linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix variable assignments in hv_ringbuffer

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Date:   Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:04:27 -0400
From:   Andres Beltran <lkmlabelt@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>,
        Saruhan Karademir <skarade@...rosoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix variable assignments in hv_ringbuffer_read()

On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 1:10 PM Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> What is the rationale for this change, it may break other code.
>
> A common API model in Windows world where this originated
> is to have a call where caller first
> makes request and then if the requested buffer is not big enough the
> caller look at the actual length and allocate a bigger buffer.
>
> Did you audit all the users of this API to make sure they aren't doing that.
>

The rationale for the change was to solve instances like the one
@Haiyang Zhang pointed out, especially in hv_utils, which needs
additional hardening. Unfortunately, there is an instance in
hv_pci_onchannelcallback() that does what you just described. Thus,
the fix will have to be made to all the callers of vmbus_recvpacket()
and vmbus_recvpacket_raw() to make sure they check the return value,
which most callers are not doing now. Thanks for pointing out this
behavior. I was not aware that the length can be checked by callers to
allocate a bigger buffer.