linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: don't assume all fb devices are PCI devices

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Date:	Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:48:31 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: don't assume all fb devices are PCI devices


So I'd love to have an ACK from Bjorn. (Full mail quoted below)

Thanks,

	Ingo

* Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> wrote:

> When booting Hyper-V Generation 2 guests KASAN reports the following
> out-of-bounds access:
> 
> BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in fb_is_primary_device+0x58/0x70 at addr
>   ffff880079cf0eb0
> Read of size 8 by task swapper/0/1
> ...
>  [<ffffffff81581308>] dump_stack+0x63/0x8b
>  [<ffffffff812e1f99>] print_trailer+0xf9/0x150
>  [<ffffffff812e7344>] object_err+0x34/0x40
>  [<ffffffff812e9630>] kasan_report_error+0x230/0x550
>  [<ffffffff812e9ee8>] kasan_report+0x58/0x60
>  [<ffffffff812e4500>] ? ___slab_alloc+0x80/0x490
>  [<ffffffff81878a28>] ? fb_is_primary_device+0x58/0x70
>  [<ffffffff812e87cd>] __asan_load8+0x5d/0x70
>  [<ffffffff81878a28>] fb_is_primary_device+0x58/0x70
>  [<ffffffff8162357a>] register_framebuffer+0xda/0x5b0
>  [<ffffffff816234a0>] ? remove_conflicting_framebuffers+0x50/0x50
> ...
> 
> The issue is caused by the to_pci_dev() call with no check that the given
> info->device is in fact a pci device and some fb devices (Hyper-V FB, EFI
> FB,...) are not. fb_is_primary_device() is not on any performance critical
> path, replace to_pci_dev() with raw scan.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/video/fbdev.c | 12 +++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/video/fbdev.c b/arch/x86/video/fbdev.c
> index d5644bb..f309d6c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/video/fbdev.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/video/fbdev.c
> @@ -14,12 +14,18 @@
>  int fb_is_primary_device(struct fb_info *info)
>  {
>  	struct device *device = info->device;
> -	struct pci_dev *pci_dev = NULL;
> +	struct pci_dev *dev = NULL, *pci_dev = NULL;
>  	struct pci_dev *default_device = vga_default_device();
>  	struct resource *res = NULL;
>  
> -	if (device)
> -		pci_dev = to_pci_dev(device);
> +	/*
> +	 * We're not sure info->device is a pci device, do full scan instead
> +	 * of to_pci_dev().
> +	 */
> +	for_each_pci_dev(dev) {
> +		if (&dev->dev == device)
> +			pci_dev = dev;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (!pci_dev)
>  		return 0;