linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] virtio: fix out of range array access

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:02:37 -0600
From:	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Shirley Ma <xma@...ibm.com>,
	Amit Shah <amit.shah@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] virtio: fix out of range array access

On 02/25/2010 11:13 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> I have observed the following error on virtio-net module unload:
>
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: at kernel/irq/manage.c:858 __free_irq+0xa0/0x14c()
> Hardware name: Bochs
> Trying to free already-free IRQ 0
> Modules linked in: virtio_net(-) virtio_blk virtio_pci virtio_ring
> virtio af_packet e1000 shpchp aacraid uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last
> unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> Pid: 1957, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.33-rc8-vhost #24
> Call Trace:
>   [<ffffffff8103e195>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7c/0x94
>   [<ffffffff8103e204>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x43
>   [<ffffffff810a7a36>] ? __free_pages+0x5a/0x70
>   [<ffffffff8107cc00>] __free_irq+0xa0/0x14c
>   [<ffffffff8107cceb>] free_irq+0x3f/0x65
>   [<ffffffffa0081424>] vp_del_vqs+0x81/0xb1 [virtio_pci]
>   [<ffffffffa0091d29>] virtnet_remove+0xda/0x10b [virtio_net]
>   [<ffffffffa0075200>] virtio_dev_remove+0x22/0x4a [virtio]
>   [<ffffffff812709ee>] __device_release_driver+0x66/0xac
>   [<ffffffff81270ab7>] driver_detach+0x83/0xa9
>   [<ffffffff8126fc66>] bus_remove_driver+0x91/0xb4
>   [<ffffffff81270fcf>] driver_unregister+0x6c/0x74
>   [<ffffffffa0075418>] unregister_virtio_driver+0xe/0x10 [virtio]
>   [<ffffffffa0091c4d>] fini+0x15/0x17 [virtio_net]
>   [<ffffffff8106997b>] sys_delete_module+0x1c3/0x230
>   [<ffffffff81007465>] ? old_ich_force_enable_hpet+0x117/0x164
>   [<ffffffff813bb720>] ? do_page_fault+0x29c/0x2cc
>   [<ffffffff81028e58>] sysenter_dispatch+0x7/0x27
> ---[ end trace 15e88e4c576cc62b ]---
>
> The bug is in virtio-pci: we use msix_vector as array index to get irq
> entry, but some vqs do not have a dedicated vector so this causes an out
> of bounds access.  By chance, we seem to often get 0 value, which
> results in this error.
>
> Fix by verifying that vector is legal before using it as index.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin<mst@...hat.com>
>    

Acked-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...ibm.com>

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> ---
> Shirley, Amit, with Rusty on vacation, need other reviewers.  Could you
> please review the following patch and ack on list if appropriate?
>
>   drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c |    3 ++-
>   1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
> index 28d9cf7..7127bfe 100644
> --- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
> @@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ static void vp_del_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>
>   	list_for_each_entry_safe(vq, n,&vdev->vqs, list) {
>   		info = vq->priv;
> -		if (vp_dev->per_vq_vectors)
> +		if (vp_dev->per_vq_vectors&&
> +			info->msix_vector != VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR)
>   			free_irq(vp_dev->msix_entries[info->msix_vector].vector,
>   				 vq);
>   		vp_del_vq(vq);
>    

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