Re: [Qemu-devel] [Qemu-block] [PATCH v2] util/async: avoid NULL pointer dereference

[Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 07:26:25AM +0800, Jie Wang wrote:
> if laio_init create linux_aio failed and return NULL, NULL pointer
> dereference will occur when laio_attach_aio_context dereference
> linux_aio in aio_get_linux_aio. Let's avoid it and report error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jie Wang <wangjie88@huawei.com>

Reviewed-by: Jeff Cody <jcody@redhat.com>

> ---
>  block/file-posix.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  util/async.c       |  5 ++++-
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
> index 513d371bb1..653017d7a5 100644
> --- a/block/file-posix.c
> +++ b/block/file-posix.c
> @@ -1665,6 +1665,11 @@ static int coroutine_fn raw_co_prw(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_LINUX_AIO
>          } else if (s->use_linux_aio) {
>              LinuxAioState *aio = aio_get_linux_aio(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
> +            if (!aio) {
> +                s->use_linux_aio = false;
> +                error_report("Failed to get linux aio");
> +                return -EIO;
> +            }
>              assert(qiov->size == bytes);
>              return laio_co_submit(bs, aio, s->fd, offset, qiov, type);
>  #endif
> @@ -1695,7 +1700,12 @@ static void raw_aio_plug(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
>      if (s->use_linux_aio) {
>          LinuxAioState *aio = aio_get_linux_aio(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
> -        laio_io_plug(bs, aio);
> +        if (aio) {
> +            laio_io_plug(bs, aio);
> +        } else {
> +            s->use_linux_aio = false;
> +            error_report("Failed to get linux aio");
> +        }
>      }
>  #endif
>  }
> @@ -1706,7 +1716,12 @@ static void raw_aio_unplug(BlockDriverState *bs)
>      BDRVRawState *s = bs->opaque;
>      if (s->use_linux_aio) {
>          LinuxAioState *aio = aio_get_linux_aio(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs));
> -        laio_io_unplug(bs, aio);
> +        if (aio) {
> +            laio_io_unplug(bs, aio);
> +        } else {
> +            s->use_linux_aio = false;
> +            error_report("Failed to get linux aio");
> +        }
>      }
>  #endif
>  }
> diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
> index 03f62787f2..08d71340f8 100644
> --- a/util/async.c
> +++ b/util/async.c
> @@ -327,8 +327,11 @@ LinuxAioState *aio_get_linux_aio(AioContext *ctx)
>  {
>      if (!ctx->linux_aio) {
>          ctx->linux_aio = laio_init();
> -        laio_attach_aio_context(ctx->linux_aio, ctx);
> +        if (ctx->linux_aio) {
> +            laio_attach_aio_context(ctx->linux_aio, ctx);
> +        }
>      }
> +
>      return ctx->linux_aio;
>  }
>  #endif
> -- 
> 2.15.0.windows.1
> 
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