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<title>linux-stable.git/arch/arm64/kernel, branch linux-5.15.y</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>arm64: errata: Mitigate TLBI errata on Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 CPU</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:33:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Will Deacon</name>
<email>will@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T05:23:07+00:00</published>
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commit 1940e70a8144bf75e6df26bf6f600862ea7f7ea1 upstream.

Commit fb091ff39479 ("arm64: Subscribe Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 to ARM
Neoverse N2 errata") states that Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 CPU "is a
Microsoft implemented CPU based on r0p0 of the ARM Neoverse N2 CPU, and
therefore suffers from all the same errata.".

So enable the workaround for the latest broadcast TLB invalidation bug
on these parts.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[Mark: backport to v5.15.y]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 1940e70a8144bf75e6df26bf6f600862ea7f7ea1 upstream.

Commit fb091ff39479 ("arm64: Subscribe Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 to ARM
Neoverse N2 errata") states that Microsoft Azure Cobalt 100 CPU "is a
Microsoft implemented CPU based on r0p0 of the ARM Neoverse N2 CPU, and
therefore suffers from all the same errata.".

So enable the workaround for the latest broadcast TLB invalidation bug
on these parts.

Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[Mark: backport to v5.15.y]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: errata: Mitigate TLBI errata on NVIDIA Olympus CPU</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:33:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Shanker Donthineni</name>
<email>sdonthineni@nvidia.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T05:23:06+00:00</published>
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commit ec7216f92e4ebd485b1c6dc6aa3f6064b71a5768 upstream.

NVIDIA Olympus cores are affected by the TLBI completion issue tracked as
CVE-2025-10263. The existing ARM64_ERRATUM_4118414 handling already uses
ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI to issue an additional broadcast TLBI;DSB
sequence and ensure affected memory write effects are globally observed.

Add MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS to the repeat-TLBI match list so the same
mitigation is enabled on affected Olympus systems. Also document the
NVIDIA Olympus erratum in the arm64 silicon errata table and list it in
the Kconfig help text.

Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni &lt;sdonthineni@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[Mark: backport to v5.15.y]
Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni &lt;sdonthineni@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit ec7216f92e4ebd485b1c6dc6aa3f6064b71a5768 upstream.

NVIDIA Olympus cores are affected by the TLBI completion issue tracked as
CVE-2025-10263. The existing ARM64_ERRATUM_4118414 handling already uses
ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI to issue an additional broadcast TLBI;DSB
sequence and ensure affected memory write effects are globally observed.

Add MIDR_NVIDIA_OLYMPUS to the repeat-TLBI match list so the same
mitigation is enabled on affected Olympus systems. Also document the
NVIDIA Olympus erratum in the arm64 silicon errata table and list it in
the Kconfig help text.

Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni &lt;sdonthineni@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[Mark: backport to v5.15.y]
Signed-off-by: Shanker Donthineni &lt;sdonthineni@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: errata: Mitigate TLBI errata on various Arm CPUs</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:33:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-16T05:23:05+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=8364384ae82fbffdf8968abaac3455ed854da18d'/>
<id>8364384ae82fbffdf8968abaac3455ed854da18d</id>
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commit cfd391e74134db664feb499d43af286380b10ba8 upstream.

A number of CPUs developed by Arm suffer from errata whereby a broadcast
TLBI;DSB sequence may complete before the global observation of writes
which are translated by an affected TLB entry.

These errata ONLY affect the completion of memory accesses which have
been translated by an invalidated TLB entry, and these errata DO NOT
affect the actual invalidation of TLB entries. TLB entries are removed
correctly.

This issue has been assigned CVE ID CVE-2025-10263.

To mitigate this issue, Arm recommends that software follows any
affected TLBI;DSB sequence with an additional TLBI;DSB, which will
ensure that all memory write effects affected by the first TLBI have
been globally observed. The additional TLBI can use any operation that
is broadcast to affected CPUs, and the additional DSB can use any option
that is sufficient to complete the additional TLBI.

The ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is sufficient to mitigate
the issue. Enable this workaround for affected CPUs, and update the
silicon errata documentation accordingly.

Note that due to the manner in which Arm develops IP and tracks errata,
some CPUs share a common erratum number.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[Mark: backport to v5.15.y]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit cfd391e74134db664feb499d43af286380b10ba8 upstream.

A number of CPUs developed by Arm suffer from errata whereby a broadcast
TLBI;DSB sequence may complete before the global observation of writes
which are translated by an affected TLB entry.

These errata ONLY affect the completion of memory accesses which have
been translated by an invalidated TLB entry, and these errata DO NOT
affect the actual invalidation of TLB entries. TLB entries are removed
correctly.

This issue has been assigned CVE ID CVE-2025-10263.

To mitigate this issue, Arm recommends that software follows any
affected TLBI;DSB sequence with an additional TLBI;DSB, which will
ensure that all memory write effects affected by the first TLBI have
been globally observed. The additional TLBI can use any operation that
is broadcast to affected CPUs, and the additional DSB can use any option
that is sufficient to complete the additional TLBI.

The ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is sufficient to mitigate
the issue. Enable this workaround for affected CPUs, and update the
silicon errata documentation accordingly.

Note that due to the manner in which Arm develops IP and tracks errata,
some CPUs share a common erratum number.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[Mark: backport to v5.15.y]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: tlb: Optimize ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:33:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-11T13:47:06+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=dbf672e0dec26a9755444fddee54aa7862b4de10'/>
<id>dbf672e0dec26a9755444fddee54aa7862b4de10</id>
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commit a8f78680ee6bf795086384e8aea159a52814f827 upstream.

The ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is used to mitigate several
errata where broadcast TLBI;DSB sequences don't provide all the
architecturally required synchronization. The workaround performs more
work than necessary, and can have significant overhead. This patch
optimizes the workaround, as explained below.

The workaround was originally added for Qualcomm Falkor erratum 1009 in
commit:

  d9ff80f83ecb ("arm64: Work around Falkor erratum 1009")

As noted in the message for that commit, the workaround is applied even
in cases where it is not strictly necessary.

The workaround was later reused without changes for:

* Arm Cortex-A76 erratum #1286807
  SDEN v33: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-885749/33-0/

* Arm Cortex-A55 erratum #2441007
  SDEN v16: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-859338/1600/

* Arm Cortex-A510 erratum #2441009
  SDEN v19: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-1873351/1900/

The important details to note are as follows:

1. All relevant errata only affect the ordering and/or completion of
   memory accesses which have been translated by an invalidated TLB
   entry. The actual invalidation of TLB entries is unaffected.

2. The existing workaround is applied to both broadcast and local TLB
   invalidation, whereas for all relevant errata it is only necessary to
   apply a workaround for broadcast invalidation.

3. The existing workaround replaces every TLBI with a TLBI;DSB;TLBI
   sequence, whereas for all relevant errata it is only necessary to
   execute a single additional TLBI;DSB sequence after any number of
   TLBIs are completed by a DSB.

   For example, for a sequence of batched TLBIs:

       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]
       DSB ISH

   ... the existing workaround will expand this to:

       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]
       DSB ISH                  // additional
       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]     // additional
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]
       DSB ISH                  // additional
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]     // additional
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]
       DSB ISH                  // additional
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]     // additional
       DSB ISH

   ... whereas it is sufficient to have:

       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]
       DSB ISH
       TLBI &lt;opX&gt;[, &lt;argX&gt;]     // additional
       DSB ISH                  // additional

   Using a single additional TBLI and DSB at the end of the sequence can
   have significantly lower overhead as each DSB which completes a TLBI
   must synchronize with other PEs in the system, with potential
   performance effects both locally and system-wide.

4. The existing workaround repeats each specific TLBI operation, whereas
   for all relevant errata it is sufficient for the additional TLBI to
   use *any* operation which will be broadcast, regardless of which
   translation regime or stage of translation the operation applies to.

   For example, for a single TLBI:

       TLBI ALLE2IS
       DSB ISH

   ... the existing workaround will expand this to:

       TLBI ALLE2IS
       DSB ISH
       TLBI ALLE2IS             // additional
       DSB ISH                  // additional

   ... whereas it is sufficient to have:

       TLBI ALLE2IS
       DSB ISH
       TLBI VALE1IS, XZR        // additional
       DSB ISH                  // additional

   As the additional TLBI doesn't have to match a specific earlier TLBI,
   the additional TLBI can be implemented in separate code, with no
   memory of the earlier TLBIs. The additional TLBI can also use a
   cheaper TLBI operation.

5. The existing workaround is applied to both Stage-1 and Stage-2 TLB
   invalidation, whereas for all relevant errata it is only necessary to
   apply a workaround for Stage-1 invalidation.

   Architecturally, TLBI operations which invalidate only Stage-2
   information (e.g. IPAS2E1IS) are not required to invalidate TLB
   entries which combine information from Stage-1 and Stage-2
   translation table entries, and consequently may not complete memory
   accesses translated by those combined entries. In these cases,
   completion of memory accesses is only guaranteed after subsequent
   invalidation of Stage-1 information (e.g. VMALLE1IS).

Taking the above points into account, this patch reworks the workaround
logic to reduce overhead:

* New __tlbi_sync_s1ish() and __tlbi_sync_s1ish_hyp() functions are
  added and used in place of any dsb(ish) which is used to complete
  broadcast Stage-1 TLB maintenance. When the
  ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is enabled, these helpers will
  execute an additional TLBI;DSB sequence.

  For consistency, it might make sense to add __tlbi_sync_*() helpers
  for local and stage 2 maintenance. For now I've left those with
  open-coded dsb() to keep the diff small.

* The duplication of TLBIs in __TLBI_0() and __TLBI_1() is removed. This
  is no longer needed as the necessary synchronization will happen in
  __tlbi_sync_s1ish() or __tlbi_sync_s1ish_hyp().

* The additional TLBI operation is chosen to have minimal impact:

  - __tlbi_sync_s1ish() uses "TLBI VALE1IS, XZR". This is only used at
    EL1 or at EL2 with {E2H,TGE}=={1,1}, where it will target an unused
    entry for the reserved ASID in the kernel's own translation regime,
    and have no adverse affect.

  - __tlbi_sync_s1ish_hyp() uses "TLBI VALE2IS, XZR". This is only used
    in hyp code, where it will target an unused entry in the hyp code's
    TTBR0 mapping, and should have no adverse effect.

* As __TLBI_0() and __TLBI_1() no longer replace each TLBI with a
  TLBI;DSB;TLBI sequence, batching TLBIs is worthwhile, and there's no
  need for arch_tlbbatch_should_defer() to consider
  ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI.

When building defconfig with GCC 15.1.0, compared to v6.19-rc1, this
patch saves ~1KiB of text, makes the vmlinux ~42KiB smaller, and makes
the resulting Image 64KiB smaller:

| [mark@lakrids:~/src/linux]% size vmlinux-*
|    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
| 21179831        19660919         708216 41548966        279fca6 vmlinux-after
| 21181075        19660903         708216 41550194        27a0172 vmlinux-before
| [mark@lakrids:~/src/linux]% ls -l vmlinux-*
| -rwxr-xr-x 1 mark mark 157771472 Feb  4 12:05 vmlinux-after
| -rwxr-xr-x 1 mark mark 157815432 Feb  4 12:05 vmlinux-before
| [mark@lakrids:~/src/linux]% ls -l Image-*
| -rw-r--r-- 1 mark mark 41007616 Feb  4 12:05 Image-after
| -rw-r--r-- 1 mark mark 41073152 Feb  4 12:05 Image-before

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
[Mark: Backport to v5.15.y; use inline ALTERNATIVE() sequence]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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commit a8f78680ee6bf795086384e8aea159a52814f827 upstream.

The ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is used to mitigate several
errata where broadcast TLBI;DSB sequences don't provide all the
architecturally required synchronization. The workaround performs more
work than necessary, and can have significant overhead. This patch
optimizes the workaround, as explained below.

The workaround was originally added for Qualcomm Falkor erratum 1009 in
commit:

  d9ff80f83ecb ("arm64: Work around Falkor erratum 1009")

As noted in the message for that commit, the workaround is applied even
in cases where it is not strictly necessary.

The workaround was later reused without changes for:

* Arm Cortex-A76 erratum #1286807
  SDEN v33: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-885749/33-0/

* Arm Cortex-A55 erratum #2441007
  SDEN v16: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-859338/1600/

* Arm Cortex-A510 erratum #2441009
  SDEN v19: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-1873351/1900/

The important details to note are as follows:

1. All relevant errata only affect the ordering and/or completion of
   memory accesses which have been translated by an invalidated TLB
   entry. The actual invalidation of TLB entries is unaffected.

2. The existing workaround is applied to both broadcast and local TLB
   invalidation, whereas for all relevant errata it is only necessary to
   apply a workaround for broadcast invalidation.

3. The existing workaround replaces every TLBI with a TLBI;DSB;TLBI
   sequence, whereas for all relevant errata it is only necessary to
   execute a single additional TLBI;DSB sequence after any number of
   TLBIs are completed by a DSB.

   For example, for a sequence of batched TLBIs:

       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]
       DSB ISH

   ... the existing workaround will expand this to:

       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]
       DSB ISH                  // additional
       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]     // additional
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]
       DSB ISH                  // additional
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]     // additional
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]
       DSB ISH                  // additional
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]     // additional
       DSB ISH

   ... whereas it is sufficient to have:

       TLBI &lt;op1&gt;[, &lt;arg1&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op2&gt;[, &lt;arg2&gt;]
       TLBI &lt;op3&gt;[, &lt;arg3&gt;]
       DSB ISH
       TLBI &lt;opX&gt;[, &lt;argX&gt;]     // additional
       DSB ISH                  // additional

   Using a single additional TBLI and DSB at the end of the sequence can
   have significantly lower overhead as each DSB which completes a TLBI
   must synchronize with other PEs in the system, with potential
   performance effects both locally and system-wide.

4. The existing workaround repeats each specific TLBI operation, whereas
   for all relevant errata it is sufficient for the additional TLBI to
   use *any* operation which will be broadcast, regardless of which
   translation regime or stage of translation the operation applies to.

   For example, for a single TLBI:

       TLBI ALLE2IS
       DSB ISH

   ... the existing workaround will expand this to:

       TLBI ALLE2IS
       DSB ISH
       TLBI ALLE2IS             // additional
       DSB ISH                  // additional

   ... whereas it is sufficient to have:

       TLBI ALLE2IS
       DSB ISH
       TLBI VALE1IS, XZR        // additional
       DSB ISH                  // additional

   As the additional TLBI doesn't have to match a specific earlier TLBI,
   the additional TLBI can be implemented in separate code, with no
   memory of the earlier TLBIs. The additional TLBI can also use a
   cheaper TLBI operation.

5. The existing workaround is applied to both Stage-1 and Stage-2 TLB
   invalidation, whereas for all relevant errata it is only necessary to
   apply a workaround for Stage-1 invalidation.

   Architecturally, TLBI operations which invalidate only Stage-2
   information (e.g. IPAS2E1IS) are not required to invalidate TLB
   entries which combine information from Stage-1 and Stage-2
   translation table entries, and consequently may not complete memory
   accesses translated by those combined entries. In these cases,
   completion of memory accesses is only guaranteed after subsequent
   invalidation of Stage-1 information (e.g. VMALLE1IS).

Taking the above points into account, this patch reworks the workaround
logic to reduce overhead:

* New __tlbi_sync_s1ish() and __tlbi_sync_s1ish_hyp() functions are
  added and used in place of any dsb(ish) which is used to complete
  broadcast Stage-1 TLB maintenance. When the
  ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is enabled, these helpers will
  execute an additional TLBI;DSB sequence.

  For consistency, it might make sense to add __tlbi_sync_*() helpers
  for local and stage 2 maintenance. For now I've left those with
  open-coded dsb() to keep the diff small.

* The duplication of TLBIs in __TLBI_0() and __TLBI_1() is removed. This
  is no longer needed as the necessary synchronization will happen in
  __tlbi_sync_s1ish() or __tlbi_sync_s1ish_hyp().

* The additional TLBI operation is chosen to have minimal impact:

  - __tlbi_sync_s1ish() uses "TLBI VALE1IS, XZR". This is only used at
    EL1 or at EL2 with {E2H,TGE}=={1,1}, where it will target an unused
    entry for the reserved ASID in the kernel's own translation regime,
    and have no adverse affect.

  - __tlbi_sync_s1ish_hyp() uses "TLBI VALE2IS, XZR". This is only used
    in hyp code, where it will target an unused entry in the hyp code's
    TTBR0 mapping, and should have no adverse effect.

* As __TLBI_0() and __TLBI_1() no longer replace each TLBI with a
  TLBI;DSB;TLBI sequence, batching TLBIs is worthwhile, and there's no
  need for arch_tlbbatch_should_defer() to consider
  ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI.

When building defconfig with GCC 15.1.0, compared to v6.19-rc1, this
patch saves ~1KiB of text, makes the vmlinux ~42KiB smaller, and makes
the resulting Image 64KiB smaller:

| [mark@lakrids:~/src/linux]% size vmlinux-*
|    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
| 21179831        19660919         708216 41548966        279fca6 vmlinux-after
| 21181075        19660903         708216 41550194        27a0172 vmlinux-before
| [mark@lakrids:~/src/linux]% ls -l vmlinux-*
| -rwxr-xr-x 1 mark mark 157771472 Feb  4 12:05 vmlinux-after
| -rwxr-xr-x 1 mark mark 157815432 Feb  4 12:05 vmlinux-before
| [mark@lakrids:~/src/linux]% ls -l Image-*
| -rw-r--r-- 1 mark mark 41007616 Feb  4 12:05 Image-after
| -rw-r--r-- 1 mark mark 41073152 Feb  4 12:05 Image-before

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Oliver Upton &lt;oupton@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
[Mark: Backport to v5.15.y; use inline ALTERNATIVE() sequence]
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Add support for TSV110 Spectre-BHB mitigation</title>
<updated>2026-03-04T12:19:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jinqian Yang</name>
<email>yangjinqian1@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-12-27T09:24:48+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit e3baa5d4b361276efeb87b20d8beced451a7dbd5 ]

The TSV110 processor is vulnerable to the Spectre-BHB (Branch History
Buffer) attack, which can be exploited to leak information through
branch prediction side channels. This commit adds the MIDR of TSV110
to the list for software mitigation.

Signed-off-by: Jinqian Yang &lt;yangjinqian1@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zenghui Yu &lt;zenghui.yu@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit e3baa5d4b361276efeb87b20d8beced451a7dbd5 ]

The TSV110 processor is vulnerable to the Spectre-BHB (Branch History
Buffer) attack, which can be exploited to leak information through
branch prediction side channels. This commit adds the MIDR of TSV110
to the list for software mitigation.

Signed-off-by: Jinqian Yang &lt;yangjinqian1@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zenghui Yu &lt;zenghui.yu@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: Set __nocfi on swsusp_arch_resume()</title>
<updated>2026-02-06T15:41:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Zhaoyang Huang</name>
<email>zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-01-22T11:49:25+00:00</published>
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commit e2f8216ca2d8e61a23cb6ec355616339667e0ba6 upstream.

A DABT is reported[1] on an android based system when resume from hiberate.
This happens because swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() is marked with SYM_CODE_*()
and does not have a CFI hash, but swsusp_arch_resume() will attempt to
verify the CFI hash when calling a copy of swsusp_arch_suspend_exit().

Given that there's an existing requirement that the entrypoint to
swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() is the first byte of the .hibernate_exit.text
section, we cannot fix this by marking swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() with
SYM_FUNC_*(). The simplest fix for now is to disable the CFI check in
swsusp_arch_resume().

Mark swsusp_arch_resume() as __nocfi to disable the CFI check.

[1]
[   22.991934][    T1] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000109170ffc
[   22.991934][    T1] Mem abort info:
[   22.991934][    T1]   ESR = 0x0000000096000007
[   22.991934][    T1]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[   22.991934][    T1]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[   22.991934][    T1]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[   22.991934][    T1]   FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
[   22.991934][    T1] Data abort info:
[   22.991934][    T1]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[   22.991934][    T1]   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[   22.991934][    T1]   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[   22.991934][    T1] [0000000109170ffc] user address but active_mm is swapper
[   22.991934][    T1] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[   22.991934][    T1] Dumping ftrace buffer:
[   22.991934][    T1]    (ftrace buffer empty)
[   22.991934][    T1] Modules linked in:
[   22.991934][    T1] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.6.98-android15-8-g0b1d2aee7fc3-dirty-4k #1 688c7060a825a3ac418fe53881730b355915a419
[   22.991934][    T1] Hardware name: Unisoc UMS9360-base Board (DT)
[   22.991934][    T1] pstate: 804000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[   22.991934][    T1] pc : swsusp_arch_resume+0x2ac/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1] lr : swsusp_arch_resume+0x294/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1] sp : ffffffc08006b960
[   22.991934][    T1] x29: ffffffc08006b9c0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000820
[   22.991934][    T1] x23: ffffffd0817e3000 x22: ffffffd0817e3000 x21: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x20: ffffff8089171000 x19: ffffffd08252c8c8 x18: ffffffc080061058
[   22.991934][    T1] x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 0000000000000004
[   22.991934][    T1] x14: ffffff8178c88000 x13: 0000000000000006 x12: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x11: 0000000000000015 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffffffd082533000
[   22.991934][    T1] x8 : 0000000109171000 x7 : 205b5d3433393139 x6 : 392e32322020205b
[   22.991934][    T1] x5 : 000000010916f000 x4 : 000000008164b000 x3 : ffffff808a4e0530
[   22.991934][    T1] x2 : ffffffd08058e784 x1 : 0000000082326000 x0 : 000000010a283000
[   22.991934][    T1] Call trace:
[   22.991934][    T1]  swsusp_arch_resume+0x2ac/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1]  hibernation_restore+0x158/0x18c
[   22.991934][    T1]  load_image_and_restore+0xb0/0xec
[   22.991934][    T1]  software_resume+0xf4/0x19c
[   22.991934][    T1]  software_resume_initcall+0x34/0x78
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_one_initcall+0xe8/0x370
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_initcall_level+0xc8/0x19c
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_initcalls+0x70/0xc0
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_basic_setup+0x1c/0x28
[   22.991934][    T1]  kernel_init_freeable+0xe0/0x148
[   22.991934][    T1]  kernel_init+0x20/0x1a8
[   22.991934][    T1]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[   22.991934][    T1] Code: a9400a61 f94013e0 f9438923 f9400a64 (b85fc110)

Co-developed-by: Jeson Gao &lt;jeson.gao@unisoc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeson Gao &lt;jeson.gao@unisoc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang &lt;zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: commit log updated by Mark Rutland]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit e2f8216ca2d8e61a23cb6ec355616339667e0ba6 upstream.

A DABT is reported[1] on an android based system when resume from hiberate.
This happens because swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() is marked with SYM_CODE_*()
and does not have a CFI hash, but swsusp_arch_resume() will attempt to
verify the CFI hash when calling a copy of swsusp_arch_suspend_exit().

Given that there's an existing requirement that the entrypoint to
swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() is the first byte of the .hibernate_exit.text
section, we cannot fix this by marking swsusp_arch_suspend_exit() with
SYM_FUNC_*(). The simplest fix for now is to disable the CFI check in
swsusp_arch_resume().

Mark swsusp_arch_resume() as __nocfi to disable the CFI check.

[1]
[   22.991934][    T1] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000109170ffc
[   22.991934][    T1] Mem abort info:
[   22.991934][    T1]   ESR = 0x0000000096000007
[   22.991934][    T1]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[   22.991934][    T1]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[   22.991934][    T1]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[   22.991934][    T1]   FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
[   22.991934][    T1] Data abort info:
[   22.991934][    T1]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[   22.991934][    T1]   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[   22.991934][    T1]   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[   22.991934][    T1] [0000000109170ffc] user address but active_mm is swapper
[   22.991934][    T1] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000007 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[   22.991934][    T1] Dumping ftrace buffer:
[   22.991934][    T1]    (ftrace buffer empty)
[   22.991934][    T1] Modules linked in:
[   22.991934][    T1] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.6.98-android15-8-g0b1d2aee7fc3-dirty-4k #1 688c7060a825a3ac418fe53881730b355915a419
[   22.991934][    T1] Hardware name: Unisoc UMS9360-base Board (DT)
[   22.991934][    T1] pstate: 804000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[   22.991934][    T1] pc : swsusp_arch_resume+0x2ac/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1] lr : swsusp_arch_resume+0x294/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1] sp : ffffffc08006b960
[   22.991934][    T1] x29: ffffffc08006b9c0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000820
[   22.991934][    T1] x23: ffffffd0817e3000 x22: ffffffd0817e3000 x21: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x20: ffffff8089171000 x19: ffffffd08252c8c8 x18: ffffffc080061058
[   22.991934][    T1] x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 0000000000000004
[   22.991934][    T1] x14: ffffff8178c88000 x13: 0000000000000006 x12: 0000000000000000
[   22.991934][    T1] x11: 0000000000000015 x10: 0000000000000001 x9 : ffffffd082533000
[   22.991934][    T1] x8 : 0000000109171000 x7 : 205b5d3433393139 x6 : 392e32322020205b
[   22.991934][    T1] x5 : 000000010916f000 x4 : 000000008164b000 x3 : ffffff808a4e0530
[   22.991934][    T1] x2 : ffffffd08058e784 x1 : 0000000082326000 x0 : 000000010a283000
[   22.991934][    T1] Call trace:
[   22.991934][    T1]  swsusp_arch_resume+0x2ac/0x344
[   22.991934][    T1]  hibernation_restore+0x158/0x18c
[   22.991934][    T1]  load_image_and_restore+0xb0/0xec
[   22.991934][    T1]  software_resume+0xf4/0x19c
[   22.991934][    T1]  software_resume_initcall+0x34/0x78
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_one_initcall+0xe8/0x370
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_initcall_level+0xc8/0x19c
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_initcalls+0x70/0xc0
[   22.991934][    T1]  do_basic_setup+0x1c/0x28
[   22.991934][    T1]  kernel_init_freeable+0xe0/0x148
[   22.991934][    T1]  kernel_init+0x20/0x1a8
[   22.991934][    T1]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[   22.991934][    T1] Code: a9400a61 f94013e0 f9438923 f9400a64 (b85fc110)

Co-developed-by: Jeson Gao &lt;jeson.gao@unisoc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeson Gao &lt;jeson.gao@unisoc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang &lt;zhaoyang.huang@unisoc.com&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
[catalin.marinas@arm.com: commit log updated by Mark Rutland]
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: errata: Apply workarounds for Neoverse-V3AE</title>
<updated>2025-10-29T13:03:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mark Rutland</name>
<email>mark.rutland@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-09-19T14:58:29+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=dc9f91f849860591bf4b02c75e6407780cf2df69'/>
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commit 0c33aa1804d101c11ba1992504f17a42233f0e11 upstream.

Neoverse-V3AE is also affected by erratum #3312417, as described in its
Software Developer Errata Notice (SDEN) document:

  Neoverse V3AE (MP172) SDEN v9.0, erratum 3312417
  https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-2615521/9-0/

Enable the workaround for Neoverse-V3AE, and document this.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[ Ryan: Trivial backport ]
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 0c33aa1804d101c11ba1992504f17a42233f0e11 upstream.

Neoverse-V3AE is also affected by erratum #3312417, as described in its
Software Developer Errata Notice (SDEN) document:

  Neoverse V3AE (MP172) SDEN v9.0, erratum 3312417
  https://developer.arm.com/documentation/SDEN-2615521/9-0/

Enable the workaround for Neoverse-V3AE, and document this.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: James Morse &lt;james.morse@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[ Ryan: Trivial backport ]
Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts &lt;ryan.roberts@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>arm64: mte: Do not flag the zero page as PG_mte_tagged</title>
<updated>2025-10-19T14:21:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Catalin Marinas</name>
<email>catalin.marinas@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-17T12:40:20+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=55a954a54ffc83073ae7ed321b38d27c91301aeb'/>
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[ Upstream commit f620d66af3165838bfa845dcf9f5f9b4089bf508 ]

Commit 68d54ceeec0e ("arm64: mte: Allow PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS access to the
zero page") attempted to fix ptrace() reading of tags from the zero page
by marking it as PG_mte_tagged during cpu_enable_mte(). The same commit
also changed the ptrace() tag access permission check to the VM_MTE vma
flag while turning the page flag test into a WARN_ON_ONCE().

Attempting to set the PG_mte_tagged flag early with
CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT enabled may either hang (after commit
d77e59a8fccd "arm64: mte: Lock a page for MTE tag initialisation") or
have the flags cleared later during page_alloc_init_late(). In addition,
pages_identical() -&gt; memcmp_pages() will reject any comparison with the
zero page as it is marked as tagged.

Partially revert the above commit to avoid setting PG_mte_tagged on the
zero page. Update the __access_remote_tags() warning on untagged pages
to ignore the zero page since it is known to have the tags initialised.

Note that all user mapping of the zero page are marked as pte_special().
The arm64 set_pte_at() will not call mte_sync_tags() on such pages, so
PG_mte_tagged will remain cleared.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Fixes: 68d54ceeec0e ("arm64: mte: Allow PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS access to the zero page")
Reported-by: Gergely Kovacs &lt;Gergely.Kovacs2@arm.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.10.x
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[ replaced page_mte_tagged() and is_zero_page() with test_bit() and is_zero_pfn() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit f620d66af3165838bfa845dcf9f5f9b4089bf508 ]

Commit 68d54ceeec0e ("arm64: mte: Allow PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS access to the
zero page") attempted to fix ptrace() reading of tags from the zero page
by marking it as PG_mte_tagged during cpu_enable_mte(). The same commit
also changed the ptrace() tag access permission check to the VM_MTE vma
flag while turning the page flag test into a WARN_ON_ONCE().

Attempting to set the PG_mte_tagged flag early with
CONFIG_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT enabled may either hang (after commit
d77e59a8fccd "arm64: mte: Lock a page for MTE tag initialisation") or
have the flags cleared later during page_alloc_init_late(). In addition,
pages_identical() -&gt; memcmp_pages() will reject any comparison with the
zero page as it is marked as tagged.

Partially revert the above commit to avoid setting PG_mte_tagged on the
zero page. Update the __access_remote_tags() warning on untagged pages
to ignore the zero page since it is known to have the tags initialised.

Note that all user mapping of the zero page are marked as pte_special().
The arm64 set_pte_at() will not call mte_sync_tags() on such pages, so
PG_mte_tagged will remain cleared.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas &lt;catalin.marinas@arm.com&gt;
Fixes: 68d54ceeec0e ("arm64: mte: Allow PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS access to the zero page")
Reported-by: Gergely Kovacs &lt;Gergely.Kovacs2@arm.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.10.x
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Acked-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
[ replaced page_mte_tagged() and is_zero_page() with test_bit() and is_zero_pfn() ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: arm64: Fix softirq masking in FPSIMD register saving sequence</title>
<updated>2025-10-19T14:21:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Will Deacon</name>
<email>will@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-10-03T18:39:17+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=20fc1431bcdf4ee85a4b339eca02fba801959635'/>
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Stable commit 23249dade24e ("KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad
backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix") fixed a kernel BUG() caused by a bad
backport of upstream commit fbc7e61195e2 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally
save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") by ensuring that softirqs are
disabled/enabled across the fpsimd register save operation.

Unfortunately, although this fixes the original issue, it can now lead
to deadlock when re-enabling softirqs causes pending softirqs to be
handled with locks already held:

 | BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#7, CPU 3/KVM/57616
 |  lock: 0xffff3045ef850240, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: CPU 3/KVM/57616, .owner_cpu: 7
 | CPU: 7 PID: 57616 Comm: CPU 3/KVM Tainted: G           O       6.1.152 #1
 | Hardware name: SoftIron SoftIron Platform Mainboard/SoftIron Platform Mainboard, BIOS 1.31 May 11 2023
 | Call trace:
 |  dump_backtrace+0xe4/0x110
 |  show_stack+0x20/0x30
 |  dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x88
 |  dump_stack+0x18/0x34
 |  spin_dump+0x98/0xac
 |  do_raw_spin_lock+0x70/0x128
 |  _raw_spin_lock+0x18/0x28
 |  raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x18/0x28
 |  update_blocked_averages+0x70/0x550
 |  run_rebalance_domains+0x50/0x70
 |  handle_softirqs+0x198/0x328
 |  __do_softirq+0x1c/0x28
 |  ____do_softirq+0x18/0x28
 |  call_on_irq_stack+0x30/0x48
 |  do_softirq_own_stack+0x24/0x30
 |  do_softirq+0x74/0x90
 |  __local_bh_enable_ip+0x64/0x80
 |  fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state+0x5c/0x68
 |  kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp+0x4c/0x88
 |  kvm_arch_vcpu_put+0x28/0x88
 |  kvm_sched_out+0x38/0x58
 |  __schedule+0x55c/0x6c8
 |  schedule+0x60/0xa8

Take a tiny step towards the upstream fix in 9b19700e623f ("arm64:
fpsimd: Drop unneeded 'busy' flag") by additionally disabling hardirqs
while saving the fpsimd registers.

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Lee Jones &lt;lee@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.15.y
Fixes: 23249dade24e ("KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix")
Reported-by: Kenneth Van Alstyne &lt;kvanals@kvanals.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/010001999bae0958-4d80d25d-8dda-4006-a6b9-798f3e774f6c-000000@email.amazonses.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Stable commit 23249dade24e ("KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad
backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix") fixed a kernel BUG() caused by a bad
backport of upstream commit fbc7e61195e2 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally
save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") by ensuring that softirqs are
disabled/enabled across the fpsimd register save operation.

Unfortunately, although this fixes the original issue, it can now lead
to deadlock when re-enabling softirqs causes pending softirqs to be
handled with locks already held:

 | BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#7, CPU 3/KVM/57616
 |  lock: 0xffff3045ef850240, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: CPU 3/KVM/57616, .owner_cpu: 7
 | CPU: 7 PID: 57616 Comm: CPU 3/KVM Tainted: G           O       6.1.152 #1
 | Hardware name: SoftIron SoftIron Platform Mainboard/SoftIron Platform Mainboard, BIOS 1.31 May 11 2023
 | Call trace:
 |  dump_backtrace+0xe4/0x110
 |  show_stack+0x20/0x30
 |  dump_stack_lvl+0x6c/0x88
 |  dump_stack+0x18/0x34
 |  spin_dump+0x98/0xac
 |  do_raw_spin_lock+0x70/0x128
 |  _raw_spin_lock+0x18/0x28
 |  raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0x18/0x28
 |  update_blocked_averages+0x70/0x550
 |  run_rebalance_domains+0x50/0x70
 |  handle_softirqs+0x198/0x328
 |  __do_softirq+0x1c/0x28
 |  ____do_softirq+0x18/0x28
 |  call_on_irq_stack+0x30/0x48
 |  do_softirq_own_stack+0x24/0x30
 |  do_softirq+0x74/0x90
 |  __local_bh_enable_ip+0x64/0x80
 |  fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state+0x5c/0x68
 |  kvm_arch_vcpu_put_fp+0x4c/0x88
 |  kvm_arch_vcpu_put+0x28/0x88
 |  kvm_sched_out+0x38/0x58
 |  __schedule+0x55c/0x6c8
 |  schedule+0x60/0xa8

Take a tiny step towards the upstream fix in 9b19700e623f ("arm64:
fpsimd: Drop unneeded 'busy' flag") by additionally disabling hardirqs
while saving the fpsimd registers.

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Lee Jones &lt;lee@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.15.y
Fixes: 23249dade24e ("KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix")
Reported-by: Kenneth Van Alstyne &lt;kvanals@kvanals.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/010001999bae0958-4d80d25d-8dda-4006-a6b9-798f3e774f6c-000000@email.amazonses.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>KVM: arm64: Fix kernel BUG() due to bad backport of FPSIMD/SVE/SME fix</title>
<updated>2025-08-28T14:24:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Will Deacon</name>
<email>will@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-08-22T14:04:02+00:00</published>
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Upstream commit fbc7e61195e2 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush
host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") relies on interrupts being disabled during
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() so that a softirq cannot be taken
while the host floating point context is being saved and potentially try
to use kernel-mode NEON.

Unfortunately, stable kernels without 9b19700e623f ("arm64: fpsimd: Drop
unneeded 'busy' flag") leave interrupts enabled in
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() and so the BUG_ON(!may_use_simd()) in
kernel_neon_begin() has been observed to trigger in real-world usage:

 |  kernel BUG at arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c:1904!
 |  Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
 |
 |  Call trace:
 |   kernel_neon_begin+0xdc/0x12c
 |   ...
 |   crypto_aead_decrypt+0x5c/0x6c
 |   seqiv_aead_decrypt+0x88/0x9c
 |   crypto_aead_decrypt+0x5c/0x6c
 |   esp_input+0x280/0x364
 |   xfrm_input+0x6ac/0x16f8
 |   ...
 |   net_rx_action+0x13c/0x31c
 |   handle_softirqs+0x124/0x3d0
 |   __do_softirq+0x14/0x20
 |   ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
 |   call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74
 |   do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x2c
 |   __irq_exit_rcu+0x54/0xb4
 |   irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c
 |   el1_interrupt+0x38/0x58
 |   el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
 |   el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
 |   fpsimd_save+0xe4/0x130
 |   kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp+0x2c/0x58
 |   kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x88/0x26c
 |   kvm_sched_in+0x2c/0x3c

Given that 9b19700e623f ("arm64: fpsimd: Drop unneeded 'busy' flag") is
not a fix in its own right, has non-trivial dependencies and is a
reasonably invasive change to the in-kernel use of fpsimd, opt instead
for a simple fix to use the softirq-safe {get,put}_cpu_fpsimd_context()
helpers in fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state().

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Lee Jones &lt;lee@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Fuad Tabba &lt;tabba@google.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.15.y, 6.1.y and 6.6.y
Fixes: 806d5c1e1d2e ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 6.6.y
Fixes: 04c50cc23a49 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 6.1.y
Fixes: 5289ac43b69c ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 5.15.y
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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Upstream commit fbc7e61195e2 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush
host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") relies on interrupts being disabled during
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() so that a softirq cannot be taken
while the host floating point context is being saved and potentially try
to use kernel-mode NEON.

Unfortunately, stable kernels without 9b19700e623f ("arm64: fpsimd: Drop
unneeded 'busy' flag") leave interrupts enabled in
fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state() and so the BUG_ON(!may_use_simd()) in
kernel_neon_begin() has been observed to trigger in real-world usage:

 |  kernel BUG at arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c:1904!
 |  Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
 |
 |  Call trace:
 |   kernel_neon_begin+0xdc/0x12c
 |   ...
 |   crypto_aead_decrypt+0x5c/0x6c
 |   seqiv_aead_decrypt+0x88/0x9c
 |   crypto_aead_decrypt+0x5c/0x6c
 |   esp_input+0x280/0x364
 |   xfrm_input+0x6ac/0x16f8
 |   ...
 |   net_rx_action+0x13c/0x31c
 |   handle_softirqs+0x124/0x3d0
 |   __do_softirq+0x14/0x20
 |   ____do_softirq+0x10/0x20
 |   call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74
 |   do_softirq_own_stack+0x1c/0x2c
 |   __irq_exit_rcu+0x54/0xb4
 |   irq_exit_rcu+0x10/0x1c
 |   el1_interrupt+0x38/0x58
 |   el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
 |   el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
 |   fpsimd_save+0xe4/0x130
 |   kvm_arch_vcpu_load_fp+0x2c/0x58
 |   kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0x88/0x26c
 |   kvm_sched_in+0x2c/0x3c

Given that 9b19700e623f ("arm64: fpsimd: Drop unneeded 'busy' flag") is
not a fix in its own right, has non-trivial dependencies and is a
reasonably invasive change to the in-kernel use of fpsimd, opt instead
for a simple fix to use the softirq-safe {get,put}_cpu_fpsimd_context()
helpers in fpsimd_save_and_flush_cpu_state().

Cc: Ard Biesheuvel &lt;ardb@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Lee Jones &lt;lee@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Mark Rutland &lt;mark.rutland@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Fuad Tabba &lt;tabba@google.com&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # 5.15.y, 6.1.y and 6.6.y
Fixes: 806d5c1e1d2e ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 6.6.y
Fixes: 04c50cc23a49 ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 6.1.y
Fixes: 5289ac43b69c ("KVM: arm64: Unconditionally save+flush host FPSIMD/SVE/SME state") # 5.15.y
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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