[PATCH v2 1/2] vfio/nvgrace-gpu: Use a core-only open_device in fallback mode

From: Andrea Parri

Date: Thu Oct 15 2026 - 04:25:27 EST


When the ACPI memory properties are missing or the C2C link is down, the
device is exposed through nvgrace_gpu_pci_core_ops. That table opens
through nvgrace_gpu_open_device() but closes through
vfio_pci_core_close_device(), so open and close are not symmetric.

nvgrace_gpu_open_device() registers nvdev->usemem for poison handling
unconditionally. In fallback mode usemem.memlength is zero, and
register_pfn_address_space() inserts a node covering [0, ULONG_MAX].
Nothing removes it: a second open fails with -EBUSY, and once the device
is unbound the node outlives the nvdev that contains it. The next open
after a rebind reports:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in interval_tree_iter_first+0x209/0x310
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800894aa30 by task nvgrace_repro/203
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80
print_report+0x153/0x4c6
kasan_report+0xe4/0x1a0
interval_tree_iter_first+0x209/0x310
register_pfn_address_space+0x97/0x100
nvgrace_gpu_open_device+0x21c/0x730
vfio_df_open+0x213/0x520
vfio_df_ioctl_bind_iommufd+0x3e8/0x6e0
vfio_device_fops_unl_ioctl+0x782/0x1570
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x13c/0x1c0
do_syscall_64+0x106/0x630
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
</TASK>

Allocated by task 188:
...
_vfio_alloc_device+0x3a/0x500
nvgrace_gpu_probe+0xcb/0x660
local_pci_probe+0xcf/0x170
...

Freed by task 188:
...
kfree+0x20d/0x600
device_release+0xcf/0x250
kobject_put+0x152/0x2f0
pci_device_remove+0xb0/0x1c0
device_release_driver_internal+0x38d/0x540
unbind_store+0xde/0x100
...

Give the fallback table its own open_device that only calls
vfio_pci_core_enable() and vfio_pci_core_finish_enable(), the
counterpart of vfio_pci_core_close_device(). Fallback mode then never
touches the nvgrace memory regions, as Alex suggested.

This should be safe because the fallback table uses the vfio-pci core
read, write and mmap handlers, so nothing there uses the state
nvgrace_gpu_open_device() sets up. The one visible difference is that a
fallback open no longer fails when BAR0 cannot be mapped, which matches
vfio-pci.

Fixes: e5f19b619fa0 ("vfio/nvgrace-gpu: register device memory for poison handling")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Alex Williamson <alex@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Replace the usemem.memlength guards with a core-only open_device
for the fallback table (Alex)
Ankit confirmed fallback mode does not need the BAR0 check:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/SAWPR12MB99926787B53C4FF469A6F3BE7AB09D2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260925161024.189771-1-parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx/

drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c
index 963fd8ded20d1..208463c218088 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/nvgrace-gpu/main.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,21 @@ static const struct vfio_device_ops nvgrace_gpu_pci_ops = {
.detach_ioas = vfio_iommufd_physical_detach_ioas,
};

+static int nvgrace_gpu_core_open_device(struct vfio_device *core_vdev)
+{
+ struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev =
+ container_of(core_vdev, struct vfio_pci_core_device, vdev);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = vfio_pci_core_enable(vdev);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ vfio_pci_core_finish_enable(vdev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const struct vfio_pci_device_ops nvgrace_gpu_pci_dev_core_ops = {
.get_dmabuf_phys = vfio_pci_core_get_dmabuf_phys,
};
@@ -1091,7 +1106,7 @@ static const struct vfio_device_ops nvgrace_gpu_pci_core_ops = {
.name = "nvgrace-gpu-vfio-pci-core",
.init = vfio_pci_core_init_dev,
.release = vfio_pci_core_release_dev,
- .open_device = nvgrace_gpu_open_device,
+ .open_device = nvgrace_gpu_core_open_device,
.close_device = vfio_pci_core_close_device,
.ioctl = vfio_pci_core_ioctl,
.get_region_info_caps = vfio_pci_ioctl_get_region_info,
--
2.53.0