From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
To: Manuel Andreas <manuel.andreas@tum.de>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/hyper-v: Validate entire GVA range for non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:58:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ms0zu99j.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00a7a31b-573b-4d92-91f8-7d7e2f88ea48@tum.de>
Manuel Andreas <manuel.andreas@tum.de> writes:
> In KVM guests with Hyper-V hypercalls enabled, the hypercalls
> HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_LIST and HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_LIST_EX
> allow a guest to request invalidation of portions of a virtual TLB.
> For this, the hypercall parameter includes a list of GVAs that are supposed
> to be invalidated.
>
> Currently, only the base GVA is checked to be canonical. In reality,
> this check needs to be performed for the entire range of GVAs.
> This still enables guests running on Intel hardware to trigger a
> WARN_ONCE in the host (see prior commit below).
>
> This patch simply moves the check for non-canonical addresses to be
> performed for every single GVA of the supplied range. This should also
> be more in line with the Hyper-V specification, since, although
> unlikely, a range starting with an invalid GVA may still contain
> GVAs that are valid.
>
> Fixes: fa787ac07b3c ("KVM: x86/hyper-v: Skip non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush")
> Signed-off-by: Manuel Andreas <manuel.andreas@tum.de>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 9 +++++----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> index de92292eb1f5..f4f6accf1a33 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> @@ -1981,16 +1981,17 @@ int kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (entries[i] == KVM_HV_TLB_FLUSHALL_ENTRY)
> goto out_flush_all;
>
> - if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(entries[i], vcpu))
> - continue;
> -
> /*
> * Lower 12 bits of 'address' encode the number of additional
> * pages to flush.
> */
> gva = entries[i] & PAGE_MASK;
> - for (j = 0; j < (entries[i] & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; j++)
> + for (j = 0; j < (entries[i] & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; j++) {
> + if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(gva + j * PAGE_SIZE, vcpu))
> + continue;
> +
> kvm_x86_call(flush_tlb_gva)(vcpu, gva + j * PAGE_SIZE);
> + }
>
> ++vcpu->stat.tlb_flush;
> }
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
--
Vitaly
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-23 8:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-19 20:05 [PATCH] x86/hyper-v: Validate entire GVA range for non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush Manuel Andreas
2026-02-20 17:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-23 8:55 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2026-02-23 8:58 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov [this message]
2026-03-05 17:07 ` Sean Christopherson
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