linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 236/305] xen-blkback: read from indirect descriptors only once

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:00:50 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 236/305] xen-blkback: read from indirect descriptors only once

4.2.8-ckt2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: =?UTF-8?q?Roger=20Pau=20Monn=C3=A9?= <roger.pau@...rix.com>

commit 18779149101c0dd43ded43669ae2a92d21b6f9cb upstream.

Since indirect descriptors are in memory shared with the frontend, the
frontend could alter the first_sect and last_sect values after they have
been validated but before they are recorded in the request.  This may
result in I/O requests that overflow the foreign page, possibly
overwriting local pages when the I/O request is executed.

When parsing indirect descriptors, only read first_sect and last_sect
once.

This is part of XSA155.

Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@...rix.com>
Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
[ kamal: backport to 4.2-stable: s/XEN_PAGE_SIZE/PAGE_SIZE/ ]
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 954c002..9caf93c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
 		goto unmap;
 
 	for (n = 0, i = 0; n < nseg; n++) {
+		uint8_t first_sect, last_sect;
+
 		if ((n % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME) == 0) {
 			/* Map indirect segments */
 			if (segments)
@@ -957,15 +959,18 @@ static int xen_blkbk_parse_indirect(struct blkif_request *req,
 			segments = kmap_atomic(pages[n/SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME]->page);
 		}
 		i = n % SEGS_PER_INDIRECT_FRAME;
+
 		pending_req->segments[n]->gref = segments[i].gref;
-		seg[n].nsec = segments[i].last_sect -
-			segments[i].first_sect + 1;
-		seg[n].offset = (segments[i].first_sect << 9);
-		if ((segments[i].last_sect >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9)) ||
-		    (segments[i].last_sect < segments[i].first_sect)) {
+
+		first_sect = READ_ONCE(segments[i].first_sect);
+		last_sect = READ_ONCE(segments[i].last_sect);
+		if (last_sect >= (PAGE_SIZE >> 9) || last_sect < first_sect) {
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto unmap;
 		}
+
+		seg[n].nsec = last_sect - first_sect + 1;
+		seg[n].offset = first_sect << 9;
 		preq->nr_sects += seg[n].nsec;
 	}
 
-- 
1.9.1