Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] KVM: arm64: Fix stale MTE tags reaching a guest

From: Marc Zyngier

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 08:10:04 EST


On Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:06:56 +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> Changes since v1 [1]:
> - Added patch 4, mte_clear_folio_tags(). (Lorenzo)
> - Moved patch 3's sanitise_mte_tags() call into the
> kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() branch. (Lorenzo)
> - Patch 1 loops with folio_page() rather than reusing page, and its
> comment now matches patch 2's. (Lorenzo)
> - Collected Reviewed-by from Lorenzo on patches 1-3. (thanks!)
>
> [...]

Applied to fixes, thanks!

[1/4] KVM: arm64: Clear the whole hugetlb folio when sanitising MTE tags
commit: cbf47fe57a568f178ac55176d98a13caba1d8598
[2/4] KVM: arm64: Clear the whole hugetlb folio when storing MTE tags
commit: 62b9e1f75a3c39cfc38b3950bbad017ac5f95bcc
[3/4] KVM: arm64: Sanitise MTE tags when a permission fault installs a mapping
commit: 249e053eaacb2959794a5ee3d27737063f4e3dad
[4/4] arm64: mte: Add mte_clear_folio_tags()
commit: da9f24dc43361b1cdcbba2fee7b90f4706819fa7

Cheers,

M.
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