[PATCH 1/5] x86: KVM: take b->lock around wait
From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 11:57:10 EST
If a vCPU thread is migrated between an async page fault vmexit and the
call to kvm_async_pf_wait_schedule(), the wait will occur on a different
CPU than the page ready notification. When this happens,
kvm_async_pf_wait_schedule() can exit and free the on-stack node
before swake_up_one() finishes. Avoid this by protecting the
accesses to &n.link with the bucket spinlock.
Note that in principle this could use a single critical section that
also covers kvm_async_pf_queue_task(), but that call is going to be
moved out of kvm_async_pf_wait_schedule().
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 9f0efbe94793..6c0a794ed89a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ static bool kvm_async_pf_queue_task(u32 token, struct kvm_task_sleep_node *n)
*/
void kvm_async_pf_task_wait_schedule(u32 token)
{
+ u32 key = hash_32(token, KVM_TASK_SLEEP_HASHBITS);
+ struct kvm_task_sleep_head *b = &async_pf_sleepers[key];
struct kvm_task_sleep_node n;
DECLARE_SWAITQUEUE(wait);
@@ -160,16 +162,20 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wait_schedule(u32 token)
if (!kvm_async_pf_queue_task(token, &n))
return;
+ raw_spin_lock(&b->lock);
for (;;) {
prepare_to_swait_exclusive(&n.wq, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
if (hlist_unhashed(&n.link))
break;
+ raw_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
local_irq_enable();
schedule();
local_irq_disable();
+ raw_spin_lock(&b->lock);
}
finish_swait(&n.wq, &wait);
+ raw_spin_unlock(&b->lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM(kvm_async_pf_task_wait_schedule);
--
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