Re: [PATCH] vfio: Fix bug in vfio_device_get_from_name()

[Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>]

On Wed, 2015-11-04 at 13:53 +0100, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
> 
> The vfio_device_get_from_name() function might return a
> non-NULL pointer, when called with a device name that is not
> found in the list. This causes undefined behavior, in my
> case calling an invalid function pointer later on:
> 
>  kernel tried to execute NX-protected page - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
>  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff8800cb3ddc08
> 
> [...]
> 
>  Call Trace:
>   [<ffffffffa03bd733>] ? vfio_group_fops_unl_ioctl+0x253/0x410 [vfio]
>   [<ffffffff811efc4d>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2cd/0x4c0
>   [<ffffffff811f9657>] ? __fget+0x77/0xb0
>   [<ffffffff811efeb9>] SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
>   [<ffffffff81001bb0>] ? syscall_return_slowpath+0x50/0x130
>   [<ffffffff8167f776>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x75
> 
> Fix the issue by returning NULL when there is no device with
> the requested name in the list.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+
> Fixes: 4bc94d5dc95d ("vfio: Fix lockdep issue")
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
> ---

Thanks for tracking this down, Joerg!  Looks right, I'll queue it for
next.  Thanks,

Alex

>  drivers/vfio/vfio.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
> index 563c510..8c50ea6 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
> @@ -692,11 +692,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_device_get_from_dev);
>  static struct vfio_device *vfio_device_get_from_name(struct vfio_group *group,
>  						     char *buf)
>  {
> -	struct vfio_device *device;
> +	struct vfio_device *it, *device = NULL;
>  
>  	mutex_lock(&group->device_lock);
> -	list_for_each_entry(device, &group->device_list, group_next) {
> -		if (!strcmp(dev_name(device->dev), buf)) {
> +	list_for_each_entry(it, &group->device_list, group_next) {
> +		if (!strcmp(dev_name(it->dev), buf)) {
> +			device = it;
>  			vfio_device_get(device);
>  			break;
>  		}