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vfio/container: Restrict dma_map_file() to shared RAM or RAM devices
authorChenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@intel.com>
Wed, 27 May 2026 10:11:08 +0000 (18:11 +0800)
committerCédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Wed, 27 May 2026 10:15:17 +0000 (12:15 +0200)
vfio_container_dma_map() uses dma_map_file() whenever a RAMBlock has an
fd and the VFIO IOMMU backend supports file-based DMA mapping. That is
not correct for private file-backed guest RAM.

dma_map_file() resolves PFNs from the backing file, but private guest
RAM mappings (MAP_PRIVATE) can run on different PFNs than the file
because they are subject to copy-on-write (COW) anomalies. As a result,
using dma_map_file() on a privately mapped RAMBlock can program DMA
against pages that do not back QEMU's actual guest memory.

Fix this by using dma_map_file() only for shared mapped RAMBlocks
(MAP_SHARED) or RAM device regions.

Fixes: fb32965b6dd8 ("vfio/iommufd: use IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FILE")
Reported-by: Farrah Chen <farrah.chen@intel.com>
Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220776
Reviewed-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20260527101109.71781-1-chenyi.qiang@intel.com
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
hw/vfio/container.c

index 4c2816b5741fa5232f104fb16fe919f7642f2a36..56bd9ac0095df7b0f4da85f1d8dcb8d571fa9f2a 100644 (file)
@@ -74,15 +74,43 @@ void vfio_address_space_insert(VFIOAddressSpace *space,
     bcontainer->space = space;
 }
 
+static bool vfio_container_can_dma_map_file(VFIOContainer *bcontainer,
+                                            MemoryRegion *mr, int *fd)
+{
+    VFIOIOMMUClass *vioc = VFIO_IOMMU_GET_CLASS(bcontainer);
+    RAMBlock *rb = mr->ram_block;
+
+    if (!vioc->dma_map_file || !rb) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    *fd = qemu_ram_get_fd(rb);
+    if (*fd < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * We can use IOMMU DMA mapping (IOMMU_IOAS_MAP_FILE) for :
+     *
+     * 1) Guest RAM blocks explicitly configured as shared (MAP_SHARED)
+     * 2) RAM device sub-regions (MMIO BARs)
+     *
+     * Private RAM mappings (MAP_PRIVATE) are strictly excluded. Because
+     * they are subject to copy-on-write (COW) anomalies, their underlying
+     * PFNs can permanently diverge from the backing file
+     */
+    return qemu_ram_is_shared(rb) || memory_region_is_ram_device(mr);
+}
+
 int vfio_container_dma_map(VFIOContainer *bcontainer,
                            hwaddr iova, uint64_t size,
                            void *vaddr, bool readonly, MemoryRegion *mr)
 {
     VFIOIOMMUClass *vioc = VFIO_IOMMU_GET_CLASS(bcontainer);
-    RAMBlock *rb = mr->ram_block;
-    int mfd = rb ? qemu_ram_get_fd(rb) : -1;
+    int mfd;
 
-    if (mfd >= 0 && vioc->dma_map_file) {
+    if (vfio_container_can_dma_map_file(bcontainer, mr, &mfd)) {
+        RAMBlock *rb = mr->ram_block;
         unsigned long start = vaddr - qemu_ram_get_host_addr(rb);
         unsigned long offset = qemu_ram_get_fd_offset(rb);