[PATCH v6 06/14] KVM: s390: Fix race in __do_essa()
From: Claudio Imbrenda
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 13:56:49 EST
An unlikely race between __do_essa() and kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(),
kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration(), or dat_get_cmma() was possible.
Fix by locking kvm->slots_arch_lock. Since this is not a hot path, the
overhead of an additional mutex is negligible.
Fixes: e38c884df921 ("KVM: s390: Switch to new gmap")
Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
arch/s390/kvm/priv.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index de3cb6111bd4..24c3bfcd5db2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1219,8 +1219,8 @@ static void kvm_s390_sync_request_broadcast(struct kvm *kvm, int req)
/*
* Must be called with kvm->srcu held to avoid races on memslots, and with
- * kvm->slots_lock to avoid races with ourselves, kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration(),
- * and kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits().
+ * kvm->slots_arch_lock to avoid races with ourselves,
+ * kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration(), and kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits().
*/
static int kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
{
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static int kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
}
/*
- * Must be called with kvm->slots_lock to avoid races with ourselves,
+ * Must be called with kvm->slots_arch_lock to avoid races with ourselves,
* kvm_s390_vm_start_migration() and kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits().
*/
static int kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
@@ -1300,7 +1300,9 @@ static int kvm_s390_vm_set_migration(struct kvm *kvm,
{
int res = -ENXIO;
- mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+ guard(srcu)(&kvm->srcu);
+ guard(mutex)(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
+
switch (attr->attr) {
case KVM_S390_VM_MIGRATION_START:
res = kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(kvm);
@@ -1311,7 +1313,6 @@ static int kvm_s390_vm_set_migration(struct kvm *kvm,
default:
break;
}
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
return res;
}
@@ -3001,9 +3002,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
r = -EFAULT;
if (copy_from_user(&args, argp, sizeof(args)))
break;
- mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
- r = kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits(kvm, &args);
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &kvm->slots_arch_lock)
+ r = kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits(kvm, &args);
if (!r) {
r = copy_to_user(argp, &args, sizeof(args));
if (r)
@@ -3017,9 +3017,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
r = -EFAULT;
if (copy_from_user(&args, argp, sizeof(args)))
break;
- mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+ mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
r = kvm_s390_set_cmma_bits(kvm, &args);
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
break;
}
case KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND: {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
index ea5a99537346..b1ba24c346ef 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
@@ -1261,8 +1261,9 @@ static int handle_essa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
/* Retry the ESSA instruction */
kvm_s390_retry_instr(vcpu);
} else {
- scoped_guard(read_lock, &vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock)
- i = __do_essa(vcpu, orc);
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &vcpu->kvm->slots_arch_lock)
+ scoped_guard(read_lock, &vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock)
+ i = __do_essa(vcpu, orc);
if (i < 0)
return i;
/* Account for the possible extra cbrl entry */
--
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