[PATCH v4 3/3] KVM: selftests: Add guest_memfd regression test signed offset+size bug

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 13:17:52 EST


Add a regression (and proof-of-bug) testcase to ensure KVM rejects an
offset+size that would result in a negative value when computed as a signed
64-bit value. KVM had a flaw where it would allow binding a memslot to a
guest_memfd instance even with a wildly out-of-range offset, if the offset
and size were both positive values, but the combined offset+size was
negative.

Use "0x7fffffffffffffffull - page_size", i.e. "INT64_MAX - page_size", for
the offset as the size of the guest_memfd file must be at least page_size
(KVM requires memslots and gmem files to be host page-size aligned). I.e.
"INT64_MAX - page_size + size" is guaranteed to generate an offset+size
that is negative when converted to a signed 64-bit value *and* honors KVM's
alignment requirements.

Reviewed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
index 246bb408ecc0..2233d871a38f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
@@ -345,6 +345,16 @@ static void test_invalid_punch_hole(int fd, size_t total_size)
}
}

+static void test_invalid_binding(struct kvm_vm *vm, int fd, size_t size)
+{
+ int r;
+
+ r = __vm_set_user_memory_region2(vm, 0, KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD, 0, size, 0,
+ fd, ALIGN_DOWN(INT64_MAX, page_size));
+ TEST_ASSERT(r && errno == EINVAL,
+ "Memslot with out-of-range offset+size should fail");
+}
+
static void test_create_guest_memfd_invalid_sizes(struct kvm_vm *vm,
u64 guest_memfd_flags)
{
@@ -456,6 +466,7 @@ static void __test_guest_memfd(struct kvm_vm *vm, u64 flags)
gmem_test(file_size, vm, flags);
gmem_test(fallocate, vm, flags);
gmem_test(invalid_punch_hole, vm, flags);
+ gmem_test_vm(invalid_binding, vm, flags);
}

static void test_guest_memfd(unsigned long vm_type)
--
2.54.0.929.g9b7fa37559-goog