[PATCH] KVM: arm64: nested: fix VNCR TLB ASID match logic for non-Global entries
Geonha Lee
w1nsom3gna at korea.ac.kr
Wed Sep 3 08:04:21 PDT 2025
kvm_vncr_tlb_lookup() is supposed to return true when the cached VNCR
TLB entry is valid for the current context. For non-Global entries, that
means the entry’s ASID must match the current ASID.
The current code returns true when the ASIDs do *not* match, which
inverts the logic. This is a potential vulnerability:
- Valid entries are ignored and we fall back to kvm_translate_vncr(),
hurting performance.
- Mismatched entries are treated as permission faults (-EPERM) instead
of triggering a fresh translation.
- This can also cause stale translations to be (wrongly) considered
valid across address spaces.
Flip the predicate so non-Global entries only hit when ASIDs match.
Reported-by: Team 0xB6 in bob14
DongHa Lee (@GAP-dev)
Gyujeong Jin (@gyutrange)
Daehyeon Ko (@4ncienth)
Geonha Lee (@leegn4a)
Hyungyu Oh (@DQPC_lover)
Jaewon Yang (@R4mbb)
Signed-off-by: Geonha Lee <w1nsom3gna at korea.ac.kr>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
index 77db81bae86f..24eab94d7d7f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ static bool kvm_vncr_tlb_lookup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
!(tcr & TCR_ASID16))
asid &= GENMASK(7, 0);
- return asid != vt->wr.asid;
+ return asid == vt->wr.asid;
}
return true;
--
2.43.0
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