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RISC-V: KVM: Fix use-after-free in kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf()
authorJiakai Xu <xujiakai2025@iscas.ac.cn>
Mon, 2 Feb 2026 04:00:59 +0000 (04:00 +0000)
committerAnup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Fri, 6 Mar 2026 05:50:30 +0000 (11:20 +0530)
commitdec9ed9944349643874d482238ca2437d4f47b61
tree57eb3b50761cc995cb50a86e3cdf29a938641b27
parent8565617a8599dd17b96b7bf7e1eb19809ac6ae5e
RISC-V: KVM: Fix use-after-free in kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf()

While fuzzing KVM on RISC-V, a use-after-free was observed in
kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf(),  where ptep_get() dereferences a
freed gstage page table page during gfn unmap.

The crash manifests as:
  use-after-free in ptep_get include/linux/pgtable.h:340 [inline]
  use-after-free in kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c:89
  Call Trace:
    ptep_get include/linux/pgtable.h:340 [inline]
    kvm_riscv_gstage_get_leaf+0x2ea/0x358 arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c:89
    kvm_riscv_gstage_unmap_range+0xf0/0x308 arch/riscv/kvm/gstage.c:265
    kvm_unmap_gfn_range+0x168/0x1fc arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c:256
    kvm_mmu_unmap_gfn_range virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:724 [inline]
  page last free pid 808 tgid 808 stack trace:
    kvm_riscv_mmu_free_pgd+0x1b6/0x26a arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c:457
    kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all+0x1a/0x24 arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c:134
    kvm_flush_shadow_all virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:344 [inline]

The UAF is caused by gstage page table walks running concurrently with
gstage pgd teardown. In particular, kvm_unmap_gfn_range() can traverse
gstage page tables while kvm_arch_flush_shadow_all() frees the pgd,
leading to use-after-free of page table pages.

Fix the issue by serializing gstage unmap and pgd teardown with
kvm->mmu_lock. Holding mmu_lock ensures that gstage page tables
remain valid for the duration of unmap operations and prevents
concurrent frees.

This matches existing RISC-V KVM usage of mmu_lock to protect gstage
map/unmap operations, e.g. kvm_riscv_mmu_iounmap.

Fixes: dd82e35638d67f ("RISC-V: KVM: Factor-out g-stage page table management")
Signed-off-by: Jiakai Xu <xujiakai2025@iscas.ac.cn>
Signed-off-by: Jiakai Xu <jiakaiPeanut@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260202040059.1801167-1-xujiakai2025@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>
arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c