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From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
To: "pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"nicoyip.dev@gmail.com" <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>,
	"seanjc@google.com" <seanjc@google.com>,
	"Zhao, Yan Y" <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Cc: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"stable@vger.kernel.org" <stable@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Take SRCU in kvm_zap_gfn_range()
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:13:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c9959ff90c50de6f331dfbfbcdc1e99bcb122ba.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825183924.237727-1-nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>

On Wed, 2026-08-26 at 02:39 +0800, Chengfeng Ye wrote:
> kvm_zap_gfn_range() walks memslots and rmaps and may drop mmu_lock to
> reschedule. Callers that do not already hold kvm->srcu (or slots_lock)
> can race with memslot deletion: synchronize_srcu_expedited() does not
> wait, kvm_free_memslot() frees the old slot and its rmap, and the zap
> resumes on freed memory.
> 
> The VFIO noncoherent-DMA path hits this by zapping the entire GPA
> space without SRCU. KASAN reported:
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in slot_rmap_walk_next+0x82/0x1c0
>   Read of size 8 at addr ffffc900005c1008
>   Call Trace:
>    slot_rmap_walk_next+0x82/0x1c0
>    __kvm_rmap_zap_gfn_range+0x17a/0x280
>    kvm_zap_gfn_range+0x2a6/0x6a0
>    kvm_vfio_set_attr+0x576/0x770
>    kvm_device_ioctl+0x1ff/0x3b0
> 
> Take SRCU inside kvm_zap_gfn_range() so every caller is covered.
> Nesting with an existing kvm->srcu critical section is fine; the
> helper uses a local index. Drop the now-redundant SRCU pair from
> __kvm_set_or_clear_apicv_inhibit().
> 
> Fixes: 362ff6dca541 ("KVM: x86/mmu: Zap KVM TDP when noncoherent DMA assignment starts/stops")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>

Btw, I found kvm_noncoherent_dma_assignment_start_or_stop() was added at
July/2023 and the SRCU lock to __kvm_set_or_clear_apicv_inhibit() was added at
Nov/2022, so I think this patch should be able to be applied to stable kernels
cleanly (if no other conflicts).

      reply	other threads:[~2026-08-26  0:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-22 19:02 [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Protect noncoherent DMA zaps with SRCU Chengfeng Ye
2026-08-24 17:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-24 21:36   ` Huang, Kai
2026-08-24 21:49     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-24 22:15       ` Huang, Kai
2026-08-25 18:40         ` Chengfeng Ye
2026-08-25 18:39 ` [PATCH v2] KVM: x86: Take SRCU in kvm_zap_gfn_range() Chengfeng Ye
2026-08-26  0:13   ` Huang, Kai [this message]

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