[PATCH] KVM: x86/hyperv: do not overwrite hc->ingpa for slow SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall

From: Paolo Bonzini

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 05:47:58 EST


When a guest makes a slow HVCALL_SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall with a connection ID
that is valid in userspace but not registered in the kernel conn_to_evt,
kvm_hvcall_signal_event() reads the connection ID and overwrites hc->ingpa.
However, hc->param still signals that the hypercall was a slow one, and
userspace will then treat the connection ID as an address.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: bd38b32053eb ("KVM: hyper-v: Collect hypercall params into struct")
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
originally reported by sashiko at
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260918083322.C87F11F000FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/,
but the issue is preexisting and unrelated to the patch that was being
reviewed.

arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
index 9f5adcd26cba..e3a8e8236230 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
@@ -2501,6 +2501,7 @@ static int kvm_hvcall_signal_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_hv_hcall *h
{
struct kvm_hv *hv = to_kvm_hv(vcpu->kvm);
struct eventfd_ctx *eventfd;
+ u64 conn_id;
int ret;

ret = kvm_hv_hypercall_check_params(vcpu, hc);
@@ -2511,14 +2512,16 @@ static int kvm_hvcall_signal_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_hv_hcall *h
int ret;
gpa_t gpa = hc->ingpa;

- if ((gpa & (__alignof__(hc->ingpa) - 1)) ||
- offset_in_page(gpa) + sizeof(hc->ingpa) > PAGE_SIZE)
+ if ((gpa & (__alignof__(conn_id) - 1)) ||
+ offset_in_page(gpa) + sizeof(conn_id) > PAGE_SIZE)
return HV_STATUS_INVALID_ALIGNMENT;

ret = kvm_vcpu_read_guest(vcpu, gpa,
- &hc->ingpa, sizeof(hc->ingpa));
+ &conn_id, sizeof(conn_id));
if (ret < 0)
return HV_STATUS_INVALID_ALIGNMENT;
+ } else {
+ conn_id = hc->ingpa;
}

/*
@@ -2526,15 +2529,15 @@ static int kvm_hvcall_signal_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_hv_hcall *h
* have no use for it, and in all known usecases it is zero, so just
* report lookup failure if it isn't.
*/
- if (hc->ingpa & 0xffff00000000ULL)
+ if (conn_id & 0xffff00000000ULL)
return HV_STATUS_INVALID_PORT_ID;
/* remaining bits are reserved-zero */
- if (hc->ingpa & ~KVM_HYPERV_CONN_ID_MASK)
+ if (conn_id & ~KVM_HYPERV_CONN_ID_MASK)
return HV_STATUS_INVALID_HYPERCALL_INPUT;

/* the eventfd is protected by vcpu->kvm->srcu, but conn_to_evt isn't */
rcu_read_lock();
- eventfd = idr_find(&hv->conn_to_evt, hc->ingpa);
+ eventfd = idr_find(&hv->conn_to_evt, conn_id);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (!eventfd)
return HV_STATUS_INVALID_PORT_ID;
--
2.52.0