[PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Protect noncoherent DMA zaps with SRCU
From: Chengfeng Ye
Date: Sat Aug 22 2026 - 15:02:56 EST
Protect the noncoherent DMA zap with KVM's SRCU so that memslots and
their architecture-specific metadata remain alive if the rmap walk
drops mmu_lock to reschedule.
The VFIO noncoherent-DMA path invokes
kvm_arch_register_noncoherent_dma() without holding slots_lock or an
SRCU read lock. kvm_zap_gfn_range() can then enter
__walk_slot_rmaps(), which retains pointers to a memslot and its rmap
while cond_resched_rwlock_write() temporarily drops mmu_lock.
The race looks like this:
CPU 0: VFIO coherency update CPU 1: memslot delete
---------------------------- ---------------------
kvm_vfio_set_attr()
kvm_arch_register_noncoherent_dma()
kvm_zap_gfn_range()
__walk_slot_rmaps()
iterator.rmap = slot->arch.rmap
cond_resched_rwlock_write()
drop mmu_lock
KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION(DELETE)
kvm_arch_flush_shadow_memslot()
zap SPTEs under mmu_lock
kvm_swap_active_memslots()
synchronize_srcu_expedited()
kvm_free_memslot()
vfree(slot->arch.rmap[i])
kfree(slot)
reacquire mmu_lock
slot_rmap_walk_next()
read freed iterator.rmap
The delete path is allowed to free the old memslot because the zap path
holds no SRCU read lock. synchronize_srcu_expedited() therefore does not
wait for the rmap walk before kvm_free_memslot() releases the old slot
and its rmap array. When the zap resumes, slot_rmap_walk_next() reads
from freed memory.
KASAN reported:
BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in
slot_rmap_walk_next+0x82/0x1c0
Read of size 8 at addr ffffc900005c1008
Call Trace:
slot_rmap_walk_next+0x82/0x1c0
__kvm_rmap_zap_gfn_range+0x17a/0x280
kvm_zap_gfn_range+0x2a6/0x6a0
kvm_vfio_set_attr+0x576/0x770
kvm_device_ioctl+0x1ff/0x3b0
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x134/0x1c0
Hold SRCU across the zap so that memslot deletion waits for the walk to
finish before freeing the old slot, without changing zap behavior.
Fixes: 362ff6dca541 ("KVM: x86/mmu: Zap KVM TDP when noncoherent DMA assignment starts/stops")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chengfeng Ye <nicoyip.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 69469bbdc84a..2114553f3159 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -14092,8 +14092,12 @@ static void kvm_noncoherent_dma_assignment_start_or_stop(struct kvm *kvm)
*
* If KVM always honors guest PAT, however, there is nothing to do.
*/
- if (kvm_check_has_quirk(kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT))
+ if (kvm_check_has_quirk(kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT)) {
+ int idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->srcu);
+
kvm_zap_gfn_range(kvm, gpa_to_gfn(0), gpa_to_gfn(~0ULL));
+ srcu_read_unlock(&kvm->srcu, idx);
+ }
}
void kvm_arch_register_noncoherent_dma(struct kvm *kvm)
--
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