[PATCH 4/8] KVM: x86/xen: Latch shinfo mode in kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast()

From: David Woodhouse

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 10:39:07 EST


From: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@xxxxxxxxx>

kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast() assumes the port range check in
max_evtchn_port() and the bitmap layout selection observe the same
shinfo mode, but each calls kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo() separately.
If the guest changes the mode in between, a port accepted by the
64-bit range check is handled with the 32-bit layout, and
port_word_bit falls outside evtchn_pending_sel.

Latch kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo() once on entry so the range check
and both layout computations use the same value.

In practice this is harmless: the evtchn_pending bitmap is at the same
offset in both native and compat shared_info layouts, so a stale mode
just results in setting a bit in what the guest (in its new compat mode)
considers the evtchn_mask, wallclock, or the arch_shared_info fields
which follow it — all of which are in the guest's own page. Even with
this fix, the same corruption can occur if 64-bit mode is latched and
the guest switches to 32-bit mode immediately afterward. Like Xen, KVM
makes no attempt to *convert* when shinfo mode is changed. Only the
wallclock field is updated in the new location.

This fix is for internal consistency rather than correcting any
observable bug.

Fixes: 14243b387137 ("KVM: x86/xen: Add KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_XEN_EVTCHN and event channel delivery")
Reported-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim <imv4bel@xxxxxxxxx>
[dwmw2: Rework on top of long_mode/has_64bit_shinfo cleanups]
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/xen.c | 18 ++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
index 2c432fcfab15..60bdf65216c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
@@ -1422,14 +1422,19 @@ static int kvm_xen_hypercall_complete_userspace(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return kvm_xen_hypercall_set_result(vcpu, run->xen.u.hcall.result);
}

-static inline int kvm_max_evtchn_port(struct kvm *kvm)
+static inline int max_evtchn_port(bool has_64bit_shinfo)
{
- if (kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo(kvm))
+ if (has_64bit_shinfo)
return EVTCHN_2L_NR_CHANNELS;
else
return COMPAT_EVTCHN_2L_NR_CHANNELS;
}

+static inline int kvm_max_evtchn_port(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ return max_evtchn_port(kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo(kvm));
+}
+
static bool wait_pending_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int nr_ports,
evtchn_port_t *ports)
{
@@ -1792,8 +1797,9 @@ static void kvm_xen_check_poller(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int port)
int kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast(struct kvm_xen_evtchn *xe, struct kvm *kvm)
{
struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc = &kvm->arch.xen.shinfo_cache;
- struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
+ bool has_64bit_shinfo = kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo(kvm);
unsigned long *pending_bits, *mask_bits;
+ struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
unsigned long flags;
int port_word_bit;
bool kick_vcpu = false;
@@ -1809,7 +1815,7 @@ int kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast(struct kvm_xen_evtchn *xe, struct kvm *kvm)
WRITE_ONCE(xe->vcpu_idx, vcpu->vcpu_idx);
}

- if (xe->port >= kvm_max_evtchn_port(kvm))
+ if (xe->port >= max_evtchn_port(has_64bit_shinfo))
return -EINVAL;

rc = -EWOULDBLOCK;
@@ -1820,7 +1826,7 @@ int kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast(struct kvm_xen_evtchn *xe, struct kvm *kvm)
if (!kvm_gpc_check(gpc, PAGE_SIZE))
goto out_rcu;

- if (kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo(kvm)) {
+ if (has_64bit_shinfo) {
struct shared_info *shinfo = gpc->khva;
pending_bits = (unsigned long *)&shinfo->evtchn_pending;
mask_bits = (unsigned long *)&shinfo->evtchn_mask;
@@ -1861,7 +1867,7 @@ int kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast(struct kvm_xen_evtchn *xe, struct kvm *kvm)
goto out_rcu;
}

- if (kvm_xen_has_64bit_shinfo(kvm)) {
+ if (has_64bit_shinfo) {
struct vcpu_info *vcpu_info = gpc->khva;
if (!test_and_set_bit(port_word_bit, &vcpu_info->evtchn_pending_sel)) {
WRITE_ONCE(vcpu_info->evtchn_upcall_pending, 1);
--
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