[PATCH v2 03/10] KVM: x86: Unmap VMAs for KVM-internal memslots when the memslot is freed

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 16:27:22 EST


Unmap KVM-created VMAs for KVM-internal memslots when the associated
memslot is freed instead of unmapping via x86's internal API. This will
allow deleting/freeing all memslots before kvm_arch_destroy_vm() without
leaking VMAs, and in general is a net positive as it makes it far less
likely that KVM will leak VMAs, e.g. in the unlikely scenario some other
flow deletes KVM-internal memslots without going through
__x86_set_memory_region().

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 36 ++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 79468ddfe473..e91bd79dd3cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -9925,7 +9925,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
* @size > 0 to install a new slot, while @size == 0 to uninstall a
* slot. The return code can be one of the following:
*
- * HVA: on success (uninstall will return a bogus HVA)
+ * HVA: on success (uninstall will return a NULL HVA)
* -errno: on error
*
* The caller should always use IS_ERR() to check the return value
@@ -9938,10 +9938,10 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
void __user * __x86_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int id, gpa_t gpa,
u32 size)
{
- int i, r;
- unsigned long hva, old_npages;
struct kvm_memslots *slots = kvm_memslots(kvm);
struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
+ unsigned long hva;
+ int i, r;

lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->slots_lock);

@@ -9965,8 +9965,7 @@ void __user * __x86_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int id, gpa_t gpa,
if (!slot || !slot->npages)
return NULL;

- old_npages = slot->npages;
- hva = slot->userspace_addr;
+ hva = 0;
}

for (i = 0; i < kvm_arch_nr_memslot_as_ids(kvm); i++) {
@@ -9982,9 +9981,6 @@ void __user * __x86_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int id, gpa_t gpa,
return ERR_PTR_USR(r);
}

- if (!size)
- vm_munmap(hva, old_npages * PAGE_SIZE);
-
return (void __user *)hva;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(__x86_set_memory_region);
@@ -10013,20 +10009,6 @@ void kvm_arch_pre_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)

void kvm_arch_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
{
- if (current->mm == kvm->mm) {
- /*
- * Free memory regions allocated on behalf of userspace,
- * unless the memory map has changed due to process exit
- * or fd copying.
- */
- mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
- __x86_set_memory_region(kvm, APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
- 0, 0);
- __x86_set_memory_region(kvm, IDENTITY_PAGETABLE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
- 0, 0);
- __x86_set_memory_region(kvm, TSS_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT, 0, 0);
- mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
- }
if (kvm->arch.created_mediated_pmu)
perf_release_mediated_pmu();
kvm_destroy_vcpus(kvm);
@@ -10066,6 +10048,16 @@ void kvm_arch_free_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
}

kvm_page_track_free_memslot(slot);
+
+ /*
+ * Free memory regions allocated on behalf of userspace, unless the
+ * memory map has changed due to process exit or fd copying. Leak the
+ * mapping on failure, e.g. if the task is killed, worst case scenario,
+ * the page(s) will be reclaimed when the process exits.
+ */
+ if (current->mm == kvm->mm && slot->id >= KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS &&
+ !WARN_ON_ONCE(!slot->npages))
+ vm_munmap(slot->userspace_addr, slot->npages * PAGE_SIZE);
}

int memslot_rmap_alloc(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages)
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog