Re: [PATCH] KVM: Harden against unpaired kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() calls

[Sean Christopherson]

On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:42:39 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> When handling the end of an mmu_notifier invalidation, WARN if
> mn_active_invalidate_count is already 0 do not decrement it further, i.e.
> avoid causing mn_active_invalidate_count to underflow/wrap.  In the worst
> case scenario, effectively corrupting mn_active_invalidate_count could
> cause kvm_swap_active_memslots() to hang indefinitely.
> 
> end() calls are *supposed* to be paired with start(), i.e. underflow can
> only happen if there is a bug elsewhere in the kernel, but due to lack of
> lockdep assertions in the mmu_notifier helpers, it's all too easy for a
> bug to go unnoticed for some time, e.g. see the recently introduced
> PAGEMAP_SCAN ioctl().
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 generic, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: Harden against unpaired kvm_mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() calls
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/d489ec956583

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