Re: [PATCH] hw/net/vmxnet3: Fix guest-triggerable assert()

[Michael Tokarev]

17.08.2023 15:56, Thomas Huth wrote:

The assert() that checks for valid MTU sizes can be triggered by
the guest (e.g. with the reproducer code from the bug ticket
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/517 ). Let's avoid
this problem by simply logging the error and refusing to activate
the device instead.


I'm applying this to trivial-patches tree with some hesitation :)

Thanks,

/mjt


Fixes: d05dcd94ae ("net: vmxnet3: validate configuration values during 
activate")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth 
---
  hw/net/vmxnet3.c | 5 -
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index 5dfacb1098..6674122a7e 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,10 @@ static void vmxnet3_activate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
  vmxnet3_setup_rx_filtering(s);
  /* Cache fields from shared memory */
  s->mtu = VMXNET3_READ_DRV_SHARED32(d, s->drv_shmem, devRead.misc.mtu);
-assert(VMXNET3_MIN_MTU <= s->mtu && s->mtu <= VMXNET3_MAX_MTU);
+if (s->mtu < VMXNET3_MIN_MTU || s->mtu > VMXNET3_MAX_MTU) {
+qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "vmxnet3: Bad MTU size: %d\n", s->mtu);
+return;
+}
  VMW_CFPRN("MTU is %u", s->mtu);
  
  s->max_rx_frags =

Re: [PATCH] hw/net/vmxnet3: Fix guest-triggerable assert()

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

Hi Thomas,

On 17/8/23 14:56, Thomas Huth wrote:

The assert() that checks for valid MTU sizes can be triggered by
the guest (e.g. with the reproducer code from the bug ticket
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/517 ). Let's avoid
this problem by simply logging the error and refusing to activate
the device instead.

Fixes: d05dcd94ae ("net: vmxnet3: validate configuration values during 
activate")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth 
---
  hw/net/vmxnet3.c | 5 -
  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index 5dfacb1098..6674122a7e 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,10 @@ static void vmxnet3_activate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
  vmxnet3_setup_rx_filtering(s);
  /* Cache fields from shared memory */
  s->mtu = VMXNET3_READ_DRV_SHARED32(d, s->drv_shmem, devRead.misc.mtu);
-assert(VMXNET3_MIN_MTU <= s->mtu && s->mtu <= VMXNET3_MAX_MTU);
+if (s->mtu < VMXNET3_MIN_MTU || s->mtu > VMXNET3_MAX_MTU) {
+qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "vmxnet3: Bad MTU size: %d\n", s->mtu);


mtu is uint32_t, otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé 


+return;
+}
  VMW_CFPRN("MTU is %u", s->mtu);
  
  s->max_rx_frags =

[PATCH] hw/net/vmxnet3: Fix guest-triggerable assert()

[Thomas Huth]

The assert() that checks for valid MTU sizes can be triggered by
the guest (e.g. with the reproducer code from the bug ticket
https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/517 ). Let's avoid
this problem by simply logging the error and refusing to activate
the device instead.

Fixes: d05dcd94ae ("net: vmxnet3: validate configuration values during 
activate")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth 
---
 hw/net/vmxnet3.c | 5 -
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index 5dfacb1098..6674122a7e 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,10 @@ static void vmxnet3_activate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
 vmxnet3_setup_rx_filtering(s);
 /* Cache fields from shared memory */
 s->mtu = VMXNET3_READ_DRV_SHARED32(d, s->drv_shmem, devRead.misc.mtu);
-assert(VMXNET3_MIN_MTU <= s->mtu && s->mtu <= VMXNET3_MAX_MTU);
+if (s->mtu < VMXNET3_MIN_MTU || s->mtu > VMXNET3_MAX_MTU) {
+qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "vmxnet3: Bad MTU size: %d\n", s->mtu);
+return;
+}
 VMW_CFPRN("MTU is %u", s->mtu);
 
 s->max_rx_frags =
-- 
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