linux-kernel - Re: [PART1 RFC v4 02/11] KVM: x86: Introducing kvm_x86

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:01:09 -0500
From:	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
CC:	<joro@...tes.org>, <bp@...en8.de>, <gleb@...nel.org>,
	<alex.williamson@...hat.com>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <wei@...hat.com>,
	<sherry.hurwitz@....com>
Subject: Re: [PART1 RFC v4 02/11] KVM: x86: Introducing kvm_x86_ops VM
 init/uninit hooks

Paolo,

On 04/12/2016 04:55 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 11/04/2016 22:49, Radim Krčmář wrote:
>>>> @@ -7781,6 +7784,9 @@ static void kvm_free_vcpus(struct kvm *kvm)
>>>>   	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
>>>>   		kvm_arch_vcpu_free(vcpu);
>>>>
>>>> +	if (kvm_x86_ops->vm_uninit)
>>>> +		kvm_x86_ops->vm_uninit(kvm);
>> vm_uninit() doesn't seem to have much to do with kvm_free_vcpus(),
>> please call it from kvm_arch_destroy_vm().
>>
>> (kvm_x86_ops.vm_destroy would be a better name then.)
>
> Especially, you're calling it with struct kvm full of dangling pointer,
> so please call it early, right after the "if (current->mm == kvm->mm)"
> block.
>
> Paolo

Good point.

Thanks,
Suravee