[PATCH 1/2] KVM: SVM: Fix UBSAN warning when reading avic parameter
From: Gal Pressman
Date: Tue Feb 10 2026 - 01:51:12 EST
The avic parameter is stored as an int to support the special value -1
(AVIC_AUTO_MODE), but the cited commit changed it from bool to int while
keeping param_get_bool() as the getter function.
This causes UBSAN to report "load of value 255 is not a valid value for
type '_Bool'" when the parameter is read via sysfs.
The issue happens in two scenarios:
1. During module load: There's a time window between when module
parameters are registered, and when avic_hardware_setup() runs to
resolve the value, where the value is -1.
2. On non-AMD systems: On non-AMD hardware, the kvm_is_svm_supported()
check returns early. The avic_hardware_setup() function never runs,
so avic remains -1.
Fix that by implementing a getter function that properly reads and
converts the -1 value into an 'auto' string.
Triggered by sos report:
UBSAN: invalid-load in kernel/params.c:323:33
load of value 255 is not a valid value for type '_Bool'
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4667 Comm: sos Not tainted 6.19.0-rc5net_mlx5_1e86836 #1 NONE
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.3-0-ga6ed6b701f0a-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x69/0xa0
ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x2b
__ubsan_handle_load_invalid_value.cold+0x47/0x4c
? lock_acquire+0x219/0x2c0
param_get_bool.cold+0xf/0x14
param_attr_show+0x51/0x80
module_attr_show+0x19/0x30
sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xac/0xf0
seq_read_iter+0x100/0x410
copy_splice_read+0x1b4/0x360
splice_direct_to_actor+0xbd/0x270
? wait_for_space+0xb0/0xb0
do_splice_direct+0x72/0xb0
? propagate_umount+0x870/0x870
do_sendfile+0x3a3/0x470
__x64_sys_sendfile64+0x5e/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x70/0x8c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
Fixes: ca2967de5a5b ("KVM: SVM: Enable AVIC by default for Zen4+ if x2AVIC is support")
Reviewed-by: Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <gal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index 6b77b2033208..48de0f475ca5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
#include <linux/amd-iommu.h>
#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
#include <linux/kvm_irqfd.h>
+#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <asm/irq_remapping.h>
#include <asm/msr.h>
@@ -76,10 +77,20 @@ static int avic_param_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
return param_set_bint(val, kp);
}
+static int avic_param_get(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
+{
+ int val = *(int *)kp->arg;
+
+ if (val == AVIC_AUTO_MODE)
+ return sysfs_emit(buffer, "auto\n");
+
+ return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
+}
+
static const struct kernel_param_ops avic_ops = {
.flags = KERNEL_PARAM_OPS_FL_NOARG,
.set = avic_param_set,
- .get = param_get_bool,
+ .get = avic_param_get,
};
/*
--
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