[PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Fix sdata leak and stale snapshot_addr in snapshot_set_shmem
From: Zongmin Zhou
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 02:47:47 EST
From: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@xxxxxxxxxx>
A guest may call SBI_PMU_SNAPSHOT_SET_SHMEM repeatedly. Each call
overwrites kvpmu->sdata without freeing the old buffer (memory leak),
and if a later kvm_vcpu_write_guest() fails, the error path frees
sdata but leaves snapshot_addr stale. A subsequent
SBI_PMU_COUNTER_START then passes the INVALID_GPA check and crashes
the host with a NULL buffer in kvm_vcpu_read_guest().
Fix this by clearing the previously installed snapshot area before
installing a new one, which keeps sdata and snapshot_addr consistent.
The SBI spec suggests a single invocation but defines no error code
for repeated calls, so KVM must tolerate them.
Fixes: c2f41ddbcdd756 ("RISC-V: KVM: Implement SBI PMU Snapshot feature")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Zongmin Zhou <zhouzongmin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
index 752f1014d633e7d67f69c27b72088ed560c187ac..14f73490f12cbc5a8547859f0d1bb1170d89403b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
@@ -454,6 +454,14 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_snapshot_set_shmem(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long s
}
}
+ /*
+ * Clear any previously installed snapshot area to avoid leaking
+ * the old sdata and to keep sdata/snapshot_addr consistent if
+ * the re-install fails below.
+ */
+ if (kvpmu->snapshot_addr != INVALID_GPA)
+ kvm_pmu_clear_snapshot_area(vcpu);
+
kvpmu->sdata = kzalloc(snapshot_area_size, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_ACCOUNT);
if (!kvpmu->sdata) {
sbiret = SBI_ERR_FAILURE;
--
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