[PATCH v2 5/8] KVM: arm64: Handle VNCR TLB invalidation race with vcpu_put() VNCR unmapping
Marc Zyngier <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 10:10:23 +0100
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
While VNCR TLB invalidation always occurs under the MMU lock,
vcpu_put() doesn't, while it unmaps the VNCR page.
The problem is that the invalidation evaluates vncr_tlb::cpu to
decide whether an unmapping needs to take place (cpu != -1) before
performing it. On the other hand, this_cpu_reset_vncr_fixmap()
unconditionally unmaps if L1_VNCR_MAPPED is set.
These two obviously can race, with a TOCTOU pattern on the TLBI
path, and a BUG_ON() on the vcpu_put() path. And the two can end-up
calling vncr_fixmap(-1), with extra lethal effects.
Move the reset of vncr_tlb::cpu to -1 to a common function, and make
this update atomic so that only a single thread can reset the field
and perform the corresponding unmap. The vcpu_put() still need to
unconditionally unmap the current VNCR to close another ugly race.
Finally, the assignment of vncr_tlb::cpu is moved to be kept in sync
with the actual mapping, similar to L1_VNCR_MAPPED being set.
Fixes: 7270cc9157f47 ("KVM: arm64: nv: Handle VNCR_EL2 invalidation from MMU notifiers")
Reported-by: [email protected]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
---
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 8a602d074dbb4..cf0d45059edbd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct vncr_tlb {
bool hpa_writable;
/* -1 when not mapped on a CPU */
- int cpu;
+ atomic_t cpu;
/*
* true if the TLB is valid. Can only be changed with the
@@ -894,16 +894,40 @@ void kvm_vcpu_load_hw_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}
}
+/*
+ * Unmapping an L1 VNCR can happen concurrently without the mmu lock being
+ * effective (vcpu_put() vs TLBI handling). The atomic_xchg below ensures
+ * that only one CPU sets it to -1 while getting a valid CPU number back.
+ */
+static int unmap_l1_vncr(struct vncr_tlb *vt)
+{
+ int cpu = atomic_xchg_relaxed(&vt->cpu, -1);
+
+ if (cpu != -1)
+ clear_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(cpu));
+
+ return cpu;
+}
+
static void this_cpu_reset_vncr_fixmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
if (!host_data_test_flag(L1_VNCR_MAPPED))
return;
- BUG_ON(vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb->cpu != smp_processor_id());
BUG_ON(is_hyp_ctxt(vcpu));
- clear_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb->cpu));
- vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb->cpu = -1;
+ /*
+ * Unconditionally unmap the local VNCR if we have lost the race
+ * against a concurrent TLBI. Otherwise we could end-up running
+ * another vcpu with VNCR still mapped if the TLBI thread is
+ * preempted between the exchange and the clear_fixmap().
+ *
+ * Note that we do not care about the TLBI nuking the fixmap behind
+ * the back of an running vcpu. This will only generate a fault and
+ * possibly a retranslation.
+ */
+ if (unmap_l1_vncr(vcpu->arch.vncr_tlb) == -1)
+ clear_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(smp_processor_id()));
host_data_clear_flag(L1_VNCR_MAPPED);
}
@@ -995,8 +1019,7 @@ u16 get_asid_by_regime(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum trans_regime regime)
static void invalidate_vncr(struct vncr_tlb *vt)
{
vt->valid = false;
- if (vt->cpu != -1)
- clear_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(vt->cpu));
+ unmap_l1_vncr(vt);
}
static bool vncr_tlb_intersects(struct vncr_tlb *vt, u64 addr,
@@ -1452,7 +1475,7 @@ static int kvm_translate_vncr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool *is_gmem)
vt->hpa = pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
vt->hpa_writable = writable;
vt->valid = true;
- vt->cpu = -1;
+ atomic_set(&vt->cpu, -1);
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_MAP_L1_VNCR_EL2, vcpu);
kvm_release_faultin_page(vcpu->kvm, page, false, vt->wr.pw && vt->hpa_writable);
@@ -1583,8 +1606,6 @@ static void kvm_map_l1_vncr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (vt->wr.nG && get_asid_by_regime(vcpu, TR_EL20) != vt->wr.asid)
return;
- vt->cpu = smp_processor_id();
-
if (vt->hpa_writable && vt->wr.pw && vt->wr.pr)
prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
else if (vt->wr.pr)
@@ -1599,7 +1620,8 @@ static void kvm_map_l1_vncr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* FIXME: WO doesn't work at all, need POE support in the kernel.
*/
if (pgprot_val(prot) != pgprot_val(PAGE_NONE)) {
- __set_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(vt->cpu), vt->hpa, prot);
+ atomic_set(&vt->cpu, smp_processor_id());
+ __set_fixmap(vncr_fixmap(atomic_read(&vt->cpu)), vt->hpa, prot);
host_data_set_flag(L1_VNCR_MAPPED);
}
}
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