Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix error paths in vmbus_teardown_gpadl()
From: Simon Horman
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 14:51:10 EST
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Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix error paths in vmbus_teardown_gpadl()
In vmbus_teardown_gpadl(), the return value from vmbus_post_msg() is
overwritten by the logic that decides if set_memory_encrypted() should
run. A failure from vmbus_post_msg() is lost and vmbus_teardown_gpadl()
may incorrectly report success. Furthermore, if vmbus_post_msg() fails,
the GPADL remains active on the Hyper-V side, yet in a CoCo VM the
buffer will be re-encrypted anyway.
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hyperv/20260904160724.82AB51F00A3D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: d4dccf353db8 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Mark vmbus ring buffer visible to host in Isolation VM")
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
> index f4370617deacb..cc86e8505ad0b 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
> @@ -1059,14 +1059,14 @@ int vmbus_teardown_gpadl(struct vmbus_channel *channel, struct vmbus_gpadl *gpad
>
> kfree(info);
>
> - if (gpadl->decrypted)
> + if (!ret && gpadl->decrypted) {
> ret = set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)gpadl->buffer,
> PFN_UP(gpadl->size));
> - else
> - ret = 0;
> - if (ret)
> - pr_warn("Fail to set mem host visibility in GPADL teardown %d.\n", ret);
> + if (ret)
> + pr_warn("Fail to set mem host visibility in GPADL teardown %d.\n", ret);
> + }
>
> + /* If error in ret, mark buffer decrypted so it is leaked */
> gpadl->decrypted = ret;
[Severity: High]
This is a pre-existing issue, but does this early return in
vmbus_teardown_gpadl() bypass the leak mechanism?
drivers/hv/channel.c:vmbus_teardown_gpadl() {
...
info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info) +
sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_gpadl_teardown), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!info)
return -ENOMEM;
...
}
If this kzalloc() fails, gpadl->decrypted is not updated.
In a CoCo VM, __vmbus_open() establishes a GPADL for the ring buffer and
initializes gpadl->decrypted to false. If a subsequent step in
__vmbus_open() fails, it calls vmbus_teardown_gpadl() to roll back:
drivers/hv/channel.c:__vmbus_open() {
...
error_free_gpadl:
vmbus_teardown_gpadl(newchannel, &newchannel->ringbuffer_gpadlhandle);
error_clean_ring:
...
return err;
}
Since __vmbus_open() ignores the teardown failure, vmbus_open() will then
proceed to call vmbus_free_ring():
drivers/hv/channel.c:vmbus_free_ring() {
...
/* In a CoCo VM leak the memory if it didn't get re-encrypted */
if (!channel->ringbuffer_gpadlhandle.decrypted)
__free_pages(channel->ringbuffer_page,
...
}
Because gpadl->decrypted remains false instead of being set to -ENOMEM,
vmbus_free_ring() will erroneously free the memory back to the kernel page
allocator. Could this lead to guest memory corruption if the host hypervisor
retains an active GPADL mapping and overwrites it?
>
> return ret;