linux-kernel - [PATCH] virtio_balloon: prevent pfn array overflow

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Date:   Thu, 6 Feb 2020 02:47:55 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [PATCH] virtio_balloon: prevent pfn array overflow

Make sure, at build time, that pfn array is big enough to hold a single
page.  It happens to be true since the PAGE_SHIFT value at the moment is
20, which is 1M - exactly 256 4K balloon pages.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 8e400ece9273..2457c54b6185 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static void set_page_pfns(struct virtio_balloon *vb,
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE > VIRTIO_BALLOON_ARRAY_PFNS_MAX);
+
 	/*
 	 * Set balloon pfns pointing at this page.
 	 * Note that the first pfn points at start of the page.
-- 
MST