[PATCH v4 06/23] KVM: x86: Unmap VMAs for KVM-internal memslots when the memslot is freed
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 17:27:59 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().
Free the VMA only when deleting the memslot from the "last" address space,
where "last" is the highest numbered address space. KVM currently uses a
single VMA for both non-SMM and SMM memslots, and deletes the memslots in
ascending numerical order, i.e. deletes the SMM memslot last, if SMM is
enabled. Freeing the VMA on the non-SMM memslot would technically regress
inhibiting the APIC access page, which is the only case where KVM deletes
an internal memslot on a live VM, as accessing the SMM memslot after the
VMA is removed would result in KVM_RUN failing with -EFAULT.
Add a TODO to call out that unmapping only the "last" memslot is a hack,
along with a hint/suggestion for how the hack can be removed.
CC: James Houghton <jthoughton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index cb8b60da5b11..489631686ba6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -10018,7 +10018,7 @@ 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
@@ -10031,10 +10031,10 @@ 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);
@@ -10058,8 +10058,7 @@ void __user * __x86_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm, int id, gpa_t gpa,
if (!slot)
return NULL;
- old_npages = slot->npages;
- hva = slot->userspace_addr;
+ hva = 0;
}
for (i = 0; i < kvm_arch_nr_memslot_as_ids(kvm); i++) {
@@ -10075,9 +10074,6 @@ 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);
@@ -10106,20 +10102,6 @@ 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);
@@ -10159,6 +10141,19 @@ void kvm_arch_free_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
}
kvm_page_track_free_memslot(slot);
+
+ /*
+ * Unmap VMAs allocated on behalf of userspace for internal memslots,
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * TODO: Allocate VMAs for each address space and drop the check on the
+ * as_id, which depends on freeing memslots from 0=>N-1.
+ */
+ if (current->mm == kvm->mm && slot->id >= KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS &&
+ slot->as_id == (kvm_arch_nr_memslot_as_ids(kvm) - 1))
+ vm_munmap(slot->userspace_addr, slot->npages * PAGE_SIZE);
}
int memslot_rmap_alloc(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages)
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