linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] xen/pv-on-hvm kexec: prevent crash in xenwatch

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Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:16:51 +0200
From:	Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Konrad <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Cc:	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] xen/pv-on-hvm kexec: prevent crash in xenwatch_thread() when stale watch events arrive

During repeated kexec boots xenwatch_thread() can crash because
xenbus_watch->callback is cleared by xenbus_watch_path() if a node/token
combo for a new watch happens to match an already registered watch from
an old kernel.  In this case xs_watch returns -EEXISTS, then
register_xenbus_watch() does not remove the to-be-registered watch from
the list of active watches but returns the -EEXISTS to the caller
anyway.

Because the watch is still active in xenstored it will cause an event
which will arrive in the new kernel. process_msg() will find the
encapsulated struct xenbus_watch in its list of registered watches and
puts the "empty" watch handle in the queue for xenwatch_thread().
xenwatch_thread() then calls ->callback which was cleared earlier by
xenbus_watch_path().

To prevent that crash in a guest running on an old xen toolstack, add a
check wether xenbus_watch->callback is active.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
index 5534690..64248b2 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static int process_msg(void)
 		spin_lock(&watches_lock);
 		msg->u.watch.handle = find_watch(
 			msg->u.watch.vec[XS_WATCH_TOKEN]);
-		if (msg->u.watch.handle != NULL) {
+		if (msg->u.watch.handle && msg->u.watch.handle->callback) {
 			spin_lock(&watch_events_lock);
 			list_add_tail(&msg->list, &watch_events);
 			wake_up(&watch_events_waitq);
-- 
1.7.3.4

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