linux/drivers/iommu/intel
Lu Baolu d2138abc8f iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry
[ Upstream commit c1e4f1dccb ]

When tearing down a context entry, the current implementation zeros the
entire 128-bit entry using multiple 64-bit writes. This creates a window
where the hardware can fetch a "torn" entry — where some fields are
already zeroed while the 'Present' bit is still set — leading to
unpredictable behavior or spurious faults.

While x86 provides strong write ordering, the compiler may reorder writes
to the two 64-bit halves of the context entry. Even without compiler
reordering, the hardware fetch is not guaranteed to be atomic with
respect to multiple CPU writes.

Align with the "Guidance to Software for Invalidations" in the VT-d spec
(Section 6.5.3.3) by implementing the recommended ownership handshake:

1. Clear only the 'Present' (P) bit of the context entry first to
   signal the transition of ownership from hardware to software.
2. Use dma_wmb() to ensure the cleared bit is visible to the IOMMU.
3. Perform the required cache and context-cache invalidation to ensure
   hardware no longer has cached references to the entry.
4. Fully zero out the entry only after the invalidation is complete.

Also, add a dma_wmb() to context_set_present() to ensure the entry
is fully initialized before the 'Present' bit becomes visible.

Fixes: ba39592764 ("Intel IOMMU: Intel IOMMU driver")
Reported-by: Dmytro Maluka <dmaluka@chromium.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aTG7gc7I5wExai3S@google.com/
Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Dmytro Maluka <dmaluka@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260120061816.2132558-3-baolu.lu@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
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cache.c IOMMU Updates for Linux v6.17: 2025-07-30 10:42:00 -07:00
debugfs.c iommu/vt-d: debugfs: Avoid dumping context command register 2025-09-19 09:43:21 +02:00
dmar.c iommu/vt-d: Remove the CONFIG_X86 wrapping from iommu init hook 2025-07-14 11:18:03 +01:00
iommu.c iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
iommu.h iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
irq_remapping.c x86/msi: Make irq_retrigger() functional for posted MSI 2026-01-02 12:56:57 +01:00
Kconfig iommu/vt-d: Set INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA depend on BLK_DEV_FD 2025-12-18 14:03:06 +01:00
Makefile iommu: make inclusion of intel directory conditional 2025-05-16 08:46:46 +02:00
nested.c iommu/vt-d: Create unique domain ops for each stage 2025-07-14 11:18:03 +01:00
pasid.c iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down context entry 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
pasid.h iommu/vt-d: Clear Present bit before tearing down PASID entry 2026-02-26 14:59:18 -08:00
perf.c iommu/vt-d: Replace snprintf with scnprintf in dmar_latency_snapshot() 2025-09-19 09:43:19 +02:00
perf.h iommu/vt-d: Replace snprintf with scnprintf in dmar_latency_snapshot() 2025-09-19 09:43:19 +02:00
perfmon.c iommu/vt-d: Clean up cpumask and hotplug for perfmon 2024-09-10 11:44:13 +02:00
perfmon.h iommu/vt-d: Add IOMMU perfmon support 2023-02-03 11:06:06 +01:00
prq.c iommu/vt-d: Remove LPIG from page group response descriptor 2025-09-19 09:43:20 +02:00
svm.c iommu/vt-d: Create unique domain ops for each stage 2025-07-14 11:18:03 +01:00
trace.c iommu/vt-d: Move trace/events/intel_iommu.h under iommu 2022-07-15 10:21:28 +02:00
trace.h iommu/vt-d: Deduplicate cache_tag_flush_all by reusing flush_range 2025-07-14 11:18:04 +01:00