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In order to convert an HVA to a PFN, KVM usually tries to use
the get_user_pages family of functinso. This however is not
possible for VM_IO vmas; in that case, KVM instead uses follow_pfn.
In doing this however KVM loses the information on whether the
PFN is writable. That is usually not a problem because the main
use of VM_IO vmas with KVM is for BARs in PCI device assignment,
however it is a bug. To fix it, use follow_pte and check pte_write
while under the protection of the PTE lock. The information can
be used to fail hva_to_pfn_remapped or passed back to the
caller via *writable.
Usage of follow_pfn was introduced in commit add6a0cd1c5b ("KVM: MMU: try to fix
up page faults before giving up", 2016-07-05); however, even older version
have the same issue, all the way back to commit 2e2e3738af33 ("KVM:
Handle vma regions with no backing page", 2008-07-20), as they also did
not check whether the PFN was writable.
Fixes: 2e2e3738af33 ("KVM: Handle vma regions with no backing page")
Reported-by: David Stevens <stevensd@google.com>
Cc: 3pvd@google.com
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.