[PATCH 0/2] Fix __pkvm_init_vm error path

Vincent Donnefort vdonnefort at google.com
Thu May 21 01:12:48 PDT 2026


Sashiko reported a potential refcount leak in the unlikely case where
insert_vm_table_entry fails.

While at it, I have added a fail-safe to __pkvm_hyp_donate_host to ensure this
function doesn't allow leaking refcounted pages.

Vincent Donnefort (2):
  KVM: arm64: Fix __pkvm_init_vm error path
  KVM: arm64: Add fail-safe for refcounted pages in
    __pkvm_hyp_donate_host

 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/nvhe/mem_protect.h |  1 +
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c         | 33 ++++++++++++++-----
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c                |  4 ++-
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


base-commit: 5200f5f493f79f14bbdc349e402a40dfb32f23c8
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2.54.0.746.g67dd491aae-goog




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