error paths in `kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable()` fail to update `rc`, erroneously returning success to userspace when enabling fails.
- [High] Early error paths in `kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable()` fail to rollback successfully allocated resources like GISC registrations and memory quotas.
- [High] `account_mem()` and `unaccount_mem()` perpetually leak `struct user_struct` reference counts.
- [High] `unaccount_mem()` blindly uses `current_user()` and `current->mm`, risking quota corruption when invoked asynchronously or from a different context.
--
--- Patch [1]: [GIT PULL 5/5] KVM: s390: pci: Fix handling of AIF enable without AISB ---
commit e5fbf43dd647bd07ede442137b445e6821685004
Author: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
KVM: s390: pci: Fix handling of AIF enable without AISB
When a guest seeks to register IRQs without a summary bit specified, ensure
that the associated GAITE stores 0 for the guest AISB location instead of an
invalid physical address.
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/pci.c b/arch/s390/kvm/pci.c
> index 5b075c38998e3..dc748cde4703b 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/pci.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/pci.c
> @@ -300,9 +300,14 @@ static int kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable(struct zpci_dev *zdev, struct zpci_fib *fib,
>
> gaite->gisc = fib->fmt0.isc;
> gaite->count++;
> - gaite->aisbo = fib->fmt0.aisbo;
> - gaite->aisb = virt_to_phys(page_address(aisb_page) + (fib->fmt0.aisb &
> - ~PAGE_MASK));
> + if (fib->fmt0.sum == 1) {
> + gaite->aisbo = fib->fmt0.aisbo;
> + gaite->aisb = virt_to_phys(page_address(aisb_page) +
> + (fib->fmt0.aisb & ~PAGE_MASK));
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this setup allow for an out-of-bounds
write during interrupt forwarding?
If a guest provides a summary bit address near a page boundary and a large
summary bit offset (up to 255), we might exceed the bounds of the single
pinned page. When a host interrupt arrives, aen_host_forward() executes:
set_bit_inv(gaite->aisbo, phys_to_virt(gaite->aisb));
Since set_bit_inv() modifies a 64-bit word, could this read and write up to
31 bytes into the adjacent, unpinned virtual page in the host linear mapping?
> + } else {
> + gaite->aisbo = 0;
> + gaite->aisb = 0;
> + }
> aift->kzdev[zdev->aisb] = zdev->kzdev;
> spin_unlock_irq(&aift->gait_lock);
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does repeated invocation of the
KVM_S390_ZPCIOP_REG_AEN ioctl leak AIF allocations?
Looking at kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable(), we allocate and assign new resources
to zdev without checking for or freeing prior state:
zdev->aisb = bit; /* store the summary bit number */
zdev->aibv = airq_iv_create(...);
Could a guest or malicious userspace repeatedly invoke the ioctl to cause
unbounded memory exhaustion of pinned pages and airq_iv structures?
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but do the error paths in
kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable() accidentally return success?
If account_mem() or airq_iv_alloc_bit() fail, the code jumps to cleanup labels:
if (account_mem(pcount))
goto unpin2;
...
if (bit == -1UL)
goto unlock;
Since rc remains initialized to 0, does this erroneously return success to
userspace when enabling actually failed?
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but do the early error paths in
kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable() leak resources?
If pin_user_pages_fast(), account_mem(), or airq_iv_alloc_bit() fail, we
jump to the cleanup labels:
unlock:
mutex_unlock(&aift->aift_lock);
unpin2:
if (fib->fmt0.sum == 1)
unpin_user_page(aisb_page);
unpin1:
unpin_user_page(aibv_page);
out:
return rc;
Does this miss calling kvm_s390_gisc_unregister() and unaccount_mem(),
leaving GISC registrations and locked_vm quotas permanently leaked?
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but do account_mem() and unaccount_mem() leak
struct user_struct reference counts?
Both functions increment the user refcount via get_uid():
struct user_struct *user = get_uid(current_user());
However, free_uid() is never called in these functions. Could this lead to a
persistent memory leak and potential refcount overflow?
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does unaccount_mem() risk quota corruption
by blindly using current_user() and current->mm?
When unaccount_mem() is called:
struct user_struct *user = get_uid(current_user());
if (user)
atomic_long_sub(nr_pages, &user->locked_vm);
If this is invoked asynchronously during VFIO device closure (e.g., via fput
in a system workqueue), the current user will resolve to the worker thread.
Does this mean the original user's quota is never restored, and an unrelated
system worker's quota is incorrectly reduced?
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does an unchecked return value from
airq_iv_create() risk a host kernel panic?
In kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable():
zdev->aibv = airq_iv_create(msi_vecs, ...);
If airq_iv_create() returns NULL due to memory pressure, this is assigned to
zdev->aibv. Immediately after, kvm_zpci_set_airq() is called, which executes:
fib.fmt0.noi = airq_iv_end(zdev->aibv);
Does airq_iv_end() unconditionally dereference the potentially NULL pointer,
allowing unprivileged userspace or a guest to trigger a panic?
[Severity: Critical]
This is a pre-existing issue, but is the page pinning for the Adapter
Interrupt Bit Vector (AIBV) insufficient?
In kvm_s390_pci_aif_enable(), only a single page is pinned:
npages = pin_user_pages_fast(hva, 1, FOLL_WRITE | FOLL_LONGTERM, pages);
The physical address passed to hardware contains the unvalidated offset:
gaddr = page_to_phys(aibv_page) + (fib->fmt0.aibv & ~PAGE_MASK);
If a guest specifies an AIBV offset close to the end of the page, could the
hardware DMA engine write beyond the pinned page boundary and corrupt
adjacent host memory?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260713083007.65863-6-borntraeger@de.ibm.com?part=1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-13 8:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-13 8:30 [GIT PULL 0/5] KVM: s390: Fixes for 7.2 Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 8:30 ` [GIT PULL 1/5] KVM: s390: pci: Fix GISC refcount leak on AIF enable failure Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 8:48 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-13 8:30 ` [GIT PULL 2/5] KVM: s390: vsie: Avoid potential deadlock with real spaces Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 8:30 ` [GIT PULL 3/5] KVM: s390: Fix dat_crste_walk_range() early return Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 8:30 ` [GIT PULL 4/5] KVM: s390: Improve kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration() Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 8:30 ` [GIT PULL 5/5] KVM: s390: pci: Fix handling of AIF enable without AISB Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-13 8:47 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-07-13 11:34 ` [GIT PULL 0/5] KVM: s390: Fixes for 7.2 Christian Borntraeger
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=20260713084731.A65111F000E9@smtp.kernel.org \
--to=sashiko-bot@kernel.org \
--cc=agordeev@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=borntraeger@de.ibm.com \
--cc=gor@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=hca@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-s390@vger.kernel.org \
--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