[PATCH] LoongArch: KVM: Fix TOCTOU race on pv_features
From: Tao Cui
Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 04:16:54 EST
From: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
kvm_loongarch_cpucfg_set_attr() validates and writes the VM-wide
pv_features with a lockless check-then-set, so two vCPUs racing it can
both pass the "all-vCPUs-must-match" check and install divergent values.
Make the check-then-set atomic with a cmpxchg loop; the UPDATED bit
already packs the configured state into the same word.
Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
index 20c207d80e31..55030c37cf06 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -1164,12 +1164,18 @@ static int kvm_loongarch_cpucfg_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
if (val & ~valid)
return -EINVAL;
- /* All vCPUs need set the same PV features */
- if ((kvm->arch.pv_features & LOONGARCH_PV_FEAT_UPDATED)
- && ((kvm->arch.pv_features & valid) != val))
- return -EINVAL;
- kvm->arch.pv_features = val | LOONGARCH_PV_FEAT_UPDATED;
- return 0;
+ /* Atomically install val; the cmpxchg serializes concurrent setters. */
+ for (;;) {
+ unsigned long old, new;
+
+ old = READ_ONCE(kvm->arch.pv_features);
+ if ((old & LOONGARCH_PV_FEAT_UPDATED) &&
+ ((old & valid) != val))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ new = val | LOONGARCH_PV_FEAT_UPDATED;
+ if (cmpxchg(&kvm->arch.pv_features, old, new) == old)
+ return 0;
+ }
default:
return -ENXIO;
}
--
2.43.0