linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] virtio-blk: Add validation for block size in config space

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Message-ID: <20210705142431-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 5 Jul 2021 14:25:33 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>
Cc:     jasowang@...hat.com, stefanha@...hat.com, axboe@...nel.dk,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] virtio-blk: Add validation for block size in config
 space

On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 06:00:06PM +0800, Xie Yongji wrote:
> This ensures that we will not use an invalid block size
> in config space (might come from an untrusted device).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@...edance.com>

I replied on v3.
Silently ignoring what hypervisor said is not a good idea.


> ---
>  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> index e4bd3b1fc3c2..e9d7747c3cc0 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
> @@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>  	err = virtio_cread_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE,
>  				   struct virtio_blk_config, blk_size,
>  				   &blk_size);
> -	if (!err)
> +	if (!err && blk_size >= SECTOR_SIZE && blk_size <= PAGE_SIZE)
>  		blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, blk_size);
>  	else
>  		blk_size = queue_logical_block_size(q);
> -- 
> 2.11.0