linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] xen/grant-table: correctly initialize grant table version 1

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:24:32 +0100
From:	Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
To:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
CC:	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	Annie Li <annie.li@...cle.com>, <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] xen/grant-table: correctly initialize grant table
 version 1

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 01:21:27PM +0000, Matt Wilson wrote:
> Commit 85ff6acb075a484780b3d763fdf41596d8fc0970 (xen/granttable: Grant
> tables V2 implementation) changed the GREFS_PER_GRANT_FRAME macro from
> a constant to a conditional expression. The expression depends on
> grant_table_version being appropriately set. Unfortunately, at init
> time grant_table_version will be 0. The GREFS_PER_GRANT_FRAME
> conditional expression checks for "grant_table_version == 1", and
> therefore returns the number of grant references per frame for v2.
> 
> This causes gnttab_init() to allocate fewer pages for gnttab_list, as
> a frame can old half the number of v2 entries than v1 entries. After
> gnttab_resume() is called, grant_table_version is appropriately
> set. nr_init_grefs will then be miscalculated and gnttab_free_count
> will hold a value larger than the actual number of free gref entries.
> 
> If a guest is heavily utilizing improperly initialized v1 grant
> tables, memory corruption can occur. One common manifestation is
> corruption of the vmalloc list, resulting in a poisoned pointer
> derefrence when accessing /proc/meminfo or /proc/vmallocinfo:
> 
> [   40.770064] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000200200001407
> [   40.770083] IP: [<ffffffff811a6fb0>] get_vmalloc_info+0x70/0x110
> [   40.770102] PGD 0
> [   40.770107] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> [   40.770114] CPU 10
> 
> This patch introduces a static variable, grefs_per_grant_frame, to
> cache the calculated value. gnttab_init() now calls
> gnttab_request_version() early so that grant_table_version and
> grefs_per_grant_frame can be appropriately set. A few BUG_ON()s have
> been added to prevent this type of bug from reoccurring in the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
> Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Steven Noonan <snoonan@...zon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>

Correction, that should have been "Acked-by: Ian Campbell
<Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>". My apologies.

Matt

> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Cc: Annie Li <annie.li@...cle.com>
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v3.3 and newer
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