linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 01/10] virtio-blk: validate num

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Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:18:17 +0200
From:   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     mst@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, f.hetzelt@...berlin.de,
        david.kaplan@....com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 01/10] virtio-blk: validate num_queues during probe

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 03:01:43PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>If an untrusted device neogitates BLK_F_MQ but advertises a zero

s/neogitates/negotiates

>num_queues, the driver may end up trying to allocating zero size
>buffers where ZERO_SIZE_PTR is returned which may pass the checking
>against the NULL. This will lead unexpected results.
>
>Fixing this by failing the probe in this case.
>
>Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
>Cc: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
>Cc: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>
>Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
>---
> drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Should we CC stable?

Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>