linux-kernel - [PATCH] xen: detect uninitialized xenbus in xenbus

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Date:   Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:11:45 -0800
From:   Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>
To:     jgross@...e.com
Cc:     boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        jbeulich@...e.com,
        Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...inx.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] xen: detect uninitialized xenbus in xenbus_init

From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...inx.com>

If the xenstore page hasn't been allocated properly, reading the value
of the related hvm_param (HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN) won't actually return
error. Instead, it will succeed and return zero.

Instead of attempting to xen_remap a bad guest physical address, detect
this condition and return early.

Note that although a guest physical address of zero for
HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN is theoretically possible, it is not a good choice
and zero has never been validly used in that capacity.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...inx.com>
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index 94405bb3829e..c89de0062399 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -951,6 +951,18 @@ static int __init xenbus_init(void)
 		err = hvm_get_parameter(HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN, &v);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_error;
+		/*
+		 * Uninitialized hvm_params are zero and return no error.
+		 * Although it is theoretically possible to have
+		 * HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN set to zero on purpose, in reality it is
+		 * not zero when valid. If zero, it means that Xenstore hasn't
+		 * been properly initialized. Instead of attempting to map a
+		 * wrong guest physical address return error.
+		 */
+		if (v == 0) {
+			err = -ENOENT;
+			goto out_error;
+		}
 		xen_store_gfn = (unsigned long)v;
 		xen_store_interface =
 			xen_remap(xen_store_gfn << XEN_PAGE_SHIFT,
-- 
2.25.1