The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x ae431059e75d36170a5ae6b44cc4d06d43613215 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025112009-getaway-overplay-a36a@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
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From ae431059e75d36170a5ae6b44cc4d06d43613215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson seanjc@google.com Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 17:12:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Remove bindings on memslot deletion when gmem is dying
When unbinding a memslot from a guest_memfd instance, remove the bindings even if the guest_memfd file is dying, i.e. even if its file refcount has gone to zero. If the memslot is freed before the file is fully released, nullifying the memslot side of the binding in kvm_gmem_release() will write to freed memory, as detected by syzbot+KASAN:
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in kvm_gmem_release+0x176/0x440 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:353 Write of size 8 at addr ffff88807befa508 by task syz.0.17/6022
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6022 Comm: syz.0.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595 kvm_gmem_release+0x176/0x440 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:353 __fput+0x44c/0xa70 fs/file_table.c:468 task_work_run+0x1d4/0x260 kernel/task_work.c:227 resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline] exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xe9/0x130 kernel/entry/common.c:43 exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:225 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work include/linux/entry-common.h:175 [inline] syscall_exit_to_user_mode include/linux/entry-common.h:210 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x2bd/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:100 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fbeeff8efc9 </TASK>
Allocated by task 6023: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:56 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:77 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:397 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:414 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:262 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x3e2/0x700 mm/slub.c:5758 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1094 [inline] kvm_set_memory_region+0x747/0xb90 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2104 kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region+0x6f/0xd0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2154 kvm_vm_ioctl+0x957/0xc60 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5201 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Freed by task 6023: kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:56 [inline] kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:77 kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:584 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:252 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5c/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:284 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2533 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6622 [inline] kfree+0x19a/0x6d0 mm/slub.c:6829 kvm_set_memory_region+0x9c4/0xb90 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2130 kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region+0x6f/0xd0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:2154 kvm_vm_ioctl+0x957/0xc60 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5201 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xfa/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Deliberately don't acquire filemap invalid lock when the file is dying as the lifecycle of f_mapping is outside the purview of KVM. Dereferencing the mapping is *probably* fine, but there's no need to invalidate anything as memslot deletion is responsible for zapping SPTEs, and the only code that can access the dying file is kvm_gmem_release(), whose core code is mutually exclusive with unbinding.
Note, the mutual exclusivity is also what makes it safe to access the bindings on a dying gmem instance. Unbinding either runs with slots_lock held, or after the last reference to the owning "struct kvm" is put, and kvm_gmem_release() nullifies the slot pointer under slots_lock, and puts its reference to the VM after that is done.
Reported-by: syzbot+2479e53d0db9b32ae2aa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/68fa7a22.a70a0220.3bf6c6.008b.GAE@google.com Tested-by: syzbot+2479e53d0db9b32ae2aa@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Fixes: a7800aa80ea4 ("KVM: Add KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD ioctl() for guest-specific backing memory") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Hillf Danton hdanton@sina.com Reviewed-By: Vishal Annapurve vannapurve@google.com Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104011205.3853541-1-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson seanjc@google.com
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c index fbca8c0972da..ffadc5ee8e04 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c +++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c @@ -623,24 +623,11 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, return r; }
-void kvm_gmem_unbind(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot) +static void __kvm_gmem_unbind(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, struct kvm_gmem *gmem) { unsigned long start = slot->gmem.pgoff; unsigned long end = start + slot->npages; - struct kvm_gmem *gmem; - struct file *file;
- /* - * Nothing to do if the underlying file was already closed (or is being - * closed right now), kvm_gmem_release() invalidates all bindings. - */ - file = kvm_gmem_get_file(slot); - if (!file) - return; - - gmem = file->private_data; - - filemap_invalidate_lock(file->f_mapping); xa_store_range(&gmem->bindings, start, end - 1, NULL, GFP_KERNEL);
/* @@ -648,6 +635,38 @@ void kvm_gmem_unbind(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot) * cannot see this memslot. */ WRITE_ONCE(slot->gmem.file, NULL); +} + +void kvm_gmem_unbind(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot) +{ + struct file *file; + + /* + * Nothing to do if the underlying file was _already_ closed, as + * kvm_gmem_release() invalidates and nullifies all bindings. + */ + if (!slot->gmem.file) + return; + + file = kvm_gmem_get_file(slot); + + /* + * However, if the file is _being_ closed, then the bindings need to be + * removed as kvm_gmem_release() might not run until after the memslot + * is freed. Note, modifying the bindings is safe even though the file + * is dying as kvm_gmem_release() nullifies slot->gmem.file under + * slots_lock, and only puts its reference to KVM after destroying all + * bindings. I.e. reaching this point means kvm_gmem_release() hasn't + * yet destroyed the bindings or freed the gmem_file, and can't do so + * until the caller drops slots_lock. + */ + if (!file) { + __kvm_gmem_unbind(slot, slot->gmem.file->private_data); + return; + } + + filemap_invalidate_lock(file->f_mapping); + __kvm_gmem_unbind(slot, file->private_data); filemap_invalidate_unlock(file->f_mapping);
fput(file);