From: "Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>
To: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: maz@kernel.org, oupton@kernel.org, joey.gouly@arm.com,
seiden@linux.ibm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com,
yuzenghui@huawei.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
"Carlos López" <clopez@suse.de>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix race between LPI release and re-registration
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 14:26:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260703122601.2617577-3-clopez@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260703122601.2617577-2-clopez@suse.de>
Fix a potential race between decrementing an LPI's reference count and
evicting that structure from the LPI xarray.
LPI structures are maintained in the VGIC LPI xarray (dist->lpi_xa).
When the reference count of an LPI structure drops to zero,
vgic_release_lpi_locked() removes the structure from the xarray and
frees it under the xarray lock.
However, the release of an LPI can race with a concurrent LPI
re-registration with the same INTID via vgic_add_lpi() on another CPU,
since the reference count drop and the xarray eviction are not performed
in a single atomic step. This can happen e.g. if the guest issues a
DISCARD while the LPI is still referenced from a vCPU's active-pending
list (ap_list), and the same INTID is re-mapped via MAPTI.
Particularly, vgic_release_lpi_locked() is called from two distinct
paths: direct release via vgic_put_irq(), and deferred release via
vgic_release_deleted_lpis(). During direct release, the issue can result
in deleting a newly registered LPI from the xarray:
CPU0 (Releasing LPI) CPU1 (Adding new LPI)
==================== =====================
vgic_put_irq()
__vgic_put_irq()
refcount_dec_and_test()
vgic_add_lpi()
xa_lock_irqsave()
old_irq = xa_load(.., intid)
vgic_try_get_irq_ref(old_irq) == false
new IRQ inserted --> __xa_store(.., intid, ..)
xa_unlock_irqrestore()
xa_lock_irqsave();
vgic_release_lpi_locked()
__xa_erase(.., irq->intid) <-- BUG: new IRQ is erased
kfree_rcu(old_irq)
During the deferred release path, the old IRQ can be leaked:
CPU0 (Releasing LPI) CPU1 (Adding new LPI)
==================== =====================
vgic_put_irq_norelease()
__vgic_put_irq()
refcount_dec_and_test()
irq->pending_release = true
vgic_add_lpi()
xa_lock_irqsave()
old_irq = xa_load(.., intid)
vgic_try_get_irq_ref(oldirq) == false
BUG: old IRQ overwritten --> __xa_store(.., intid, ..)
xa_unlock_irqrestore()
vgic_release_deleted_lpis()
xa_lock_irqsave()
xa_for_each() { .. } <-- old IRQ with pending_release = true
is gone, so it cannot be released
To fix the direct release path, move the reference count drop inside
the xarray lock, making sure that vgic_add_lpi() never encounters the
to-be-released LPI.
To fix the deferred release path, since the refcount drop must happen
under a raw spinlock, the same solution does not work. Instead, update
vgic_add_lpi(), so that if it evicts a non-NULL refcount=0 LPI from the
xarray, it takes on the responsibility of releasing it. If this happens,
vgic_release_deleted_lpis() will iterate the xarray normally and will
simply not find the already released structure.
Reported-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Fixes: 3a08a6ca7c37 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Use bare refcount for VGIC LPIs")
Fixes: d54594accf73 ("KVM: arm64: vgic-v3: Erase LPIs from xarray outside of raw spinlocks")
Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@suse.de>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 10 +++++++++-
arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c | 10 ++++++----
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index 67d107e9a77d..577286069368 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -116,7 +116,15 @@ static struct vgic_irq *vgic_add_lpi(struct kvm *kvm, u32 intid,
kfree(irq);
irq = oldirq;
} else {
- ret = xa_err(__xa_store(&dist->lpi_xa, intid, irq, 0));
+ /*
+ * The entry is either empty or contains a dead LPI (refcount=0)
+ * from the deferred release path, pending cleanup by
+ * vgic_release_deleted_lpis(). Evict and free it if present.
+ */
+ oldirq = __xa_store(&dist->lpi_xa, intid, irq, 0);
+ ret = xa_err(oldirq);
+ if (!ret && oldirq)
+ kfree_rcu(oldirq, rcu);
}
xa_unlock_irqrestore(&dist->lpi_xa, flags);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
index 5a4768d8cd4f..cc09e0c45b46 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -167,12 +167,14 @@ void vgic_put_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_irq *irq)
guard(spinlock_irqsave)(&dist->lpi_xa.xa_lock);
}
- if (!__vgic_put_irq(kvm, irq))
+ if (!irq_is_lpi(kvm, irq->intid))
return;
- xa_lock_irqsave(&dist->lpi_xa, flags);
- vgic_release_lpi_locked(dist, irq);
- xa_unlock_irqrestore(&dist->lpi_xa, flags);
+ if (refcount_dec_and_lock_irqsave(&irq->refcount,
+ &dist->lpi_xa.xa_lock, &flags)) {
+ vgic_release_lpi_locked(dist, irq);
+ xa_unlock_irqrestore(&dist->lpi_xa, flags);
+ }
}
static void vgic_release_deleted_lpis(struct kvm *kvm)
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-03 12:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-03 12:25 [PATCH v4 0/2] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix racy LPI release and re-registration handling Carlos López
2026-07-03 12:26 ` Carlos López [this message]
2026-07-03 22:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] KVM: arm64: vgic: Fix race between LPI release and re-registration Oliver Upton
2026-07-03 22:19 ` Oliver Upton
2026-07-03 12:26 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] KVM: arm64: vgic: Mitigate potential LPI registration failure Carlos López
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