[PATCH v2 4/5] KVM: arm64: Omit tag sync on stage-2 mappings of the zero page
From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 11:24:00 EST
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Commit
f620d66af316 ("arm64: mte: Do not flag the zero page as PG_mte_tagged")
removed the PG_mte_tagged flag from the zero page, but missed a KVM code
path that may set this flag on the zero page when it is used in a
stage-2 CoW mapping of anonymous memory.
So disregard the zero page explicitly in sanitise_mte_tags().
Fixes: f620d66af316 ("arm64: mte: Do not flag the zero page as PG_mte_tagged")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 5.10.x
Suggested-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index d089c107d9b7..445d6cf035c9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,11 @@ static void sanitise_mte_tags(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
if (!kvm_has_mte(kvm))
return;
+ if (is_zero_pfn(pfn)) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(nr_pages != 1);
+ return;
+ }
+
if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) {
/* Hugetlb has MTE flags set on head page only */
if (folio_try_hugetlb_mte_tagging(folio)) {
--
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog