From: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jjherne@linux.ibm.com, borntraeger@de.ibm.com,
mjrosato@linux.ibm.com, pasic@linux.ibm.com, alex@shazbot.org,
kwankhede@nvidia.com, hca@linux.ibm.com, gor@linux.ibm.com,
agordeev@linux.ibm.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] s390/vfio-ap: Fix dereference matrix_mdev->kvm without checking for NULL
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 10:54:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807145416.322916-1-akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
The ap_driver structure has two fields which are function pointers to
callbacks:
* .on_config_changed: called at the start of the AP bus scan function to
notify the device driver that the host AP
configuration has changed and the associated AP
devices will be added or removed accordingly. This
gives the implementor a chance to evaluate the
configuration changes and respond to them before
the associated devices are added or removed.
* .on_scan_complete: Called at the end of the AP bus scan function to
notify the device driver that the host AP
configuration has changed and the AP devices have
been added or removed accordingly. This gives the
implementor the opportunity to respond to the
changes after the associated devices are added or
removed.
These two callbacks are implemented in the vfio_ap device driver via the
vfio_ap_on_cfg_changed and vfio_ap_on_scan_complete functions respectively.
Within the call stack of these two callback functions the
matrix_mdev->kvm->lock mutex is taken without checking whether
matrix_mdev->kvm is NULL or not. If matrix_mdev->kvm has never been set,
trying to take the lock will trigger a NULL pointer dereference. This patch
adds checks for matrix_mdev->kvm == NULL before taking the
matrix_mdev->kvm->lock mutex.
It is important to make note of the following:
1. The matrix_dev->guests_lock is acquired at the start of both callback
functions. This ensures that matrix_mdev will not be removed via the
vfio_ap_mdev_remove function because it too takes matrix_dev_guests_lock
before removing the object; so, matrix_mdev will be available for the
duration of the callback functions.
2. The matrix_dev->mdevs_lock mutex must be taken in order to access
fields within the matrix_mdev structure
3. matrix_mdev->kvm->lock mutex must be taken before the
matrix_dev->mdevs_lock to prevent a lockdep splat.
4: The kvm->lock must be held while plugging the guest's AP configuration
into its SIE state description via the vfio_ap_mdev_update_guest_apcb
function.
5. The vfio_ap_mdev_update_guest_apcb checks matrix_mdev->kvm to verify it
is not NULL before doing the hot plug of the guest's AP configuration.
Fixes: eeb386aeb5b7c ("s390/vfio-ap: handle config changed and scan complete notification")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index 44b3a1dcc1b3..a0b7c37fee28 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -2606,7 +2606,15 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove(unsigned long *ap_remove,
int do_remove = 0;
list_for_each_entry(matrix_mdev, &matrix_dev->mdev_list, node) {
- mutex_lock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
+ /*
+ * If the mdev is attached to a KVM guest, we will need to
+ * hold the KVM lock in order to update the guest's AP
+ * configuration if any adapters, domains or control domains
+ * have been removed.
+ */
+ if (matrix_mdev->kvm)
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
+
mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
do_remove |= bitmap_and(aprem, ap_remove,
@@ -2624,7 +2632,8 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove(unsigned long *ap_remove,
cdrem);
mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
- mutex_unlock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
+ if (matrix_mdev->kvm)
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
}
}
@@ -2748,6 +2757,7 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_add(unsigned long *apm_add, unsigned long *aqm_add,
vfio_ap_filter_apid_by_qtype(apm_add, aqm_add);
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
list_for_each_entry(matrix_mdev, &matrix_dev->mdev_list, node) {
bitmap_and(matrix_mdev->apm_add,
matrix_mdev->matrix.apm, apm_add, AP_DEVICES);
@@ -2756,6 +2766,7 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_add(unsigned long *apm_add, unsigned long *aqm_add,
bitmap_and(matrix_mdev->adm_add,
matrix_mdev->matrix.adm, adm_add, AP_DEVICES);
}
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
}
/**
@@ -2821,9 +2832,6 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_hot_plug_cfg(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
DECLARE_BITMAP(apm_filtered, AP_DEVICES);
bool filter_domains, filter_adapters, filter_cdoms, do_hotplug = false;
- mutex_lock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
- mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
-
filter_adapters = bitmap_intersects(matrix_mdev->matrix.apm,
matrix_mdev->apm_add, AP_DEVICES);
filter_domains = bitmap_intersects(matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm,
@@ -2841,9 +2849,6 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_hot_plug_cfg(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
vfio_ap_mdev_update_guest_apcb(matrix_mdev);
reset_queues_for_apids(matrix_mdev, apm_filtered);
-
- mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
- mutex_unlock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
}
void vfio_ap_on_scan_complete(struct ap_config_info *new_config_info,
@@ -2854,15 +2859,25 @@ void vfio_ap_on_scan_complete(struct ap_config_info *new_config_info,
mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
list_for_each_entry(matrix_mdev, &matrix_dev->mdev_list, node) {
+ if (matrix_mdev->kvm)
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
+
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+
if (bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->apm_add, AP_DEVICES) &&
bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->aqm_add, AP_DOMAINS) &&
bitmap_empty(matrix_mdev->adm_add, AP_DOMAINS))
- continue;
+ goto unlock;
vfio_ap_mdev_hot_plug_cfg(matrix_mdev);
bitmap_clear(matrix_mdev->apm_add, 0, AP_DEVICES);
bitmap_clear(matrix_mdev->aqm_add, 0, AP_DOMAINS);
bitmap_clear(matrix_mdev->adm_add, 0, AP_DOMAINS);
+
+unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ if (matrix_mdev->kvm)
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_mdev->kvm->lock);
}
mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
--
2.53.0
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