linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/hyper-v: guard against cpu mask changes in hyperv_flush_tlb

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Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:25:25 +0000
From:   Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        wei.liu@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, vkuznets@...hat.com,
        mikelley@...rosoft.com, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/hyper-v: guard against cpu mask changes in
 hyperv_flush_tlb_others()

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 07:37:38PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> cpumask can change underneath us, which is generally safe except when we
> call into hv_cpu_number_to_vp_number(): if cpumask ends up empty we pass
> num_cpu_possible() into hv_cpu_number_to_vp_number(), causing it to read
> garbage. As reported by KASAN:
> 
> [   83.504763] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hyperv_flush_tlb_others (include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h:128 arch/x86/hyperv/mmu.c:112)
> [   83.908636] Read of size 4 at addr ffff888267c01370 by task kworker/u8:2/106
> [   84.196669] CPU: 0 PID: 106 Comm: kworker/u8:2 Tainted: G        W         5.4.60 #1
> [   84.196669] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS 090008  12/07/2018
> [   84.196669] Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-8:0)
> [   84.196669] Call Trace:
> [   84.196669] dump_stack (lib/dump_stack.c:120)
> [   84.196669] print_address_description.constprop.0 (mm/kasan/report.c:375)
> [   84.196669] __kasan_report.cold (mm/kasan/report.c:507)
> [   84.196669] kasan_report (arch/x86/include/asm/smap.h:71 mm/kasan/common.c:635)
> [   84.196669] hyperv_flush_tlb_others (include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h:128 arch/x86/hyperv/mmu.c:112)
> [   84.196669] flush_tlb_mm_range (arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h:68 arch/x86/mm/tlb.c:798)
> [   84.196669] ptep_clear_flush (arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h:586 mm/pgtable-generic.c:88)
> 

What is the easiest way to reproduce this? Just enable KASAN in the
guest and run it normally? I want to have a chance to verify my earlier
reply.

Thanks,
Wei.