linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] xen: detect uninitialized xenbus in xenbus

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Message-Id: <20211122221625.1473164-1-sstabellini@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:16:25 -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 v3] 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.

Also recognize the invalid value of INVALID_PFN which is ULLONG_MAX.

For 32-bit Linux, any pfn above ULONG_MAX would get truncated. Pfns
above ULONG_MAX should never be passed by the Xen tools to HVM guests
anyway, so check for this condition and return early.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...inx.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- improve in-code comment
- improve check

Changes in v2:
- add check for ULLONG_MAX (unitialized)
- add check for ULONG_MAX #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32 (actual error)
- add pr_err error message
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index 94405bb3829e..d3ca57d48a73 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -951,6 +951,30 @@ 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.
+		 *
+		 * Also recognize the invalid value of INVALID_PFN which is
+		 * ULLONG_MAX.
+		 */
+		if (!v || !(v + 1)) {
+			err = -ENOENT;
+			goto out_error;
+		}
+		/* Avoid truncation on 32-bit. */
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+		if (v > ULONG_MAX) {
+			pr_err("%s: cannot handle HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN=%llx > ULONG_MAX\n",
+			       __func__, v);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_error;
+		}
+#endif
 		xen_store_gfn = (unsigned long)v;
 		xen_store_interface =
 			xen_remap(xen_store_gfn << XEN_PAGE_SHIFT,
-- 
2.25.1