Re: [PATCH] x86/hyper-v: Validate entire GVA range for non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush

[Vitaly Kuznetsov]

Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> +Vitaly and Paolo
>
> Please use scripts/get_maintainer.pl, otherwise your emails might not reach the
> right eyeballs.
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2026, Manuel Andreas wrote:
>> In KVM guests with Hyper-V hypercalls enabled, the hypercalls
>> HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_LIST and HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_LIST_EX
>> allow a guest to request invalidation of portions of a virtual TLB.
>> For this, the hypercall parameter includes a list of GVAs that are supposed
>> to be invalidated.
>> 
>> Currently, only the base GVA is checked to be canonical. In reality,
>> this check needs to be performed for the entire range of GVAs.
>> This still enables guests running on Intel hardware to trigger a
>> WARN_ONCE in the host (see prior commit below).
>> 
>> This patch simply moves the check for non-canonical addresses to be
>> performed for every single GVA of the supplied range. This should also
>> be more in line with the Hyper-V specification, since, although
>> unlikely, a range starting with an invalid GVA may still contain
>> GVAs that are valid.
>> 
>> Fixes: fa787ac07b3c ("KVM: x86/hyper-v: Skip non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush")
>> Signed-off-by: Manuel Andreas <manuel.andreas@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 9 +++++----
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
>> index de92292eb1f5..f4f6accf1a33 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
>> @@ -1981,16 +1981,17 @@ int kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  		if (entries[i] == KVM_HV_TLB_FLUSHALL_ENTRY)
>>  			goto out_flush_all;
>>  
>> -		if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(entries[i], vcpu))
>> -			continue;
>> -
>>  		/*
>>  		 * Lower 12 bits of 'address' encode the number of additional
>>  		 * pages to flush.
>>  		 */
>>  		gva = entries[i] & PAGE_MASK;
>> -		for (j = 0; j < (entries[i] & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; j++)
>> +		for (j = 0; j < (entries[i] & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; j++) {
>> +			if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(gva + j * PAGE_SIZE, vcpu))
>> +				continue;
>> +
>>  			kvm_x86_call(flush_tlb_gva)(vcpu, gva + j * PAGE_SIZE);
>> +		}
>
> Vitaly, can we treat the entire request as garbage and throw it away if any part
> isn't valid?  Or do you think we should go with the more conservative approach
> as above?

I don't remember if I have ever seen real Windows trying to flush
anything non-canonical at all but my gut feeling tells me we should
rather play safe and use Manuel's 'conservative' approach. Also, this
should be consistent with TLFS which says:

"Invalid GVAs (those that specify addresses beyond the end of the
partition’s GVA space) are ignored."

i.e. it doesn't say 'Invalid GVA RANGES are ignored'.

>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> index de92292eb1f5..f568f3d4f6e5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c
> @@ -1967,8 +1967,8 @@ int kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>         struct kvm_vcpu_hv_tlb_flush_fifo *tlb_flush_fifo;
>         struct kvm_vcpu_hv *hv_vcpu = to_hv_vcpu(vcpu);
>         u64 entries[KVM_HV_TLB_FLUSH_FIFO_SIZE];
> +       gva_t gva, extra_pages;
>         int i, j, count;
> -       gva_t gva;
>  
>         if (!tdp_enabled || !hv_vcpu)
>                 return -EINVAL;
> @@ -1978,18 +1978,22 @@ int kvm_hv_vcpu_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>         count = kfifo_out(&tlb_flush_fifo->entries, entries, KVM_HV_TLB_FLUSH_FIFO_SIZE);
>  
>         for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> +
>                 if (entries[i] == KVM_HV_TLB_FLUSHALL_ENTRY)
>                         goto out_flush_all;
>  
> -               if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(entries[i], vcpu))
> -                       continue;
> -
>                 /*
>                  * Lower 12 bits of 'address' encode the number of additional
>                  * pages to flush.
>                  */
>                 gva = entries[i] & PAGE_MASK;
> -               for (j = 0; j < (entries[i] & ~PAGE_MASK) + 1; j++)
> +               extra_pages = (entries[i] & ~PAGE_MASK);
> +
> +               if (is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(gva, vcpu) ||
> +                   is_noncanonical_invlpg_address(gva + extra_pages * PAGE_SIZE))
> +                       continue;
> +
> +               for (j = 0; j < extra_pages + 1; j++)
>                         kvm_x86_call(flush_tlb_gva)(vcpu, gva + j * PAGE_SIZE);
>  
>                 ++vcpu->stat.tlb_flush;
>

-- 
Vitaly