This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
kvm: async_pf: fix rcu_irq_enter() with irqs enabled
to the 4.11-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kvm-async_pf-fix-rcu_irq_enter-with-irqs-enabled.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.11 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From bbaf0e2b1c1b4f88abd6ef49576f0efb1734eae5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 16:56:26 +0200
Subject: kvm: async_pf: fix rcu_irq_enter() with irqs enabled
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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit bbaf0e2b1c1b4f88abd6ef49576f0efb1734eae5 upstream.
native_safe_halt enables interrupts, and you just shouldn't
call rcu_irq_enter() with interrupts enabled. Reorder the
call with the following local_irq_disable() to respect the
invariant.
Reported-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ void kvm_async_pf_task_wait(u32 token)
*/
rcu_irq_exit();
native_safe_halt();
- rcu_irq_enter();
local_irq_disable();
+ rcu_irq_enter();
}
}
if (!n.halted)
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.11/kvm-async_pf-fix-rcu_irq_enter-with-irqs-enabled.patch
queue-4.11/kvm-async_pf-avoid-async-pf-injection-when-in-guest-mode.patch
queue-4.11/kvm-cpuid-fix-read-write-out-of-bounds-vulnerability-in-cpuid-emulation.patch