linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm/arm64: Fix KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE

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Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:05:47 +0800
From:   Keqian Zhu <zhukeqian1@...wei.com>
To:     Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>, <eric.auger.pro@...il.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>, <maz@...nel.org>,
        <alexandru.elisei@....com>, <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        <james.morse@....com>
CC:     <drjones@...hat.com>, <gshan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm/arm64: Fix KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_REDIST read


On 2021/4/12 23:00, Eric Auger wrote:
> When reading the base address of the a REDIST region
> through KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_REDIST we expect the
> redistributor region list to be populated with a single
> element.
> 
> However list_first_entry() expects the list to be non empty.
Indeed, list_first_entry() always return a non-null ptr. If the list
is empty, it will mistake the list head as the first element.

> Instead we should use list_first_entry_or_null which effectively
> returns NULL if the list is empty.
> 
> Fixes: dbd9733ab674 ("KVM: arm/arm64: Replace the single rdist region by a list")
> Cc: <Stable@...r.kernel.org> # v4.18+
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>
> Reported-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
> index 44419679f91a..5eaede3e3b5a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
> @@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ int kvm_vgic_addr(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type, u64 *addr, bool write)
>  			r = vgic_v3_set_redist_base(kvm, 0, *addr, 0);
>  			goto out;
>  		}
> -		rdreg = list_first_entry(&vgic->rd_regions,
> -					 struct vgic_redist_region, list);
> +		rdreg = list_first_entry_or_null(&vgic->rd_regions,
> +						 struct vgic_redist_region, list);
>  		if (!rdreg)
>  			addr_ptr = &undef_value;
>  		else
>