[PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Handle errors from vgic_add_lpi

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Tue Aug 2 08:18:46 PDT 2016


On 02/08/16 16:08, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 11:35:27AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On 01/08/16 19:29, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>>> During low memory conditions, we could be dereferencing a NULL pointer
>>> when vgic_add_lpi fails to allocate memory.
>>>
>>> Consider for example this call sequence:
>>>
>>>   vgic_its_cmd_handle_mapi
>>>       itte->irq = vgic_add_lpi(kvm, lpi_nr);
>>>           update_lpi_config(kvm, itte->irq, NULL);
>>>               ret = kvm_read_guest(kvm, propbase + irq->intid
>>> 	                                             ^^^^
>>> 						     kaboom?
>>>
>>> Instead, return an error pointer from vgic_add_lpi and check the return
>>> value from its single caller.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>>> index 07411cf..3515bdb 100644
>>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>>> @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct vgic_irq *vgic_add_lpi(struct kvm *kvm, u32 intid)
>>>  
>>>  	irq = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vgic_irq), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>  	if (!irq)
>>> -		return NULL;
>>> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>>>  
>>>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&irq->lpi_list);
>>>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&irq->ap_list);
>>> @@ -697,24 +697,33 @@ static int vgic_its_cmd_handle_mapi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>>>  	struct its_device *device;
>>>  	struct its_collection *collection, *new_coll = NULL;
>>>  	int lpi_nr;
>>> -
>>> -	device = find_its_device(its, device_id);
>>> -	if (!device)
>>> -		return E_ITS_MAPTI_UNMAPPED_DEVICE;
>>> +	struct vgic_irq *irq = NULL;
>>> +	int err = 0;
>>>  
>>>  	if (its_cmd_get_command(its_cmd) == GITS_CMD_MAPTI)
>>>  		lpi_nr = its_cmd_get_physical_id(its_cmd);
>>>  	else
>>>  		lpi_nr = event_id;
>>> +
>>>  	if (lpi_nr < GIC_LPI_OFFSET ||
>>>  	    lpi_nr >= max_lpis_propbaser(kvm->arch.vgic.propbaser))
>>>  		return E_ITS_MAPTI_PHYSICALID_OOR;
>>>  
>>> +	irq = vgic_add_lpi(kvm, lpi_nr);
>>> +	if (IS_ERR(irq))
>>> +		return PTR_ERR(irq);
>>> +
>>> +	device = find_its_device(its, device_id);
>>> +	if (!device) {
>>> +		err = E_ITS_MAPTI_UNMAPPED_DEVICE;
>>> +		goto out;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>>  	collection = find_collection(its, coll_id);
>>>  	if (!collection) {
>>> -		int ret = vgic_its_alloc_collection(its, &collection, coll_id);
>>> -		if (ret)
>>> -			return ret;
>>> +		err = vgic_its_alloc_collection(its, &collection, coll_id);
>>> +		if (err)
>>> +			goto out;
>>>  		new_coll = collection;
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>> @@ -722,9 +731,8 @@ static int vgic_its_cmd_handle_mapi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>>>  	if (!itte) {
>>>  		itte = kzalloc(sizeof(struct its_itte), GFP_KERNEL);
>>>  		if (!itte) {
>>> -			if (new_coll)
>>> -				vgic_its_free_collection(its, coll_id);
>>> -			return -ENOMEM;
>>> +			err = -ENOMEM;
>>> +			goto out;
>>>  		}
>>>  
>>>  		itte->event_id	= event_id;
>>> @@ -733,7 +741,8 @@ static int vgic_its_cmd_handle_mapi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>>>  
>>>  	itte->collection = collection;
>>>  	itte->lpi = lpi_nr;
>>> -	itte->irq = vgic_add_lpi(kvm, lpi_nr);
>>> +	vgic_get_irq_kref(irq);
>>> +	itte->irq = irq;
>>>  	update_affinity_itte(kvm, itte);
>>>  
>>>  	/*
>>> @@ -742,8 +751,15 @@ static int vgic_its_cmd_handle_mapi(struct kvm *kvm, struct vgic_its *its,
>>>  	 * the respective config data from memory here upon mapping the LPI.
>>>  	 */
>>>  	update_lpi_config(kvm, itte->irq, NULL);
>>> +	new_coll = NULL;
>>> +	irq = NULL;
>>>  
>>> -	return 0;
>>> +out:
>>> +	if (new_coll)
>>> +		vgic_its_free_collection(its, coll_id);
>>> +	if (irq)
>>> +		vgic_put_irq(kvm, irq);
>>
>> Ah, it took me a moment to understand why you had the
>> vgic_irq_get_kref() above. Maybe a small comment?
>>
> 
> actually, now I'm confused.
> 
> vgic_add_lpi returns a struct vgic_irq with a reference count for the
> reference in the itte struct, right?

It either returns a vgic_irq with a refcount set to 1 (freshly
allocated), or a previously allocated one with the refcount already
incremented.

> So we never get a reference for the irq->lpi_list/dist->lpi_list_head ?

I don't think so. being part of the lpi_list is a part of the LPI
"existence".

> In which case my code above is wrong and I should not be getting the
> extra reference.  Right?

Ah, I just noticed that you are nullifying "irq". Either you don't
nullify it (and keep the kref_get), or remove both kref_get/kref_put,
but that makes your error handling a bit mot complicated.

> Now, this made me think of another issue.  vgic_add_lpi has a blurb in
> there about racing with another vgic_add_lpi and then it returns an irq
> with an additional reference.  But I don't understand how this can
> happen, given that the function only has a single caller which has to
> run with a mutex held???

The mutex is per-ITS, and you can have several ITSs mapping the same LPI
(provided that they are generated by the same devid/evid).

> Can two different itte's point to the same struct vgic_irq ?

Definitely, if they are on different ITSs.

Does it help?

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
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