privcmd_vm_ops defines .close (privcmd_close), but neither .may_split
nor .open. When userspace does a partial munmap() on a privcmd mapping,
the kernel splits the VMA via __split_vma(). Since may_split is NULL,
the split is allowed. vm_area_dup() copies vm_private_data (a pages
array allocated in alloc_empty_pages()) into the new VMA without any
fixup, because there is no .open callback.
Both VMAs now point to the same pages array. When the unmapped portion
is closed, privcmd_close() calls:
- xen_unmap_domain_gfn_range()
- xen_free_unpopulated_pages()
- kvfree(pages)
The surviving VMA still holds the dangling pointer. When it is later
destroyed, the same sequence runs again, which leads to a double free.
Fix this issue by adding a .may_split callback denying the VMA split.
This is XSA-487 / CVE-2026-31787
Fixes: d71f513985c2 ("xen: privcmd: support autotranslated physmap guests.")
Reported-by: Atharva Vartak <atharva.a.vartak@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: Atharva Vartak <atharva.a.vartak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
kvfree(pages);
}
+static int privcmd_may_split(struct vm_area_struct *area, unsigned long addr)
+{
+ /* Forbid splitting, avoids double free via privcmd_close(). */
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+
static vm_fault_t privcmd_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
printk(KERN_DEBUG "privcmd_fault: vma=%p %lx-%lx, pgoff=%lx, uv=%p\n",
static const struct vm_operations_struct privcmd_vm_ops = {
.close = privcmd_close,
+ .may_split = privcmd_may_split,
.fault = privcmd_fault
};