From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
To: Jason Andryuk <andryuk@aero.org>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
xen-devel@lists.xen.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libxc: Protect xc_domain_resume from clobbering domain registers
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 14:42:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <537B5BC4.3070304@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400593028-26876-1-git-send-email-andryuk@aero.org>
On 20/05/14 14:37, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> xc_domain_resume() expects the guest to be in state SHUTDOWN_suspend.
> However, nothing verifies the state before modify_returncode() modifies
> the domain's registers. This will crash guest processes or the kernel
> itself.
>
> This can be demonstrated with `LIBXL_SAVE_HELPER=/bin/false xl migrate`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <andryuk@aero.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Verify domid
> - Improve error message
> ---
> tools/libxc/xc_resume.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c b/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c
> index 18b4818..e423814 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c
> +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c
> @@ -33,12 +33,21 @@ static int modify_returncode(xc_interface *xch, uint32_t domid)
> struct domain_info_context *dinfo = &_dinfo;
> int rc;
>
> - if ( xc_domain_getinfo(xch, domid, 1, &info) != 1 )
> + if ( xc_domain_getinfo(xch, domid, 1, &info) != 1 ||
> + info.domid != domid )
> {
> PERROR("Could not get domain info");
> return -1;
> }
>
> + if ( !info.shutdown || (info.shutdown_reason != SHUTDOWN_suspend) )
> + {
> + ERROR("Dom %d not suspended: (shutdown %d, reason %d)", domid,
> + info.shutdown, info.shutdown_reason);
> + errno = EINVAL;
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> if ( info.hvm )
> {
> /* HVM guests without PV drivers have no return code to modify. */
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-20 13:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-20 13:37 [PATCH v2] libxc: Protect xc_domain_resume from clobbering domain registers Jason Andryuk
2014-05-20 13:42 ` Andrew Cooper [this message]
2014-05-21 12:26 ` Ian Campbell
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