* [syzbot ci] Re: KVM: unbounded per-VM kernel memory growth via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
[not found] <20260911184819.101123-1-davimaba.v@proton.me>
@ 2026-09-12 8:48 ` syzbot ci
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From: syzbot ci @ 2026-09-12 8:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: davimaba.v, kvm, pbonzini, security; +Cc: syzbot, syzkaller-bugs
syzbot ci has tested the following series
[v1] KVM: unbounded per-VM kernel memory growth via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260911184819.101123-1-davimaba.v@proton.me
* [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Bound per-VM GFN materialization in KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
* [PATCH 2/2] KVM: Account mem_attr_array nodes to the caller's memcg
and found the following issue:
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes
Full report is available here:
https://ci.syzbot.org/series/734bda86-476d-49cf-9a5e-335cc5b006c0
***
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage in kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes
tree: kvm-next
URL: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm/
base: d4b7fb647204f0c81dfeae2d1a708e4d858e0c94
arch: amd64
compiler: Debian clang version 22.1.8 (++20260613092233+e80beda6e255-1~exp1~20260613092250.77), Debian LLD 22.1.8
config: https://ci.syzbot.org/builds/a54b5b46-809d-4f22-a473-c317ec575648/config
syz repro: https://ci.syzbot.org/findings/c345c736-c3eb-46c9-9d9d-cc78ce4bf677/syz_repro
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
-----------------------------
./include/linux/xarray.h:1211 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
locks held by syz.2.19/5790: 1, last CPU#0:
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2605 [inline]
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x365/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5790 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x140/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6938
xa_head include/linux/xarray.h:1210 [inline]
xas_start+0x618/0x770 lib/xarray.c:191
xas_load+0x2c/0x5a0 lib/xarray.c:239
xas_find+0x157/0x980 lib/xarray.c:1409
kvm_count_mem_attr_entries virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2558 [inline]
kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2660 [inline]
kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x1578/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
kvm_vm_ioctl+0xb33/0xd30 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5421
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4321f9e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f4322e33028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4322225fa0 RCX: 00007f4321f9e159
RDX: 0000200000002200 RSI: 000000004020aed2 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f432203503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4322226038 R14: 00007f4322225fa0 R15: 00007ffea2b6d9c8
</TASK>
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
-----------------------------
./include/linux/xarray.h:1227 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
locks held by syz.2.19/5790: 1, last CPU#0:
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2605 [inline]
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x365/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5790 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x140/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6938
xa_entry include/linux/xarray.h:1226 [inline]
xas_descend lib/xarray.c:208 [inline]
xas_load+0x4dc/0x5a0 lib/xarray.c:246
xas_find+0x157/0x980 lib/xarray.c:1409
kvm_count_mem_attr_entries virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2558 [inline]
kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2660 [inline]
kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x1578/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
kvm_vm_ioctl+0xb33/0xd30 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5421
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4321f9e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f4322e33028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4322225fa0 RCX: 00007f4321f9e159
RDX: 0000200000002200 RSI: 000000004020aed2 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f432203503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4322226038 R14: 00007f4322225fa0 R15: 00007ffea2b6d9c8
</TASK>
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
-----------------------------
./include/linux/xarray.h:1227 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
locks held by syz.2.19/5790: 1, last CPU#0:
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2605 [inline]
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x365/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5790 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x140/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6938
xa_entry include/linux/xarray.h:1226 [inline]
xas_next_entry include/linux/xarray.h:1731 [inline]
kvm_count_mem_attr_entries virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2558 [inline]
kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2660 [inline]
kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x1834/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
kvm_vm_ioctl+0xb33/0xd30 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5421
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4321f9e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f4322e33028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4322225fa0 RCX: 00007f4321f9e159
RDX: 0000200000002200 RSI: 000000004020aed2 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f432203503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4322226038 R14: 00007f4322225fa0 R15: 00007ffea2b6d9c8
</TASK>
=============================
WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
syzkaller #0 Not tainted
-----------------------------
./include/linux/xarray.h:1244 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
other info that might help us debug this:
rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
locks held by syz.2.19/5790: 1, last CPU#0:
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2605 [inline]
#0: ffff88810b9900a0 (&kvm->slots_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x365/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5790 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x150 lib/dump_stack.c:120
lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x140/0x1d0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:6938
xa_parent+0xec/0xf0 include/linux/xarray.h:1243
xas_find+0x6f2/0x980 lib/xarray.c:1422
kvm_count_mem_attr_entries virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2558 [inline]
kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2660 [inline]
kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes+0x1578/0x1af0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2690
kvm_vm_ioctl+0xb33/0xd30 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5421
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:61 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x166/0x520 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:84
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f4321f9e159
Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 e8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f4322e33028 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f4322225fa0 RCX: 00007f4321f9e159
RDX: 0000200000002200 RSI: 000000004020aed2 RDI: 0000000000000004
RBP: 00007f432203503b R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f4322226038 R14: 00007f4322225fa0 R15: 00007ffea2b6d9c8
</TASK>
***
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