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<entry>
<title>KVM: SVM: Fix page overflow in sev_dbg_crypt() for ENCRYPT path</title>
<updated>2026-07-04T11:42:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ashutosh Desai</name>
<email>ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-01T20:35:32+00:00</published>
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commit 78ee2d50185a037b3d2452a97f3dad69c3f7f389 upstream.

In sev_dbg_crypt(), the per-iteration transfer length is bounded by
the source page offset (PAGE_SIZE - s_off) but not by the destination
page offset (PAGE_SIZE - d_off).  When d_off &gt; s_off, the encrypt
path (__sev_dbg_encrypt_user) performs a read-modify-write using a
single-page intermediate buffer (dst_tpage):

  1. __sev_dbg_decrypt() expands the size to round_up(len + (d_off &amp; 15), 16)
     before issuing the PSP command.  If len + (d_off &amp; 15) &gt; PAGE_SIZE,
     the PSP writes beyond the end of the 4096-byte dst_tpage allocation.

  2. The subsequent memcpy()/copy_from_user() into
     page_address(dst_tpage) + (d_off &amp; 15) of 'len' bytes overflows
     by up to 15 bytes under the same condition.

Trigger example: s_off = 0, d_off = 1, debug.len = PAGE_SIZE -
the PSP is instructed to write round_up(4097, 16) = 4112 bytes to
a 4096-byte buffer.

Fix by also bounding len by (PAGE_SIZE - d_off), the same check that
sev_send_update_data() already performs for its single-page guest
region.

 ==================================================================
 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sev_dbg_crypt+0x993/0xd10 [kvm_amd]
 Write of size 4095 at addr ff110062293bb009 by task sev_dbg_test/228214

 CPU: 96 UID: 0 PID: 228214 Comm: sev_dbg_test Tainted: G     U  W           7.0.0-smp--5ce9b0c48211-dbg #156 PREEMPTLAZY
 Tainted: [U]=USER, [W]=WARN
 Hardware name: Google Astoria/astoria, BIOS 0.20250817.1-0 08/25/2025
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  dump_stack_lvl+0x54/0x70
  print_report+0xbc/0x260
  kasan_report+0xa2/0xd0
  kasan_check_range+0x25f/0x2c0
  __asan_memcpy+0x40/0x70
  sev_dbg_crypt+0x993/0xd10 [kvm_amd]
  sev_mem_enc_ioctl+0x33c/0x450 [kvm_amd]
  kvm_vm_ioctl+0x65d/0x6d0 [kvm]
  __se_sys_ioctl+0xb2/0x100
  do_syscall_64+0xe8/0x870
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  &lt;/TASK&gt;

 The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
 page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x7fe72b6a0 pfn:0x62293bb
 memcg:ff11000112827d82
 flags: 0x1400000000000000(node=1|zone=1)
 raw: 1400000000000000 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
 raw: 00000007fe72b6a0 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff ff11000112827d82
 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

 Memory state around the buggy address:
  ff110062293bbf00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  ff110062293bbf80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 &gt;ff110062293bc000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                    ^
  ff110062293bc080: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
  ff110062293bc100: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ==================================================================
 Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

Fixes: 24f41fb23a39 ("KVM: SVM: Add support for SEV DEBUG_DECRYPT command")
Fixes: 7d1594f5d94b ("KVM: SVM: Add support for SEV DEBUG_ENCRYPT command")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai &lt;ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com&gt;
[sean: add sample KASAN splat, Fixes, and stable@]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260501203537.2120074-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 78ee2d50185a037b3d2452a97f3dad69c3f7f389 upstream.

In sev_dbg_crypt(), the per-iteration transfer length is bounded by
the source page offset (PAGE_SIZE - s_off) but not by the destination
page offset (PAGE_SIZE - d_off).  When d_off &gt; s_off, the encrypt
path (__sev_dbg_encrypt_user) performs a read-modify-write using a
single-page intermediate buffer (dst_tpage):

  1. __sev_dbg_decrypt() expands the size to round_up(len + (d_off &amp; 15), 16)
     before issuing the PSP command.  If len + (d_off &amp; 15) &gt; PAGE_SIZE,
     the PSP writes beyond the end of the 4096-byte dst_tpage allocation.

  2. The subsequent memcpy()/copy_from_user() into
     page_address(dst_tpage) + (d_off &amp; 15) of 'len' bytes overflows
     by up to 15 bytes under the same condition.

Trigger example: s_off = 0, d_off = 1, debug.len = PAGE_SIZE -
the PSP is instructed to write round_up(4097, 16) = 4112 bytes to
a 4096-byte buffer.

Fix by also bounding len by (PAGE_SIZE - d_off), the same check that
sev_send_update_data() already performs for its single-page guest
region.

 ==================================================================
 BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in sev_dbg_crypt+0x993/0xd10 [kvm_amd]
 Write of size 4095 at addr ff110062293bb009 by task sev_dbg_test/228214

 CPU: 96 UID: 0 PID: 228214 Comm: sev_dbg_test Tainted: G     U  W           7.0.0-smp--5ce9b0c48211-dbg #156 PREEMPTLAZY
 Tainted: [U]=USER, [W]=WARN
 Hardware name: Google Astoria/astoria, BIOS 0.20250817.1-0 08/25/2025
 Call Trace:
  &lt;TASK&gt;
  dump_stack_lvl+0x54/0x70
  print_report+0xbc/0x260
  kasan_report+0xa2/0xd0
  kasan_check_range+0x25f/0x2c0
  __asan_memcpy+0x40/0x70
  sev_dbg_crypt+0x993/0xd10 [kvm_amd]
  sev_mem_enc_ioctl+0x33c/0x450 [kvm_amd]
  kvm_vm_ioctl+0x65d/0x6d0 [kvm]
  __se_sys_ioctl+0xb2/0x100
  do_syscall_64+0xe8/0x870
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  &lt;/TASK&gt;

 The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
 page: refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x7fe72b6a0 pfn:0x62293bb
 memcg:ff11000112827d82
 flags: 0x1400000000000000(node=1|zone=1)
 raw: 1400000000000000 0000000000000000 dead000000000122 0000000000000000
 raw: 00000007fe72b6a0 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff ff11000112827d82
 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

 Memory state around the buggy address:
  ff110062293bbf00: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  ff110062293bbf80: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 &gt;ff110062293bc000: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
                    ^
  ff110062293bc080: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
  ff110062293bc100: fa fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc
 ==================================================================
 Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

Fixes: 24f41fb23a39 ("KVM: SVM: Add support for SEV DEBUG_DECRYPT command")
Fixes: 7d1594f5d94b ("KVM: SVM: Add support for SEV DEBUG_ENCRYPT command")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ashutosh Desai &lt;ashutoshdesai993@gmail.com&gt;
[sean: add sample KASAN splat, Fixes, and stable@]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260501203537.2120074-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: x86: hyper-v: Bound the bank index when querying sparse banks</title>
<updated>2026-07-04T11:42:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hyunwoo Kim</name>
<email>imv4bel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-06T14:44:52+00:00</published>
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commit 4721f8160f17554b003e8928bb61e6c9b2fe92a3 upstream.

When checking if a VP ID is included in a sparse bank set, explicitly check
that the ID can actually be contained in a sparse bank (the TLFS allows for
a maximum of 64 banks of 64 vCPUs each).  When handling a paravirtual TLB
flush for L2, the VP ID is copied verbatim from the enlightened VMCS,
without any bounds check, i.e. isn't guaranteed to be under the limit of
4096.

Failure to check the bounds of the VP ID leads to an out-of-bounds read
when testing the sparse bank, and super strictly speaking could lead to KVM
performing an unnecessary TLB flush for an L2 vCPU.

  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set+0x85/0x100 [kvm]
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811ba5f598 by task hyperv_evmcs/2802

  CPU: 12 UID: 1000 PID: 2802 Comm: hyperv_evmcs Not tainted 7.1.0-rc2 #7 PREEMPT
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60
   print_report+0xcb/0x5d0
   kasan_report+0xb4/0xe0
   kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1b0
   hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set+0x85/0x100 [kvm]
   kvm_hv_flush_tlb+0xe9e/0x16c0 [kvm]
   kvm_hv_hypercall+0xe6b/0x1e60 [kvm]
   vmx_handle_exit+0x485/0x1b60 [kvm_intel]
   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x22e3/0x5070 [kvm]
   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x5d0/0x10c0 [kvm]
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x129/0x1a0
   do_syscall_64+0xb9/0xcf0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  RIP: 0033:0x7f0e62d1a9bf
   &lt;/TASK&gt;

  The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
  page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffffffffffffffff pfn:0x11ba5f
  flags: 0x4000000000000000(zone=1)
  raw: 4000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
  raw: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
  page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

  Memory state around the buggy address:
   ffff88811ba5f480: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
   ffff88811ba5f500: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
  &gt;ffff88811ba5f580: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                              ^
   ffff88811ba5f600: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
   ffff88811ba5f680: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
  ==================================================================
  Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

Opportunistically add a compile time assertion to ensure the maximum number
of sparse banks exactly matches the number of possible bits in the passed
in mask.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c58a318f6090 ("KVM: x86: hyper-v: L2 TLB flush")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim &lt;imv4bel@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aiQyZIJtO-2Aj_xN@v4bel
[sean: add KASAN splat, drop comment, add assert, massage changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 4721f8160f17554b003e8928bb61e6c9b2fe92a3 upstream.

When checking if a VP ID is included in a sparse bank set, explicitly check
that the ID can actually be contained in a sparse bank (the TLFS allows for
a maximum of 64 banks of 64 vCPUs each).  When handling a paravirtual TLB
flush for L2, the VP ID is copied verbatim from the enlightened VMCS,
without any bounds check, i.e. isn't guaranteed to be under the limit of
4096.

Failure to check the bounds of the VP ID leads to an out-of-bounds read
when testing the sparse bank, and super strictly speaking could lead to KVM
performing an unnecessary TLB flush for an L2 vCPU.

  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set+0x85/0x100 [kvm]
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811ba5f598 by task hyperv_evmcs/2802

  CPU: 12 UID: 1000 PID: 2802 Comm: hyperv_evmcs Not tainted 7.1.0-rc2 #7 PREEMPT
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60
   print_report+0xcb/0x5d0
   kasan_report+0xb4/0xe0
   kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1b0
   hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set+0x85/0x100 [kvm]
   kvm_hv_flush_tlb+0xe9e/0x16c0 [kvm]
   kvm_hv_hypercall+0xe6b/0x1e60 [kvm]
   vmx_handle_exit+0x485/0x1b60 [kvm_intel]
   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x22e3/0x5070 [kvm]
   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x5d0/0x10c0 [kvm]
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x129/0x1a0
   do_syscall_64+0xb9/0xcf0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  RIP: 0033:0x7f0e62d1a9bf
   &lt;/TASK&gt;

  The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
  page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffffffffffffffff pfn:0x11ba5f
  flags: 0x4000000000000000(zone=1)
  raw: 4000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
  raw: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000
  page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

  Memory state around the buggy address:
   ffff88811ba5f480: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
   ffff88811ba5f500: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
  &gt;ffff88811ba5f580: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
                              ^
   ffff88811ba5f600: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
   ffff88811ba5f680: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff
  ==================================================================
  Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

Opportunistically add a compile time assertion to ensure the maximum number
of sparse banks exactly matches the number of possible bits in the passed
in mask.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: c58a318f6090 ("KVM: x86: hyper-v: L2 TLB flush")
Signed-off-by: Hyunwoo Kim &lt;imv4bel@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov &lt;vkuznets@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aiQyZIJtO-2Aj_xN@v4bel
[sean: add KASAN splat, drop comment, add assert, massage changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure hugepage is in by slot before checking max mapping level</title>
<updated>2026-07-04T11:42:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Christopherson</name>
<email>seanjc@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-26T11:24:25+00:00</published>
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commit ef057cbf825e03b63f6edf5980f96abf3c53089d upstream.

When recovering hugepages in the shadow MMU, verify that the base gfn of
the shadow page is actually contained within the target memslot, *before*
querying the max mapping level given the shadow page's gfn.  Failure to
pre-check the validity of the gfn can lead to an out-of-bounds access to
the slot's lpage_info (which typically manifests as a host #PF because the
lpage_info is vmalloc'd) if the guest creates a hugepage mapping (in its
PTEs) that extends "below" the bounds of a memslot.

When faulting in memory for a guest, and the size of the guest mapping is
greater than KVM's (current) max mapping, then KVM will create a "direct"
shadow page (direct in that there are no gPTEs to shadow, and so the target
gfn is a direct calculation given the base gfn of the shadow page).  The
hugepage recovery flow looks for such direct shadow pages, as forcing 4KiB
mappings when dirty logging generates the guest &gt; host mapping size case.
When the 4KiB restriction is lifted, then KVM can replace the shadow page
with a hugepage.

But if KVM originally used a smaller mapping than the guest because the
range of memory covered by the guest hugepage exceeds the bounds of a
memslot, then KVM will link a direct shadow page with a gfn that is outside
the bounds of the memslot being used to fault in memory.  The rmap entry
added for the leaf mapping is correct and within bounds, but the gfn of the
leaf SPTE's parent shadow page will be out of bounds.

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90000806ffc
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 1002a7067 PMD 10612f067 PTE 0
  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
  CPU: 13 UID: 1000 PID: 757 Comm: mmu_stress_test Not tainted 7.1.0-rc1-48ce1e26eace-x86_pir_to_irr_comments-vm #341 PREEMPT
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
  RIP: 0010:kvm_mmu_max_mapping_level+0x79/0x2b0 [kvm]
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   kvm_mmu_recover_huge_pages+0x21b/0x320 [kvm]
   kvm_set_memslot+0x1ee/0x590 [kvm]
   kvm_set_memory_region.part.0+0x3a1/0x4d0 [kvm]
   kvm_vm_ioctl+0x9bf/0x15d0 [kvm]
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8a/0xd0
   do_syscall_64+0xb7/0xbb0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  RIP: 0033:0x7f21c0f1a9bf
   &lt;/TASK&gt;

Don't bother pre-checking the bounds of the potential hugepage, i.e. don't
check that e.g. sp-&gt;gfn + KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(sp-&gt;role.level + 1) is also
within the memslot, as the checks performed by kvm_mmu_max_mapping_level()
are a superset of the basic bounds checks.  I.e. pre-checking the full
range would be a dubious micro-optimization.

Fixes: 9eba50f8d7fc ("KVM: x86/mmu: Consult max mapping level when zapping collapsible SPTEs")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Matlack &lt;dmatlack@google.com&gt;
Cc: James Houghton &lt;jthoughton@google.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Bulekov &lt;bkov@amazon.com&gt;
Cc: Fred Griffoul &lt;fgriffo@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Cc: Alexander Graf &lt;graf@amazon.de&gt;
Cc: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Cc: Filippo Sironi &lt;sironi@amazon.de&gt;
Cc: Ivan Orlov &lt;iorlov@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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commit ef057cbf825e03b63f6edf5980f96abf3c53089d upstream.

When recovering hugepages in the shadow MMU, verify that the base gfn of
the shadow page is actually contained within the target memslot, *before*
querying the max mapping level given the shadow page's gfn.  Failure to
pre-check the validity of the gfn can lead to an out-of-bounds access to
the slot's lpage_info (which typically manifests as a host #PF because the
lpage_info is vmalloc'd) if the guest creates a hugepage mapping (in its
PTEs) that extends "below" the bounds of a memslot.

When faulting in memory for a guest, and the size of the guest mapping is
greater than KVM's (current) max mapping, then KVM will create a "direct"
shadow page (direct in that there are no gPTEs to shadow, and so the target
gfn is a direct calculation given the base gfn of the shadow page).  The
hugepage recovery flow looks for such direct shadow pages, as forcing 4KiB
mappings when dirty logging generates the guest &gt; host mapping size case.
When the 4KiB restriction is lifted, then KVM can replace the shadow page
with a hugepage.

But if KVM originally used a smaller mapping than the guest because the
range of memory covered by the guest hugepage exceeds the bounds of a
memslot, then KVM will link a direct shadow page with a gfn that is outside
the bounds of the memslot being used to fault in memory.  The rmap entry
added for the leaf mapping is correct and within bounds, but the gfn of the
leaf SPTE's parent shadow page will be out of bounds.

  BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90000806ffc
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 1002a7067 PMD 10612f067 PTE 0
  Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
  CPU: 13 UID: 1000 PID: 757 Comm: mmu_stress_test Not tainted 7.1.0-rc1-48ce1e26eace-x86_pir_to_irr_comments-vm #341 PREEMPT
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
  RIP: 0010:kvm_mmu_max_mapping_level+0x79/0x2b0 [kvm]
  Call Trace:
   &lt;TASK&gt;
   kvm_mmu_recover_huge_pages+0x21b/0x320 [kvm]
   kvm_set_memslot+0x1ee/0x590 [kvm]
   kvm_set_memory_region.part.0+0x3a1/0x4d0 [kvm]
   kvm_vm_ioctl+0x9bf/0x15d0 [kvm]
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8a/0xd0
   do_syscall_64+0xb7/0xbb0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
  RIP: 0033:0x7f21c0f1a9bf
   &lt;/TASK&gt;

Don't bother pre-checking the bounds of the potential hugepage, i.e. don't
check that e.g. sp-&gt;gfn + KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(sp-&gt;role.level + 1) is also
within the memslot, as the checks performed by kvm_mmu_max_mapping_level()
are a superset of the basic bounds checks.  I.e. pre-checking the full
range would be a dubious micro-optimization.

Fixes: 9eba50f8d7fc ("KVM: x86/mmu: Consult max mapping level when zapping collapsible SPTEs")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: David Matlack &lt;dmatlack@google.com&gt;
Cc: James Houghton &lt;jthoughton@google.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Bulekov &lt;bkov@amazon.com&gt;
Cc: Fred Griffoul &lt;fgriffo@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Cc: Alexander Graf &lt;graf@amazon.de&gt;
Cc: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Cc: Filippo Sironi &lt;sironi@amazon.de&gt;
Cc: Ivan Orlov &lt;iorlov@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role</title>
<updated>2026-07-04T11:42:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Bonzini</name>
<email>pbonzini@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-26T11:24:24+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=9291654d69e08542de37755cebe4d5b02c3170d1'/>
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commit 81ccda30b4e83d8f5cc4fd50503c44e3a33abfeb upstream.

Commit 0cb2af2ea66ad ("KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due
to unexpected GFN") fixed a shadow paging mismatch between stored and
computed GFNs; the bug could be triggered by changing a PDE mapping from
outside the guest, and then deleting a memslot.  The rmap_remove()
call would miss entries created after the PDE change because the GFN
of the leaf SPTE does not match the GFN of the struct kvm_mmu_page.

A similar hole however remains if the modified PDE points to a non-leaf
page.  In this case the gfn can be made to match, but the role does not
match: the original large 2MB page creates a kvm_mmu_page with direct=1,
while the new 4KB needs a kvm_mmu_page with direct=0.  However,
kvm_mmu_get_child_sp() does not compare the role, and therefore reuses
the page.

The next step is installing a leaf (4KB) SPTE on the new path which
records an rmap entry under the gfn resolved by the walk.  But when
that child is zapped its parent kvm_mmu_page has direct=1 and
kvm_mmu_page_get_gfn() computes the gfn for the 4KB page as
sp-&gt;gfn + index instead of using sp-&gt;shadowed_translation[] (or sp-&gt;gfns[]
in older kernels).  It therefore fails to remove the recorded entry.

When the memslot is dropped the shadow page is freed but the rmap
entry survives, as in the scenario that was already fixed.  Code that
later walks that gfn (dirty logging, MMU notifier invalidation, and
so on) dereferences an sptep that lies in the freed page, causing the
use-after-free.

Fixes: 2032a93d66fa ("KVM: MMU: Don't allocate gfns page for direct mmu pages")
Reported-by: Hyunwoo Kim &lt;imv4bel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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commit 81ccda30b4e83d8f5cc4fd50503c44e3a33abfeb upstream.

Commit 0cb2af2ea66ad ("KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due
to unexpected GFN") fixed a shadow paging mismatch between stored and
computed GFNs; the bug could be triggered by changing a PDE mapping from
outside the guest, and then deleting a memslot.  The rmap_remove()
call would miss entries created after the PDE change because the GFN
of the leaf SPTE does not match the GFN of the struct kvm_mmu_page.

A similar hole however remains if the modified PDE points to a non-leaf
page.  In this case the gfn can be made to match, but the role does not
match: the original large 2MB page creates a kvm_mmu_page with direct=1,
while the new 4KB needs a kvm_mmu_page with direct=0.  However,
kvm_mmu_get_child_sp() does not compare the role, and therefore reuses
the page.

The next step is installing a leaf (4KB) SPTE on the new path which
records an rmap entry under the gfn resolved by the walk.  But when
that child is zapped its parent kvm_mmu_page has direct=1 and
kvm_mmu_page_get_gfn() computes the gfn for the 4KB page as
sp-&gt;gfn + index instead of using sp-&gt;shadowed_translation[] (or sp-&gt;gfns[]
in older kernels).  It therefore fails to remove the recorded entry.

When the memslot is dropped the shadow page is freed but the rmap
entry survives, as in the scenario that was already fixed.  Code that
later walks that gfn (dirty logging, MMU notifier invalidation, and
so on) dereferences an sptep that lies in the freed page, causing the
use-after-free.

Fixes: 2032a93d66fa ("KVM: MMU: Don't allocate gfns page for direct mmu pages")
Reported-by: Hyunwoo Kim &lt;imv4bel@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: VMX: Update SVI during runtime APICv activation</title>
<updated>2026-07-04T11:42:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dongli Zhang</name>
<email>dongli.zhang@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-22T10:03:43+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=218c24bfc3334a55024293dcbbcfd7af8eb44c36'/>
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[ Upstream commit b2849bec936be642b5420801f902337f2507648e ]

The APICv (apic-&gt;apicv_active) can be activated or deactivated at runtime,
for instance, because of APICv inhibit reasons. Intel VMX employs different
mechanisms to virtualize LAPIC based on whether APICv is active.

When APICv is activated at runtime, GUEST_INTR_STATUS is used to configure
and report the current pending IRR and ISR states. Unless a specific vector
is explicitly included in EOI_EXIT_BITMAP, its EOI will not be trapped to
KVM. Intel VMX automatically clears the corresponding ISR bit based on the
GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI field.

When APICv is deactivated at runtime, the VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD is used
to specify the next interrupt vector to invoke upon VM-entry. The
VMX IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD is used to report un-invoked vectors on
VM-exit. EOIs are always trapped to KVM, so the software can manually clear
pending ISR bits.

There are scenarios where, with APICv activated at runtime, a guest-issued
EOI may not be able to clear the pending ISR bit.

Taking vector 236 as an example, here is one scenario.

1. Suppose APICv is inactive. Vector 236 is pending in the IRR.
2. To handle KVM_REQ_EVENT, KVM moves vector 236 from the IRR to the ISR,
and configures the VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD via vmx_inject_irq().
3. After VM-entry, vector 236 is invoked through the guest IDT. At this
point, the data in VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD is no longer valid. The guest
interrupt handler for vector 236 is invoked.
4. Suppose a VM exit occurs very early in the guest interrupt handler,
before the EOI is issued.
5. Nothing is reported through the IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD because
vector 236 has already been invoked in the guest.
6. Now, suppose APICv is activated. Before the next VM-entry, KVM calls
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() to activate APICv.
7. Unfortunately, GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI is not configured, although
vector 236 is still pending in the ISR.
8. After VM-entry, the guest finally issues the EOI for vector 236.
However, because SVI is not configured, vector 236 is not cleared.
9. ISR is stalled forever on vector 236.

Here is another scenario.

1. Suppose APICv is inactive. Vector 236 is pending in the IRR.
2. To handle KVM_REQ_EVENT, KVM moves vector 236 from the IRR to the ISR,
and configures the VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD via vmx_inject_irq().
3. VM-exit occurs immediately after the next VM-entry. The vector 236 is
not invoked through the guest IDT. Instead, it is saved to the
IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD during the VM-exit.
4. KVM calls kvm_queue_interrupt() to re-queue the un-invoked vector 236
into vcpu-&gt;arch.interrupt. A KVM_REQ_EVENT is requested.
5. Now, suppose APICv is activated. Before the next VM-entry, KVM calls
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() to activate APICv.
6. Although APICv is now active, KVM still uses the legacy
VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD to re-inject vector 236. GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI is
not configured.
7. After the next VM-entry, vector 236 is invoked through the guest IDT.
Finally, an EOI occurs. However, due to the lack of GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI
configuration, vector 236 is not cleared from the ISR.
8. ISR is stalled forever on vector 236.

Using QEMU as an example, vector 236 is stuck in ISR forever.

(qemu) info lapic 1
dumping local APIC state for CPU 1

LVT0	 0x00010700 active-hi edge  masked                      ExtINT (vec 0)
LVT1	 0x00010400 active-hi edge  masked                      NMI
LVTPC	 0x00000400 active-hi edge                              NMI
LVTERR	 0x000000fe active-hi edge                              Fixed  (vec 254)
LVTTHMR	 0x00010000 active-hi edge  masked                      Fixed  (vec 0)
LVTT	 0x000400ec active-hi edge                 tsc-deadline Fixed  (vec 236)
Timer	 DCR=0x0 (divide by 2) initial_count = 0 current_count = 0
SPIV	 0x000001ff APIC enabled, focus=off, spurious vec 255
ICR	 0x000000fd physical edge de-assert no-shorthand
ICR2	 0x00000000 cpu 0 (X2APIC ID)
ESR	 0x00000000
ISR	 236
IRR	 37(level) 236

The issue isn't applicable to AMD SVM as KVM simply writes vmcb01 directly
irrespective of whether L1 (vmcs01) or L2 (vmcb02) is active (unlike VMX,
there is no need/cost to switch between VMCBs).  In addition,
APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_IRQWIN ensures AMD SVM AVIC is not activated until
the last interrupt is EOI'd.

Fix the bug by configuring Intel VMX GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI if APICv is
activated at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang &lt;dongli.zhang@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao &lt;chao.gao@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251110063212.34902-1-dongli.zhang@oracle.com
[sean: call out that SVM writes vmcb01 directly, tweak comment]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205231913.441872-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
[gulshan: resolved a minor conflict in vmx.c arising from a comment]
Signed-off-by: Gulshan Gabel &lt;gulshan.gabel@nutanix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b2849bec936be642b5420801f902337f2507648e ]

The APICv (apic-&gt;apicv_active) can be activated or deactivated at runtime,
for instance, because of APICv inhibit reasons. Intel VMX employs different
mechanisms to virtualize LAPIC based on whether APICv is active.

When APICv is activated at runtime, GUEST_INTR_STATUS is used to configure
and report the current pending IRR and ISR states. Unless a specific vector
is explicitly included in EOI_EXIT_BITMAP, its EOI will not be trapped to
KVM. Intel VMX automatically clears the corresponding ISR bit based on the
GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI field.

When APICv is deactivated at runtime, the VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD is used
to specify the next interrupt vector to invoke upon VM-entry. The
VMX IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD is used to report un-invoked vectors on
VM-exit. EOIs are always trapped to KVM, so the software can manually clear
pending ISR bits.

There are scenarios where, with APICv activated at runtime, a guest-issued
EOI may not be able to clear the pending ISR bit.

Taking vector 236 as an example, here is one scenario.

1. Suppose APICv is inactive. Vector 236 is pending in the IRR.
2. To handle KVM_REQ_EVENT, KVM moves vector 236 from the IRR to the ISR,
and configures the VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD via vmx_inject_irq().
3. After VM-entry, vector 236 is invoked through the guest IDT. At this
point, the data in VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD is no longer valid. The guest
interrupt handler for vector 236 is invoked.
4. Suppose a VM exit occurs very early in the guest interrupt handler,
before the EOI is issued.
5. Nothing is reported through the IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD because
vector 236 has already been invoked in the guest.
6. Now, suppose APICv is activated. Before the next VM-entry, KVM calls
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() to activate APICv.
7. Unfortunately, GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI is not configured, although
vector 236 is still pending in the ISR.
8. After VM-entry, the guest finally issues the EOI for vector 236.
However, because SVI is not configured, vector 236 is not cleared.
9. ISR is stalled forever on vector 236.

Here is another scenario.

1. Suppose APICv is inactive. Vector 236 is pending in the IRR.
2. To handle KVM_REQ_EVENT, KVM moves vector 236 from the IRR to the ISR,
and configures the VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD via vmx_inject_irq().
3. VM-exit occurs immediately after the next VM-entry. The vector 236 is
not invoked through the guest IDT. Instead, it is saved to the
IDT_VECTORING_INFO_FIELD during the VM-exit.
4. KVM calls kvm_queue_interrupt() to re-queue the un-invoked vector 236
into vcpu-&gt;arch.interrupt. A KVM_REQ_EVENT is requested.
5. Now, suppose APICv is activated. Before the next VM-entry, KVM calls
kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() to activate APICv.
6. Although APICv is now active, KVM still uses the legacy
VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD to re-inject vector 236. GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI is
not configured.
7. After the next VM-entry, vector 236 is invoked through the guest IDT.
Finally, an EOI occurs. However, due to the lack of GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI
configuration, vector 236 is not cleared from the ISR.
8. ISR is stalled forever on vector 236.

Using QEMU as an example, vector 236 is stuck in ISR forever.

(qemu) info lapic 1
dumping local APIC state for CPU 1

LVT0	 0x00010700 active-hi edge  masked                      ExtINT (vec 0)
LVT1	 0x00010400 active-hi edge  masked                      NMI
LVTPC	 0x00000400 active-hi edge                              NMI
LVTERR	 0x000000fe active-hi edge                              Fixed  (vec 254)
LVTTHMR	 0x00010000 active-hi edge  masked                      Fixed  (vec 0)
LVTT	 0x000400ec active-hi edge                 tsc-deadline Fixed  (vec 236)
Timer	 DCR=0x0 (divide by 2) initial_count = 0 current_count = 0
SPIV	 0x000001ff APIC enabled, focus=off, spurious vec 255
ICR	 0x000000fd physical edge de-assert no-shorthand
ICR2	 0x00000000 cpu 0 (X2APIC ID)
ESR	 0x00000000
ISR	 236
IRR	 37(level) 236

The issue isn't applicable to AMD SVM as KVM simply writes vmcb01 directly
irrespective of whether L1 (vmcs01) or L2 (vmcb02) is active (unlike VMX,
there is no need/cost to switch between VMCBs).  In addition,
APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_IRQWIN ensures AMD SVM AVIC is not activated until
the last interrupt is EOI'd.

Fix the bug by configuring Intel VMX GUEST_INTR_STATUS.SVI if APICv is
activated at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang &lt;dongli.zhang@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Chao Gao &lt;chao.gao@intel.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251110063212.34902-1-dongli.zhang@oracle.com
[sean: call out that SVM writes vmcb01 directly, tweak comment]
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251205231913.441872-2-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
[gulshan: resolved a minor conflict in vmx.c arising from a comment]
Signed-off-by: Gulshan Gabel &lt;gulshan.gabel@nutanix.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/CPU/AMD: Rename init_amd_zn() to init_amd_zen_common()</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:39:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-01T11:34:29+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=05bd072e97fe945d45449b645486613d21112f1b'/>
<id>05bd072e97fe945d45449b645486613d21112f1b</id>
<content type='text'>
commit 7c81ad8e8bc28a1847e87c5afe1bae6bffb2f73e upstream.

Call it from all Zen init functions.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov &lt;nik.borisov@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120104152.13740-7-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 7c81ad8e8bc28a1847e87c5afe1bae6bffb2f73e upstream.

Call it from all Zen init functions.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov &lt;nik.borisov@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120104152.13740-7-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/CPU/AMD: Call the spectral chicken in the Zen2 init function</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:39:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-01T10:20:01+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=4a83b435acf85b1078577d69a020ec0e349538e7'/>
<id>4a83b435acf85b1078577d69a020ec0e349538e7</id>
<content type='text'>
commit cfbf4f992bfce1fa9f2f347a79cbbea0368e7971 upstream.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov &lt;nik.borisov@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120104152.13740-6-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit cfbf4f992bfce1fa9f2f347a79cbbea0368e7971 upstream.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov &lt;nik.borisov@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120104152.13740-6-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/CPU/AMD: Move the Zen3 BTC_NO detection to the Zen3 init function</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:39:44+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Borislav Petkov (AMD)</name>
<email>bp@alien8.de</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-01T10:28:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=5e0c93dca43383557ea72be23490b994cafb5044'/>
<id>5e0c93dca43383557ea72be23490b994cafb5044</id>
<content type='text'>
commit affc66cb96f865b3763a8e18add52e133d864f04 upstream.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov &lt;nik.borisov@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120104152.13740-4-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit affc66cb96f865b3763a8e18add52e133d864f04 upstream.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov &lt;nik.borisov@suse.com&gt;
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20231120104152.13740-4-bp@alien8.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/kexec: Disable KCOV instrumentation after load_segments()</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:39:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aleksandr Nogikh</name>
<email>nogikh@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-04T00:30:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=0e96cd314c0d819c1635d68125a4d77852c2162e'/>
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[ Upstream commit 917e3ad3321e75ca0223d5ccf26ceda116aa51e1 ]

The load_segments() function changes segment registers, invalidating GS base
(which KCOV relies on for per-cpu data). When CONFIG_KCOV is enabled, any
subsequent instrumented C code call (e.g. native_gdt_invalidate()) begins
crashing the kernel in an endless loop.

To reproduce the problem, it's sufficient to do kexec on a KCOV-instrumented
kernel:

  $ kexec -l /boot/otherKernel
  $ kexec -e

The real-world context for this problem is enabling crash dump collection in
syzkaller. For this, the tool loads a panic kernel before fuzzing and then
calls makedumpfile after the panic. This workflow requires both CONFIG_KEXEC
and CONFIG_KCOV to be enabled simultaneously.

Adding safeguards directly to the KCOV fast-path (__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc())
is also undesirable as it would introduce an extra performance overhead.

Disabling instrumentation for the individual functions would be too fragile,
so disable KCOV instrumentation for the entire machine_kexec_64.c and
physaddr.c. If coverage-guided fuzzing ever needs these components in the
future, other approaches should be considered.

The problem is not relevant for 32 bit kernels as CONFIG_KCOV is not supported
there.

  [ bp: Space out comment for better readability. ]

Fixes: 0d345996e4cb ("x86/kernel: increase kcov coverage under arch/x86/kernel folder")
Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Nogikh &lt;nogikh@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260325154825.551191-1-nogikh@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miles Wang &lt;13621186580@139.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 917e3ad3321e75ca0223d5ccf26ceda116aa51e1 ]

The load_segments() function changes segment registers, invalidating GS base
(which KCOV relies on for per-cpu data). When CONFIG_KCOV is enabled, any
subsequent instrumented C code call (e.g. native_gdt_invalidate()) begins
crashing the kernel in an endless loop.

To reproduce the problem, it's sufficient to do kexec on a KCOV-instrumented
kernel:

  $ kexec -l /boot/otherKernel
  $ kexec -e

The real-world context for this problem is enabling crash dump collection in
syzkaller. For this, the tool loads a panic kernel before fuzzing and then
calls makedumpfile after the panic. This workflow requires both CONFIG_KEXEC
and CONFIG_KCOV to be enabled simultaneously.

Adding safeguards directly to the KCOV fast-path (__sanitizer_cov_trace_pc())
is also undesirable as it would introduce an extra performance overhead.

Disabling instrumentation for the individual functions would be too fragile,
so disable KCOV instrumentation for the entire machine_kexec_64.c and
physaddr.c. If coverage-guided fuzzing ever needs these components in the
future, other approaches should be considered.

The problem is not relevant for 32 bit kernels as CONFIG_KCOV is not supported
there.

  [ bp: Space out comment for better readability. ]

Fixes: 0d345996e4cb ("x86/kernel: increase kcov coverage under arch/x86/kernel folder")
Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Nogikh &lt;nogikh@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260325154825.551191-1-nogikh@google.com
Signed-off-by: Miles Wang &lt;13621186580@139.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>KVM: SVM: Flush the current TLB when transitioning from xAVIC =&gt; x2AVIC</title>
<updated>2026-06-19T11:39:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sean Christopherson</name>
<email>seanjc@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-15T17:15:36+00:00</published>
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commit a9e18aa3263f356edae305e29830e5fe63d8597a upstream.

Flush the current TLB when xAVIC *or* x2AVIC is activated, as KVM is
(apparently) responsible for purging TLB entries when transitioning from
xAVIC to x2AVIC.  The APM says a whole lot of nothing about TLB flushing
with respect to (x2)AVIC, but empirical data strongly suggests hardware
also does a whole lot of nothing.

Failure to flush the TLB when enabling x2AVIC can lead to guest accesses
to the APIC base address getting incorrectly redirected to the virtual
APIC page.  The flaw most visibly manifests as failures in KVM-Unit-Test's
verify_disabled_apic_mmio() testcase when x2APIC is enabled (though for
reasons unknown, the test only reliably fails with EFI builds).

Fixes: 0ccf3e7cb95a ("KVM: SVM: Flush the "current" TLB when activating AVIC")
Fixes: 4d1d7942e36a ("KVM: SVM: Introduce logic to (de)activate x2AVIC mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Naveen N Rao (AMD) &lt;naveen@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515171536.1841645-1-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit a9e18aa3263f356edae305e29830e5fe63d8597a upstream.

Flush the current TLB when xAVIC *or* x2AVIC is activated, as KVM is
(apparently) responsible for purging TLB entries when transitioning from
xAVIC to x2AVIC.  The APM says a whole lot of nothing about TLB flushing
with respect to (x2)AVIC, but empirical data strongly suggests hardware
also does a whole lot of nothing.

Failure to flush the TLB when enabling x2AVIC can lead to guest accesses
to the APIC base address getting incorrectly redirected to the virtual
APIC page.  The flaw most visibly manifests as failures in KVM-Unit-Test's
verify_disabled_apic_mmio() testcase when x2APIC is enabled (though for
reasons unknown, the test only reliably fails with EFI builds).

Fixes: 0ccf3e7cb95a ("KVM: SVM: Flush the "current" TLB when activating AVIC")
Fixes: 4d1d7942e36a ("KVM: SVM: Introduce logic to (de)activate x2AVIC mode")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Naveen N Rao (AMD) &lt;naveen@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260515171536.1841645-1-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson &lt;seanjc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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