Subject: Re: [syzbot] [kvmarm?] [kvm?] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request in kvm_vgic_destroy

From: Marc Zyngier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:55:18 +0000

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 11:46:20 +0000,
syzbot <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> syzbot found the following issue on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    6316366129d2 Merge branch kvm-arm64/misc-6.20 into kvmarm-..
> git tree:       git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm.git next
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15e59c4a580000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=148fc9aa8e041d0a
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f6a46b038fc243ac0175
> compiler:       Debian clang version 21.1.8 (++20251221033036+2078da43e25a-1~exp1~20251221153213.50), Debian LLD 21.1.8
> userspace arch: arm64
> syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=13182006580000
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=173900ba580000
> 
> Downloadable assets:
> disk image (non-bootable): https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/fa3fbcfdac58/non_bootable_disk-63163661.raw.xz
> vmlinux: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/1018400deda3/vmlinux-63163661.xz
> kernel image: https://storage.googleapis.com/syzbot-assets/fb8a8bb5d8a4/Image-63163661.gz.xz
> 
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the issue, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: [email-masked]
> 
>  __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline]
>  invoke_syscall+0x90/0x230 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49
>  el0_svc_common+0x120/0x2f4 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132
>  do_el0_svc+0x58/0x74 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151
>  el0_svc+0x5c/0x238 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:724
>  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
>  el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffef800000000000
> KASAN: maybe wild-memory-access in range [0xff00000000000000-0xff0000000000000f]
> Mem abort info:
>   ESR = 0x0000000096000004
>   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
>   SET = 0, FnV = 0
>   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
>   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
> Data abort info:
>   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
>   CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
>   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
> [ffef800000000000] address between user and kernel address ranges
> Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1]  SMP
> Modules linked in:
> CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 3651 Comm: syz.2.17 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT 
> Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> pstate: 01402009 (nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
> pc : kvm_vgic_dist_destroy arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:445 [inline]
> pc : kvm_vgic_destroy+0x2d4/0x624 arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:518
> lr : kvm_vgic_dist_destroy arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:444 [inline]
> lr : kvm_vgic_destroy+0x290/0x624 arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:518
> sp : ffff80008e647b90
> x29: ffff80008e647ba0 x28: 0000000000000005 x27: cdf00000200a52d8
> x26: cdf00000200a4db0 x25: 00000000000000cd x24: cdf00000200a4d8c
> x23: 00000000000000cd x22: 00000000000000cd x21: cdf00000200a4ad0
> x20: efff800000000000 x19: cdf00000200a4000 x18: 00000000030f4b63
> x17: 0000000000000031 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff800088209a68
> x14: ffffffffffffffff x13: 0000000000000028 x12: 5df000001795c1f0
> x11: ffff800088209a68 x10: 0000000000ff0100 x9 : 0ff0000000000000
> x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : ffff80008672f958 x6 : 0000000000000000
> x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000002
> x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000007
> Call trace:
>  kvm_vgic_dist_destroy arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:445 [inline] (P)
>  kvm_vgic_destroy+0x2d4/0x624 arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:518 (P)
>  kvm_arch_destroy_vm+0x88/0x138 arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c:299
>  kvm_destroy_vm virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1317 [inline]
>  kvm_put_kvm+0x778/0xbe0 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1354
>  kvm_vm_release+0x58/0x78 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1377
>  __fput+0x4ac/0x978 fs/file_table.c:468
>  ____fput+0x20/0x58 fs/file_table.c:496
>  task_work_run+0x1b8/0x250 kernel/task_work.c:233
>  resume_user_mode_work include/linux/resume_user_mode.h:50 [inline]
>  __exit_to_user_mode_loop kernel/entry/common.c:44 [inline]
>  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0x110/0x188 kernel/entry/common.c:75
>  __exit_to_user_mode_prepare include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:226 [inline]
>  exit_to_user_mode_prepare_legacy include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:242 [inline]
>  arm64_exit_to_user_mode arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:81 [inline]
>  el0_svc+0x17c/0x238 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:725
>  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0x12c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:743
>  el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:596
> Code: 54000420 b2481c28 d344fd09 d378fc28 (38696a89) 
> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> ----------------
> Code disassembly (best guess):
>    0:	54000420 	b.eq	0x84  // b.none
>    4:	b2481c28 	orr	x8, x1, #0xff00000000000000
>    8:	d344fd09 	lsr	x9, x8, #4
>    c:	d378fc28 	lsr	x8, x1, #56
> * 10:	38696a89 	ldrb	w9, [x20, x9] <-- trapping instruction

Oh gawd, fault injection. Because we didn't have enough bona fide,
directly triggerable bugs, we're tricking the kernel into generating
more. Oh well.

Thankfully, that's an easy one: vgic_allocate_private_irqs_locked()
fails, we exit kvm_vgic_create() early, leaving dist->rd_regions
uninitialised. kvm_vgic_dist_destroy() comes along and walks into the
weeds.

Note to the syzcaller folks: being a lazy bastard, I run the test case
(both kernel and C reproducer) as a nested guest using kvmtool.
kvmtool has a very simple init that doesn't mount debugfs by default.
It'd be great if the reproducer could check that the debugfs files are
accessible and stop if it can't configure them. I initially couldn't
reproduce the issue because of this.

Anyway, that being said:

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git kvm-arm64/vgic-fixes-7.0

Thanks,

	M.

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