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, fiuczy@linux.ibm.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
frankja@linux.ibm.com, imbrenda@linux.ibm.com,
agordeev@linux.ibm.com, hca@linux.ibm.com, gor@linux.ibm.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix missing lock required to access list of ap_matrix_mdev objects
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:02:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812200240.818004-4-akrowiak@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812200240.818004-1-akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
In order to traverse or add/remove ap_matrix_mdev objects in the
matrix_dev->mdev_list, the matrix_dev->guests_lock mutex must be held.
There are two functions that access the list without holding the mutex:
vfio_ap_mdev_probe function
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The vfio_ap_mdev_probe function uses the matrix_dev->mdevs_lock
mutex to guard the add of a newly created ap_matrix_mdev object to the
matrix_dev->mdev_list. This mutex does not protect list access; its purpose
is to guard against concurrent access to fields contained in an
ap_matrix_mdev object. This could lead to kernel memory corruption or
use-after-free if another mdev is created or removed concurrently.
The adding of an ap_matrix_mdev object to matrix_dev->mdev_list
is now guarded by the matrix_dev->guests_lock which is the correct
way to protect against concurrent mdev_list access.
Also removed the following two lines of code because the matrix_mdev is
allocated via vfio_alloc_device macro which uses kzalloc, so req_trigger
and cfg_chg_trigger are already zero-initialised when the struct is
allocated before the call to vfio_register_emulated_iommu_dev. This
prevents a window whereby these triggers are set to NULL after
the device is exposed to userspace.
matrix_mdev->req_trigger = NULL;
matrix_mdev->cfg_chg_trigger = NULL;
vfio_ap_mdev_for_queue function
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The status_show function that supports display of the status attribute of
the devices in /sys/bus/ap/devices calls the vfio_ap_mdev_for_queue
function which iterates the matrix_dev->mdev_list to find the object
representing the queue device whose status is to be displayed. In order to
traverse this list, the matrix_dev->guests_lock mutex must be held.
To fix this, the guests_lock mutex is taken prior to taking the
matrix_dev->mdevs_lock mutex in the status_show function. It is taken
there rather than the vfio_ap_mdev_for_queue function - where it is
needed - because it must be taken prior to the mdevs_lock mutex in order to
adhere to the proper locking order and prevent a lockdep splat; also
because the mdevs_lock is needed there to access fields within
the matrix_mdev object in that function.
See the vfio-ap-locking.rst in the linux kernel tree.
Fixes: 2c1ee8983aa3 ("s390/vfio-ap: prepare for dynamic update of guest's APCB on queue probe/remove")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index c6bee69cc22f..f2d662e388bd 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -800,12 +800,17 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_probe(struct mdev_device *mdev)
ret = vfio_register_emulated_iommu_dev(&matrix_mdev->vdev);
if (ret)
goto err_put_vdev;
- matrix_mdev->req_trigger = NULL;
- matrix_mdev->cfg_chg_trigger = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Take the matrix_dev->guests_lock mutex before adding the matrix_mdev
+ * to the mdev_list. All functions that traverse the list must also hold
+ * this lock to guard against additions to or removals from the list
+ * while it is being traversed.
+ */
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
dev_set_drvdata(&mdev->dev, matrix_mdev);
- mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
list_add(&matrix_mdev->node, &matrix_dev->mdev_list);
- mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
return 0;
err_put_vdev:
@@ -2297,6 +2302,8 @@ static struct ap_matrix_mdev *vfio_ap_mdev_for_queue(struct vfio_ap_queue *q)
unsigned long apid = AP_QID_CARD(q->apqn);
unsigned long apqi = AP_QID_QUEUE(q->apqn);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
+
list_for_each_entry(matrix_mdev, &matrix_dev->mdev_list, node) {
if (test_bit_inv(apid, matrix_mdev->matrix.apm) &&
test_bit_inv(apqi, matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm))
@@ -2316,6 +2323,7 @@ static ssize_t status_show(struct device *dev,
struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev;
struct ap_device *apdev = to_ap_dev(dev);
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
q = dev_get_drvdata(&apdev->device);
matrix_mdev = vfio_ap_mdev_for_queue(q);
@@ -2343,6 +2351,7 @@ static ssize_t status_show(struct device *dev,
}
mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
return nchars;
}
@@ -2761,6 +2770,12 @@ 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);
+ /*
+ * It is safe to traverse this list here because the
+ * required guard - matrix_dev->guests_lock - is taken in the
+ * vfio_ap_on_cfg_changed function prior to this function getting
+ * called.
+ */
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);
@@ -2820,6 +2835,10 @@ void vfio_ap_on_cfg_changed(struct ap_config_info *cur_cfg_info,
if (!cur_cfg_info || !prev_cfg_info)
return;
+ /*
+ * Take the guests_lock mutex here to guard access to the
+ * matrix_dev->mdev_list in the two functions called below.
+ */
mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->guests_lock);
vfio_ap_mdev_on_cfg_remove(cur_cfg_info, prev_cfg_info);
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-12 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-12 20:02 [PATCH v5 0/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix bugs in vfio_ap device driver callback functions Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 1/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix stale do_remove flag across iterations in vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 2/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix dereference matrix_mdev->kvm without checking for NULL Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` Anthony Krowiak [this message]
2026-08-12 20:23 ` [PATCH v5 3/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix missing lock required to access list of ap_matrix_mdev objects sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 4/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix required lock not held during update of ap_matrix_mdev object Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 5/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix control domain removal in vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 6/9] s390/vfio-ap: fix potential use of uninitialized apm_filtered bitmap Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 7/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix hot-unplug skipped when last AP adapter or domain removed Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 8/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix NULL deref in status_show() during queue probe Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:22 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 20:54 ` Matthew Rosato
2026-08-12 20:02 ` [PATCH v5 9/9] s390/vfio-ap: Fix memory leak when queue removed from host AP config Anthony Krowiak
2026-08-12 20:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-12 21:12 ` Matthew Rosato
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