From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>,
Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.15.y] s390/vfio-ap: fix stale pqap_hook pointer on error in vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm()
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:30:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260911023052.75404-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026090929-rubbed-ransack-ead1@gregkh>
From: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
[ Upstream commit 4400270ec0348d05dc0439d8f0130853ce7f9e20 ]
In vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm(), kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook is set to
&matrix_mdev->pqap_hook before the update locks are acquired and the
mdev list is checked for a conflicting assignment. If another mdev is
already attached to the same KVM instance, the function returns -EPERM
without restoring the hook pointer, leaving kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook
pointing at the failing matrix_mdev instead of the mdev that legitimately
owns the KVM.
Since matrix_mdev->kvm is never set on this error path,
vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm() will not clean up the hook when matrix_mdev
is later closed. If matrix_mdev is subsequently freed, any PQAP
instruction executed by the guest will dereference the stale pointer
through pqap_hook_rwsem, resulting in a use-after-free.
Since kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook is only set in the vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm()
function and is cleared in the vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm() function, a check
for 'kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook != NULL' is all that is needed to determine
whether it belongs to another mdev. This will alleviate the need to iterate
the matrix_dev->mdev_list list to see if the kvm object is assigned to
another mdev.This was introduced in v3 to alleviate the need to take the
mdevs_lock while iterating the list; however, this did not prevent a
potential race condition.
The pqap_hook_rwsem(write) is now performed inside
get_update_locks_for_kvm(), which is updated to acquire
pqap_hook_rwsem(write) between kvm->lock and mdevs_lock. This ordering
is consistent with the PQAP intercept path, which acquires pqap_hook_rwsem
in read mode while srcu is held under vcpu->mutex, establishing the
dependency: kvm->lock -> vcpu->mutex -> srcu -> pqap_hook_rwsem(read).
The pqap_hook_rwsem is now released inside the
release_update_locks_for_kvm(), which is updated to release
pqap_hook_rwsem(write) between mdevs_lock and kvm->lock.
Additionally, kvm_put_kvm() in vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm() is moved
after release_update_locks_for_kvm(). Previously it was called while
kvm->lock was held; if it were ever the last reference, kvm_destroy_vm()
would run under kvm->lock, which would deadlock.
Fixes: 86956e70761b3 ("s390/vfio-ap: replace open coded locks for VFIO_GROUP_NOTIFY_SET_KVM notification")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Co-developed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <20260806173435.105044-1-akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
[ replaced unavailable locking helpers with explicit locking using matrix_dev->lock. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 33 +++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index 623d5269a52ce..6d82a137c011e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -1075,23 +1075,18 @@ static const struct attribute_group *vfio_ap_mdev_attr_groups[] = {
static int vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
struct kvm *kvm)
{
- struct ap_matrix_mdev *m;
-
if (kvm->arch.crypto.crycbd) {
- down_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
- kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = &matrix_mdev->pqap_hook;
- up_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
-
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+ down_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock);
- list_for_each_entry(m, &matrix_dev->mdev_list, node) {
- if (m != matrix_mdev && m->kvm == kvm) {
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
- mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
- return -EPERM;
- }
+ if (kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook) {
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
+ up_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+ return -EPERM;
}
+ kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = &matrix_mdev->pqap_hook;
kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
matrix_mdev->kvm = kvm;
@@ -1100,8 +1095,9 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
matrix_mdev->matrix.aqm,
matrix_mdev->matrix.adm);
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
+ up_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
}
return 0;
@@ -1154,20 +1150,19 @@ static void vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev,
struct kvm *kvm)
{
if (kvm && kvm->arch.crypto.crycbd) {
- down_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
- kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = NULL;
- up_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
-
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+ down_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->lock);
+ kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook = NULL;
kvm_arch_crypto_clear_masks(kvm);
vfio_ap_mdev_reset_queues(matrix_mdev);
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
matrix_mdev->kvm = NULL;
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->lock);
+ up_write(&kvm->arch.crypto.pqap_hook_rwsem);
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
}
}
--
2.53.0
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