It is possible to trigger use after free during HPT resize causing host kernel to crash. More details and analysis of the problem can be found in change with corresponding subject (KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix use after free in case of multiple resize requests). We need some changes to prepare for the fix, especially make ->error in HPT resize instance single point for tracking allocation state. See individual commit description message to get more information on changes presented. v2: Serhii Popovych: Tested with current 4.15-rc2 as host kernel on P8 with same testcase as for v1: no problems so far. Serhii Popovych (2): KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Drop prepare_done from struct kvm_resize_hpt and cleanups KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix use after free in case of multiple resize requests arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_hv.c | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1