[PATCH] KVM: Nullify irqfd->producer when add_producer() fails
From: leixiang
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 03:53:17 EST
The x86 and powerpc add_producer() callbacks set irqfd->producer before the
fallible setup and never clear it on error. The bypass manager doesn't
register a producer whose add_producer() failed -- producer->eventfd is
left NULL, so the later unregister early-returns and del_producer() is
never called -- so nothing ever drops the pointer.
For VFIO PCI the producer is embedded in struct vfio_pci_irq_ctx and freed
when the vector is disabled, after which a routing update dereferences the
dangling pointer via kvm_arch_update_irqfd_routing().
Nullify irqfd->producer on the error paths.
Fixes: 77e1b8332d1d ("KVM: x86: Decouple device assignment from IRQ bypass")
Fixes: c57875f5f9be ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Enable IRQ bypass")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: leixiang <leixiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 4 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/irq.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index 61dbeea317f3..14919b76fb32 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -6114,9 +6114,11 @@ static int kvmppc_irq_bypass_add_producer_hv(struct irq_bypass_consumer *cons,
irqfd->producer = prod;
ret = kvmppc_set_passthru_irq(irqfd->kvm, prod->irq, irqfd->gsi);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
pr_info("kvmppc_set_passthru_irq (irq %d, gsi %d) fails: %d\n",
prod->irq, irqfd->gsi, ret);
+ irqfd->producer = NULL;
+ }
return ret;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c b/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
index 8c62c6d4d5c1..cb8ac4b9b0d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/irq.c
@@ -488,8 +488,10 @@ int kvm_arch_irq_bypass_add_producer(struct irq_bypass_consumer *cons,
if (irqfd->irq_entry.type == KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI) {
ret = kvm_pi_update_irte(irqfd, &irqfd->irq_entry);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
kvm->arch.nr_possible_bypass_irqs--;
+ irqfd->producer = NULL;
+ }
}
spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
--
2.45.0