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JIRA: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-73607
Upstream: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm.git
commit 2a8dfab
Author: Ankit Agrawal <ankita@nvidia.com>
Date: Sat Jul 5 07:17:14 2025 +0000
KVM: arm64: Block cacheable PFNMAP mapping
Fixes a security bug due to mismatched attributes between S1 and
S2 mapping.
Currently, it is possible for a region to be cacheable in the userspace
VMA, but mapped non cached in S2. This creates a potential issue where
the VMM may sanitize cacheable memory across VMs using cacheable stores,
ensuring it is zeroed. However, if KVM subsequently assigns this memory
to a VM as uncached, the VM could end up accessing stale, non-zeroed data
from a previous VM, leading to unintended data exposure. This is a security
risk.
Block such mismatch attributes case by returning EINVAL when userspace
try to map PFNMAP cacheable. Only allow NORMAL_NC and DEVICE_*.
CC: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
CC: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
CC: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Donald Dutile <ddutile@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ankit Agrawal <ankita@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250705071717.5062-4-ankita@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Donald Dutile <ddutile@redhat.com>
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