linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gve: Fix a possible invalid memory access

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Date:   Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:57:49 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     jeroendb@...gle.com, csully@...gle.com, awogbemila@...gle.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, bcf@...gle.com,
        gustavoars@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, jfraker@...gle.com,
        yangchun@...gle.com, xliutaox@...gle.com, sagis@...gle.com,
        lrizzo@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gve: Fix a possible invalid memory access

Le 24/10/2021 à 15:51, Willem de Bruijn a écrit :
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 7:52 AM Christophe JAILLET
> <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr> wrote:
>>
>> It is spurious to allocate a bitmap for 'num_qpls' bits and record the
>> size of this bitmap with another value.
>>
>> 'qpl_map_size' is used in 'drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve.h' with
>> 'find_[first|next]_zero_bit()'.
>> So, it looks that memory after the allocated 'qpl_id_map' could be
>> scanned.
> 
> find_first_zero_bit takes a length argument in bits:
> 
>      /**
>       * find_first_zero_bit - find the first cleared bit in a memory region
>       * @addr: The address to start the search at
>       * @size: The maximum number of bits to search
> 
> qpl_map_size is passed to find_first_zero_bit.
> 
> It does seem roundabout to compute first the number of longs needed to
> hold num_qpl bits
> 
>      BITS_TO_LONGS(num_qpls)
> 
> then again compute the number of bits in this buffer
> 
>      * sizeof(unsigned long) * BITS_PER_BYTE
> 
> Which will simply be num_qpls again.
> 
> But, removing BITS_PER_BYTE does not arrive at the right number.

(* embarrassed *)

So obvious.
Thank you for taking time for the explanation on a so badly broken patch.

I apologize for the noise and the waste of time :(


BTW, why not just have 'priv->qpl_cfg.qpl_map_size = num_qpls;'?

CJ

> 
> 
>>
>> Remove the '* BITS_PER_BYTE' to have allocation and length be the same.
>>
>> Fixes: f5cedc84a30d ("gve: Add transmit and receive support")
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
>> ---
>> This patch is completely speculative and un-tested!
>> You'll be warned.
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
>> index 7647cd05b1d2..19fe9e9b62f5 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
>> @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static int gve_alloc_qpls(struct gve_priv *priv)
>>          }
>>
>>          priv->qpl_cfg.qpl_map_size = BITS_TO_LONGS(num_qpls) *
>> -                                    sizeof(unsigned long) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
>> +                                    sizeof(unsigned long);
>>          priv->qpl_cfg.qpl_id_map = kvcalloc(BITS_TO_LONGS(num_qpls),
>>                                              sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
>>          if (!priv->qpl_cfg.qpl_id_map) {
>> --
>> 2.30.2
>>
>