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From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y 1/2] KVM: Introduce vcpu->wants_to_run
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:15:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730121541.2209429-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026072610-waking-easiest-e330@gregkh>

From: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>

[ Upstream commit a6816314af5749cd88944bfdceb270c627cdf348 ]

Introduce vcpu->wants_to_run to indicate when a vCPU is in its core run
loop, i.e. when the vCPU is running the KVM_RUN ioctl and immediate_exit
was not set.

Replace all references to vcpu->run->immediate_exit with
!vcpu->wants_to_run to avoid TOCTOU races with userspace. For example, a
malicious userspace could invoked KVM_RUN with immediate_exit=true and
then after KVM reads it to set wants_to_run=false, flip it to false.
This would result in the vCPU running in KVM_RUN with
wants_to_run=false. This wouldn't cause any real bugs today but is a
dangerous landmine.

Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240503181734.1467938-2-dmatlack@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Stable-dep-of: e800decd9c0a ("KVM: x86: Only reset TSC Deadline Timer in apic_timer_expired on KVM_RUN")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c       | 2 +-
 arch/mips/kvm/mips.c       | 2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 2 +-
 arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c      | 2 +-
 arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c   | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c         | 4 ++--
 include/linux/kvm_host.h   | 1 +
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c        | 3 +++
 8 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index e49ead6d005cc4..d581aedf00190b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
-	if (run->immediate_exit) {
+	if (!vcpu->wants_to_run) {
 		ret = -EINTR;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index 231ac052b506b9..f1a99962027a4f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vcpu->mmio_needed = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (vcpu->run->immediate_exit)
+	if (!vcpu->wants_to_run)
 		goto out;
 
 	lose_fpu(1);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 6cef200c2404df..0e35668b28302f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -1858,7 +1858,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	kvm_sigset_activate(vcpu);
 
-	if (run->immediate_exit)
+	if (!vcpu->wants_to_run)
 		r = -EINTR;
 	else
 		r = kvmppc_vcpu_run(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
index 9584d62c96ee74..27f5ffc762dd95 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	if (run->immediate_exit) {
+	if (!vcpu->wants_to_run) {
 		kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_unlock(vcpu);
 		return -EINTR;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 890d850f51f076..bccbb84eb1be65 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -5048,7 +5048,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (vcpu->kvm->arch.pv.dumping)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (kvm_run->immediate_exit)
+	if (!vcpu->wants_to_run)
 		return -EINTR;
 
 	if (kvm_run->kvm_valid_regs & ~KVM_SYNC_S390_VALID_FIELDS ||
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index c04277b35e2edf..313fce77e05896 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -11224,7 +11224,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_lock(vcpu);
 	if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED)) {
-		if (kvm_run->immediate_exit) {
+		if (!vcpu->wants_to_run) {
 			r = -EINTR;
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -11302,7 +11302,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->mmio_needed);
 	}
 
-	if (kvm_run->immediate_exit) {
+	if (!vcpu->wants_to_run) {
 		r = -EINTR;
 		goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 57c7b4009f5758..17ff73f1b684b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
 		bool dy_eligible;
 	} spin_loop;
 #endif
+	bool wants_to_run;
 	bool preempted;
 	bool ready;
 	struct kvm_vcpu_arch arch;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index b83f7612f2506c..81024cee82cba3 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4160,7 +4160,10 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 				synchronize_rcu();
 			put_pid(oldpid);
 		}
+		vcpu->wants_to_run = !READ_ONCE(vcpu->run->immediate_exit);
 		r = kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(vcpu);
+		vcpu->wants_to_run = false;
+
 		trace_kvm_userspace_exit(vcpu->run->exit_reason, r);
 		break;
 	}
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-30 12:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-26 12:29 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: x86: Only reset TSC Deadline Timer in apic_timer_expired" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree gregkh
2026-07-30 12:15 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2026-07-30 12:15   ` [PATCH 6.6.y 2/2] KVM: x86: Only reset TSC Deadline Timer in apic_timer_expired on KVM_RUN Sasha Levin

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