[PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: Avoid host/hyp share desync on unshare hypercall failure

tabba at google.com tabba at google.com
Fri May 29 00:43:41 PDT 2026


unshare_pfn_hyp() erases the tracking node from hyp_shared_pfns
and frees it before invoking __pkvm_host_unshare_hyp. If the
hypercall fails (e.g. EL2 refcount still held, or page-state
mismatch), the host loses its record while EL2 still holds the
share, breaking later share/unshare attempts on the same pfn.

Invoke the hypercall first; erase and free only on success.

Fixes: 52b28657ebd7 ("KVM: arm64: pkvm: Unshare guest structs during teardown")
Reported-by: Sashiko (local):gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba at google.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 4a928fb003ff..8026e834528d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -524,13 +524,17 @@ static int unshare_pfn_hyp(u64 pfn)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	this->count--;
-	if (this->count)
+	if (this->count > 1) {
+		this->count--;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	ret = kvm_call_hyp_nvhe(__pkvm_host_unshare_hyp, pfn);
+	if (ret)
 		goto unlock;
 
 	rb_erase(&this->node, &hyp_shared_pfns);
 	kfree(this);
-	ret = kvm_call_hyp_nvhe(__pkvm_host_unshare_hyp, pfn);
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&hyp_shared_pfns_lock);
 
-- 
2.54.0.929.g9b7fa37559-goog




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