Re: [PATCH v1 09/13] mshv: define full processor and xsave feature masks

[email protected] Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:42:00 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-hyperv
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [Medium] Uninitialized kernel stack memory is leaked to the hypervisor on non-x86 architectures when the legacy v1 ioctl is used.
- [Low] Typo in the bitfield name `vrew_clear_supported` (should be `verw_clear_supported`).
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--- Patch [9]: [PATCH v1 09/13] mshv: define full processor and xsave feature masks ---
commit 758f4dc3eb51bb86e9e77dff7703639f92529960
Author: Wei Liu <[email protected]>

mshv: define full processor and xsave feature masks

Add the missing processor and xsave feature bit definitions and use
them when constructing the default disabled-feature mask, so legacy
SNP partition creation applies a complete, well-defined feature mask.

> diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> index 729916e1eacff..c81a8d0493c19 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
> @@ -2406,11 +2406,21 @@ static long mshv_ioctl_process_pt_flags(void __user *user_arg, u64 *pt_flags,
[ ... ]
>  	disabled_xsave->as_uint64 = U64_MAX;
>  	disabled_xsave->xsave_support = 0;
>  	disabled_xsave->xsaveopt_support = 0;
>  	disabled_xsave->avx_support = 0;
> +	disabled_xsave->xsave_comp_support = 0;
> +	disabled_xsave->xsave_supervisor_support = 0;
>  #endif
>  
>  	/* Check if user provided newer struct with feature fields */

[Severity: Medium]
Does this leave disabled_xsave uninitialized on non-x86 architectures when
using the legacy v1 ioctl?

When MSHV_PT_BIT_CPU_AND_XSAVE_FEATURES is not set on ARM64, the fallback
initialization that clears disabled_xsave->as_uint64 is skipped because it is
nested inside the v2 struct check block further down in
mshv_ioctl_process_pt_flags().

This leaves 8 bytes of uninitialized kernel stack in
creation_properties.disabled_processor_xsave_features (allocated in
mshv_ioctl_create_partition()), which is then passed to the hypervisor via
hv_call_create_partition().

This appears to have been introduced earlier in this patch series in the commit
"mshv: default to safe partition CPU features" when the original else block
clearing the legacy features was removed.

> diff --git a/include/hyperv/hvhdk.h b/include/hyperv/hvhdk.h
> index 691ac495a095d..54b0e671a028f 100644
> --- a/include/hyperv/hvhdk.h
> +++ b/include/hyperv/hvhdk.h
> @@ -231,7 +231,47 @@ union hv_partition_processor_features {
>  		u64 fzlrep_movsb : 1;
>  		u64 fsrep_stosb : 1;
>  		u64 fsrep_cmpsb : 1;
> -		u64 reserved_bank1 : 42;
[ ... ]
> +		u64 sbpb_supported : 1;
> +		u64 ibpb_br_type_supported : 1;
> +		u64 srso_no_supported : 1;
> +		u64 srso_user_kernel_no_supported : 1;
> +		u64 vrew_clear_supported : 1;

[Severity: Low]
This isn't a bug, but there is a typo in the bitfield name vrew_clear_supported,
it should be verw_clear_supported.

> +		u64 tsa_l1_no_supported : 1;
> +		u64 tsa_sq_no_supported : 1;
> +		u64 lass_support : 1;
> +		u64 reserved_bank1 : 2;
>  	} __packed;
>  };

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