netdev - [PATCH v3 15/25] virtio_net: fix use after free on allocation failure

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Date:	Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:47:45 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>,
	Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 15/25] virtio_net: fix use after free on allocation failure

In the extremely unlikely event that driver initialization fails after
RX buffers are added, virtio net frees RX buffers while VQs are
still active, potentially causing device to use a freed buffer.

To fix, reset device first - same as we do on device removal.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 430f3ae..3551417 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1830,6 +1830,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	return 0;
 
 free_recv_bufs:
+	vi->vdev->config->reset(vdev);
+
 	free_receive_bufs(vi);
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
 free_vqs:
-- 
MST

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