[PATCH v2 2/3] vfio/cdx: Serialize VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS with a per-device mutex

From: Alex Williamson

Date: Fri Apr 17 2026 - 16:29:21 EST


vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger() reads vdev->config_msi and operates on the
vdev->cdx_irqs array based on its value, but provides no serialization
against concurrent VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctls. Two callers can race
such that one observes config_msi as set while another clears it and
frees cdx_irqs via vfio_cdx_msi_disable(), resulting in a use-after-free
of the cdx_irqs array.

Add a cdx_irqs_lock mutex to struct vfio_cdx_device and acquire it in
vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(), which is the single chokepoint through
which all updates to config_msi, cdx_irqs, and msi_count flow, covering
both the ioctl path and the close-device cleanup path. This keeps the
test of config_msi atomic with the subsequent enable, disable, or
trigger operations.

Drop the pre-call !cdx_irqs test from vfio_cdx_irqs_cleanup() as part
of this change: the optimization it provided is redundant with the
!config_msi early-return inside vfio_cdx_msi_disable(), and leaving the
test in place would be an unsynchronized read of state the new lock is
meant to protect.

Fixes: 848e447e000c ("vfio/cdx: add interrupt support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/cdx/intr.c | 9 ++-------
drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/vfio/cdx/private.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/cdx/intr.c b/drivers/vfio/cdx/intr.c
index c0eed065e8ef..6dfe0ced3bdd 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/cdx/intr.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/cdx/intr.c
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static int vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev,
if (start + count > cdx_dev->num_msi)
return -EINVAL;

+ guard(mutex)(&vdev->cdx_irqs_lock);
+
if (!count && (flags & VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE)) {
vfio_cdx_msi_disable(vdev);
return 0;
@@ -210,12 +212,5 @@ int vfio_cdx_set_irqs_ioctl(struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev,
/* Free All IRQs for the given device */
void vfio_cdx_irqs_cleanup(struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev)
{
- /*
- * Device does not support any interrupt or the interrupts
- * were not configured
- */
- if (!vdev->cdx_irqs)
- return;
-
vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(vdev, 0, 0, 0, VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE, NULL);
}
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c b/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c
index 8ab97405b2bd..b31ed4be7bdc 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/cdx/main.c
@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@

#include "private.h"

+static int vfio_cdx_init_dev(struct vfio_device *core_vdev)
+{
+ struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev =
+ container_of(core_vdev, struct vfio_cdx_device, vdev);
+
+ mutex_init(&vdev->cdx_irqs_lock);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void vfio_cdx_release_dev(struct vfio_device *core_vdev)
+{
+ struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev =
+ container_of(core_vdev, struct vfio_cdx_device, vdev);
+
+ mutex_destroy(&vdev->cdx_irqs_lock);
+}
+
static int vfio_cdx_open_device(struct vfio_device *core_vdev)
{
struct vfio_cdx_device *vdev =
@@ -273,6 +290,8 @@ static int vfio_cdx_mmap(struct vfio_device *core_vdev,

static const struct vfio_device_ops vfio_cdx_ops = {
.name = "vfio-cdx",
+ .init = vfio_cdx_init_dev,
+ .release = vfio_cdx_release_dev,
.open_device = vfio_cdx_open_device,
.close_device = vfio_cdx_close_device,
.ioctl = vfio_cdx_ioctl,
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/cdx/private.h b/drivers/vfio/cdx/private.h
index 172e48caa3a0..94374b5fc989 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/cdx/private.h
+++ b/drivers/vfio/cdx/private.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
#ifndef VFIO_CDX_PRIVATE_H
#define VFIO_CDX_PRIVATE_H

+#include <linux/mutex.h>
+
#define VFIO_CDX_OFFSET_SHIFT 40

static inline u64 vfio_cdx_index_to_offset(u32 index)
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ struct vfio_cdx_region {
struct vfio_cdx_device {
struct vfio_device vdev;
struct vfio_cdx_region *regions;
+ struct mutex cdx_irqs_lock;
struct vfio_cdx_irq *cdx_irqs;
u32 flags;
#define BME_SUPPORT BIT(0)
--
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