On 02/13/2014 05:45 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > vhost_zerocopy_callback accesses VQ right after it drops a ubuf > reference. In theory, this could race with device removal which waits > on the ubuf kref, and crash on use after free. > > Do all accesses within rcu read side critical section, and synchronize > on release. > > Since callbacks are always invoked from bh, synchronize_rcu_bh seems > enough and will help release complete a bit faster. > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> > --- > > This is was previously posted as part of patch > series, but it's an independent fix really. > Theoretical race so not needed for stable I think. > > changes from v1: > fixed typo in commit log > > drivers/vhost/net.c | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c > index b12176f..f1be80d 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/net.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c > @@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ static void vhost_zerocopy_callback(struct ubuf_info > *ubuf, bool success) > struct vhost_virtqueue *vq = ubufs->vq; > int cnt; > > + rcu_read_lock_bh(); > + > /* set len to mark this desc buffers done DMA */ > vq->heads[ubuf->desc].len = success ? > VHOST_DMA_DONE_LEN : VHOST_DMA_FAILED_LEN; > @@ -322,6 +324,8 @@ static void vhost_zerocopy_callback(struct ubuf_info > *ubuf, bool success) > */ > if (cnt <= 1 || !(cnt % 16)) > vhost_poll_queue(&vq->poll); > + > + rcu_read_unlock_bh(); > } > > /* Expects to be always run from workqueue - which acts as > @@ -804,6 +808,8 @@ static int vhost_net_release(struct inode *inode, struct > file *f) > fput(tx_sock->file); > if (rx_sock) > fput(rx_sock->file); > + /* Make sure no callbacks are outstanding */ > + synchronize_rcu_bh(); > /* We do an extra flush before freeing memory, > * since jobs can re-queue themselves. */ > vhost_net_flush(n);
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