[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Validate the SVE vector length in pkvm_vcpu_init_sve()

From: Fuad Tabba

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 05:31:50 EST


pkvm_vcpu_init_sve() clamps only the upper bound of the host-provided
sve_max_vl, so an invalid vector length reaches sve_state_size_from_vl()
and the WARN_ON() there, which is fatal at EL2. The existing
!sve_state_size test rejects such a length, but only after the macro has
run.

Check sve_vl_valid() before deriving the state size. A valid length
cannot yield a zero size, so the !sve_state_size test goes with it.

Fixes: 5db1bef93342 ("KVM: arm64: Track SVE state in the hypervisor vcpu structure")
Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
Based on v7.2. Applies cleanly to kvmarm/next as well:
pkvm_vcpu_init_sve() is identical on both.

arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index 24d6f164129ac..095ebfce91b08 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -460,14 +460,15 @@ static int pkvm_vcpu_init_sve(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu, struct kvm_vcpu *h

/* Limit guest vector length to the maximum supported by the host. */
sve_max_vl = min(READ_ONCE(host_vcpu->arch.sve_max_vl), kvm_host_sve_max_vl);
- sve_state_size = sve_state_size_from_vl(sve_max_vl);
sve_state = kern_hyp_va(READ_ONCE(host_vcpu->arch.sve_state));

- if (!sve_state || !sve_state_size) {
+ if (!sve_vl_valid(sve_max_vl) || !sve_state) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto err;
}

+ sve_state_size = sve_state_size_from_vl(sve_max_vl);
+
ret = hyp_pin_shared_mem(sve_state, sve_state + sve_state_size);
if (ret)
goto err;
--
2.39.5