[PATCH] dma-pool: decrypt pages before creating the shared remap
From: Marek Szyprowski
Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 10:44:34 EST
atomic_pool_expand() creates the pgprot_decrypted() remap of the pool
pages before calling set_memory_decrypted() on them. The error path
when gen_pool_add_virt() fails does the reverse: it re-encrypts the
pages and only then tears down the decrypted remap. In both cases there
is a window where a decrypted (shared) kernel mapping points at a page
that is still private, i.e. encrypted, to the guest.
dma_direct_alloc() gets this right: it converts the pages first, then
creates the remap, and on error removes the remap before re-encrypting.
Do the same in atomic_pool_expand(). The pages are now converted before
arch_dma_prep_coherent() and the remap, and the error path unwinds in
reverse order.
If set_memory_decrypted() fails, the page state is unknown, so the
pages are still leaked rather than freed. No remap exists at that point
any more, so nothing else needs to be undone.
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-9212d9b5-4a56-43e2-bc00-6e69b724078b
Fixes: 76a19940bd62 ("dma-direct: atomic allocations must come from atomic coherent pools")
Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
The patch was prepared with LLM assistance.
Best regards
Marek Szyprowski, PhD
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
---
kernel/dma/pool.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/dma/pool.c b/kernel/dma/pool.c
index 381b3cb28368..3c67728a2471 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/pool.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/pool.c
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ static int atomic_pool_expand(struct dma_gen_pool *dma_pool, size_t pool_size,
if (!page)
goto out;
+ /*
+ * Memory in the atomic DMA pools must be unencrypted, the pools do not
+ * shrink so no re-encryption occurs in dma_direct_free().
+ */
+ if (dma_pool->cc_shared) {
+ ret = set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)page_to_virt(page),
+ 1 << order);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
+
arch_dma_prep_coherent(page, pool_size);
#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
@@ -117,41 +128,27 @@ static int atomic_pool_expand(struct dma_gen_pool *dma_pool, size_t pool_size,
addr = dma_common_contiguous_remap(page, pool_size, prot,
__builtin_return_address(0));
if (!addr)
- goto free_page;
+ goto encrypt_pages;
#else
addr = page_to_virt(page);
#endif
- /*
- * Memory in the atomic DMA pools must be unencrypted, the pools do not
- * shrink so no re-encryption occurs in dma_direct_free().
- */
- if (dma_pool->cc_shared) {
- ret = set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)page_to_virt(page),
- 1 << order);
- if (ret) {
- leak_pages = true;
- goto remove_mapping;
- }
- }
-
ret = gen_pool_add_virt(dma_pool->pool, (unsigned long)addr,
page_to_phys(page), pool_size, NUMA_NO_NODE);
if (ret)
- goto encrypt_mapping;
+ goto remove_mapping;
dma_atomic_pool_size_add(gfp, pool_size);
return 0;
-encrypt_mapping:
- if (dma_pool->cc_shared &&
- set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)page_to_virt(page), 1 << order))
- leak_pages = true;
-
remove_mapping:
#ifdef CONFIG_DMA_DIRECT_REMAP
dma_common_free_remap(addr, pool_size);
-free_page:
+encrypt_pages:
#endif
+ if (dma_pool->cc_shared &&
+ set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)page_to_virt(page), 1 << order))
+ leak_pages = true;
+
if (!leak_pages &&
!dma_release_from_contiguous(NULL, page, 1 << order))
__free_pages(page, order);
--
2.43.0