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KVM: arm64: Make vcpu flag updates non-preemptible
authorMarc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:57:37 +0000 (13:57 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:28:42 +0000 (14:28 +0200)
commit9e7976c0cd634e23dda2b6849f33f44e5cbd4728
treeaec0bd70457af410ce3079f389dcc3c432a84ba8
parentd362a03d920edc0bb9a85c5150ef4ff5fd365c72
KVM: arm64: Make vcpu flag updates non-preemptible

commit 35dcb3ac663a16510afc27ba2725d70c15e012a5 upstream.

Per-vcpu flags are updated using a non-atomic RMW operation.
Which means it is possible to get preempted between the read and
write operations.

Another interesting thing to note is that preemption also updates
flags, as we have some flag manipulation in both the load and put
operations.

It is thus possible to lose information communicated by either
load or put, as the preempted flag update will overwrite the flags
when the thread is resumed. This is specially critical if either
load or put has stored information which depends on the physical
CPU the vcpu runs on.

This results in really elusive bugs, and kudos must be given to
Mostafa for the long hours of debugging, and finally spotting
the problem.

Fix it by disabling preemption during the RMW operation, which
ensures that the state stays consistent. Also upgrade vcpu_get_flag
path to use READ_ONCE() to make sure the field is always atomically
accessed.

Fixes: e87abb73e594 ("KVM: arm64: Add helpers to manipulate vcpu flags among a set")
Reported-by: Mostafa Saleh <smostafa@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230418125737.2327972-1-maz@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h