[PATCH 4/7] KVM: arm64: Validate the host vCPU's VM before reading it under pKVM
From: Fuad Tabba
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 10:00:03 EST
On an MTE-capable host under pKVM, enter_exception64() reads the VM's
MTE flag through vcpu->kvm, which for a host vCPU is a host-writable
pointer nothing validates. The host can point it at any address in the
hyp linear map and read back bit 1 of that word through PSR_TCO in the
vCPU's CPSR, or panic the hypervisor with an unmapped one.
Get the VM through a get/put pair around the read: a loaded vCPU's is
the hyp VM, an unloaded host vCPU's is read once and pinned, and a
pointer the host never shared leaves TCO clear.
Fixes: ea7fc1bb1cd1b ("KVM: arm64: Introduce MTE VM feature")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260914070536.877D91F000FF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Reviewed-by: Vincent Donnefort <vdonnefort@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c | 5 ++-
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h | 2 ++
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
index 754e2dc1df54a..6e60d890afa4a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/exception.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static void enter_exception64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long target_mode,
enum exception_type type)
{
unsigned long sctlr, vbar, old, new, mode;
+ struct kvm *kvm;
u64 exc_offset;
mode = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & (PSR_MODE_MASK | PSR_MODE32_BIT);
@@ -109,8 +110,10 @@ static void enter_exception64(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long target_mode,
new |= (old & PSR_C_BIT);
new |= (old & PSR_V_BIT);
- if (kvm_has_mte(kern_hyp_va(vcpu->kvm)))
+ kvm = vcpu_get_kvm(vcpu);
+ if (kvm && kvm_has_mte(kvm))
new |= PSR_TCO_BIT;
+ vcpu_put_kvm(vcpu, kvm);
new |= (old & PSR_DIT_BIT);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h
index 4fdfeabefeb43..f55950ee2a7e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/adjust_pc.h
@@ -13,6 +13,34 @@
#include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
#include <asm/kvm_host.h>
+#ifdef __KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__
+#include <nvhe/pkvm.h>
+
+/* Under pKVM a host vCPU's ->kvm is host-writable. */
+static inline struct kvm *vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ if (is_protected_kvm_enabled())
+ return pkvm_vcpu_get_kvm(vcpu);
+
+ return kern_hyp_va(vcpu->kvm);
+}
+
+static inline void vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ if (is_protected_kvm_enabled())
+ pkvm_vcpu_put_kvm(vcpu, kvm);
+}
+#else
+static inline struct kvm *vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ return vcpu->kvm;
+}
+
+static inline void vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
static inline void kvm_skip_instr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu)) {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h
index c904647d2f760..5ddb407149667 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/pkvm.h
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *pkvm_load_hyp_vcpu(pkvm_handle_t handle,
unsigned int vcpu_idx);
void pkvm_put_hyp_vcpu(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu);
struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vcpu(void);
+struct kvm *pkvm_vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void pkvm_vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm);
struct pkvm_hyp_vm *get_pkvm_hyp_vm(pkvm_handle_t handle);
struct pkvm_hyp_vm *get_np_pkvm_hyp_vm(pkvm_handle_t handle);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
index 4c33c863e90e1..737f3a5c4f640 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c
@@ -304,6 +304,43 @@ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vcpu(void)
}
+static struct pkvm_hyp_vm *pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu = pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vcpu();
+
+ if (hyp_vcpu &&
+ (vcpu == &hyp_vcpu->vcpu || vcpu == hyp_vcpu->host_vcpu))
+ return pkvm_hyp_vcpu_to_hyp_vm(hyp_vcpu);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * A loaded vCPU's VM is the hyp VM. An unloaded host vCPU's is mapped at
+ * EL2 only while pinned, so it's read once and pinned; the pin fails for
+ * memory the host isn't sharing.
+ */
+struct kvm *pkvm_vcpu_get_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ struct pkvm_hyp_vm *hyp_vm = pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vm(vcpu);
+ struct kvm *kvm;
+
+ if (hyp_vm)
+ return &hyp_vm->kvm;
+
+ kvm = kern_hyp_va(READ_ONCE(vcpu->kvm));
+ if (hyp_pin_shared_mem(kvm, kvm + 1))
+ return NULL;
+
+ return kvm;
+}
+
+void pkvm_vcpu_put_kvm(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ if (kvm && !pkvm_get_loaded_hyp_vm(vcpu))
+ hyp_unpin_shared_mem(kvm, kvm + 1);
+}
+
struct pkvm_hyp_vm *get_pkvm_hyp_vm(pkvm_handle_t handle)
{
struct pkvm_hyp_vm *hyp_vm;
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