linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix: buffer overflow during hvc

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Date:   Tue, 7 Apr 2020 16:23:06 +1000
From:   Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Andrew Melnichenko <andrew@...nix.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jslaby@...e.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix: buffer overflow during hvc_alloc().

On 6/4/20 6:05 pm, Andrew Melnichenko wrote:
> 
>     Steps to Reproduce:
> 
>     1. boot guest with command [1]
>     2. load and unload virtio_console inside guest with loop.sh
>         # cat loop.sh
>          while [ 1 ]
>          do
>     modprobe virtio_console
>     lsmod | grep virt
>     modprobe -r virtio_console
>     lsmod | grep virt
>          done
> 
> 
> 
>     Actual results:
>     Guest reboot and can get vmcore-dmesg.txt file
> 
> 
>     Expected results:
>     Guest works well without error
> 
> 
>     Additional info:
>     The whole log will attach to the attachments.
> 
>     Call Trace:
>     [   22.974500] fuse: init (API version 7.31)
>     [   81.498208] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>     [   81.499263] pvqspinlock: lock 0xffffffff92080020 has corrupted
>     value 0xc0774ca0!
>     [   81.501000] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 785 at
>     kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h:500

[snip]

Thanks!

You should include an appropriate excerpt from this - the WARNING 
message and stack trace, and the steps to reproduce - in the commit 
message of the patch.


-- 
Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@...ux.ibm.com             IBM Australia Limited