linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: Move dummy_resources_list init in vfio_pci

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20201203164943.3b78c35d@w520.home>
Date:   Thu, 3 Dec 2020 16:49:43 -0700
From:   Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:     Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
Cc:     eric.auger.pro@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, cohuck@...hat.com,
        xyjxie@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfio/pci: Move dummy_resources_list init in
 vfio_pci_probe()

On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:52:02 +0100
Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com> wrote:

> In case an error occurs in vfio_pci_enable() before the call to
> vfio_pci_probe_mmaps(), vfio_pci_disable() will  try to iterate
> on an uninitialized list and cause a kernel panic.
> 
> Lets move to the initialization to vfio_pci_probe() to fix the
> issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
> Fixes: 05f0c03fbac1 ("vfio-pci: Allow to mmap sub-page MMIO BARs if the mmio page is exclusive")
> CC: Stable <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.7+
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Thanks, Eric.  Applied to vfio next branch for v5.11.

Alex

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
> index e6190173482c..47ebc5c49ca4 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c
> @@ -161,8 +161,6 @@ static void vfio_pci_probe_mmaps(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev)
>  	int i;
>  	struct vfio_pci_dummy_resource *dummy_res;
>  
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vdev->dummy_resources_list);
> -
>  	for (i = 0; i < PCI_STD_NUM_BARS; i++) {
>  		int bar = i + PCI_STD_RESOURCES;
>  
> @@ -1966,6 +1964,7 @@ static int vfio_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
>  	mutex_init(&vdev->igate);
>  	spin_lock_init(&vdev->irqlock);
>  	mutex_init(&vdev->ioeventfds_lock);
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vdev->dummy_resources_list);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vdev->ioeventfds_list);
>  	mutex_init(&vdev->vma_lock);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vdev->vma_list);