* [PATCH] virtio: fail early on bad config_len in migration
@ 2026-07-24 13:15 Michael S. Tsirkin
2026-07-25 20:53 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Michael S. Tsirkin @ 2026-07-24 13:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: qemu-devel; +Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert
virtio_load() attempts to load config_len bytes from the migration
stream. If that's huge (e.g. 4g) this will uselessly spin
beyond the end of the stream for seconds. Not nice.
Check qemu_file_get_error() and bail out early, instead.
Also note that config_len is int32_t but is coerced to unsigned when
used. Switch it to uint32_t to make this clearer.
Fixes: 2f5732e964 ("Allow mismatched virtio config-len")
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/3891
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
hw/virtio/virtio.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 8add4d5d99..72d828d33f 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ int coroutine_mixed_fn
virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
{
int i, ret;
- int32_t config_len;
+ uint32_t config_len;
uint32_t num;
uint32_t features;
BusState *qbus = qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(vdev));
@@ -3564,6 +3564,9 @@ virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
qemu_get_buffer(f, vdev->config, MIN(config_len, vdev->config_len));
while (config_len > vdev->config_len) {
+ if (qemu_file_get_error(f)) {
+ return -1;
+ }
qemu_get_byte(f);
config_len--;
}
--
MST
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* Re: [PATCH] virtio: fail early on bad config_len in migration
2026-07-24 13:15 [PATCH] virtio: fail early on bad config_len in migration Michael S. Tsirkin
@ 2026-07-25 20:53 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dr. David Alan Gilbert @ 2026-07-25 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michael S. Tsirkin; +Cc: qemu-devel
* Michael S. Tsirkin (mst@redhat.com) wrote:
> virtio_load() attempts to load config_len bytes from the migration
> stream. If that's huge (e.g. 4g) this will uselessly spin
> beyond the end of the stream for seconds. Not nice.
> Check qemu_file_get_error() and bail out early, instead.
>
> Also note that config_len is int32_t but is coerced to unsigned when
> used. Switch it to uint32_t to make this clearer.
That in a way feels like the more important fix (I hate to
think what that MIN(int32_t, size_t) does.
> Fixes: 2f5732e964 ("Allow mismatched virtio config-len")
> Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
> Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/3891
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dave@treblig.org>
> ---
> hw/virtio/virtio.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> index 8add4d5d99..72d828d33f 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
> @@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ int coroutine_mixed_fn
> virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
> {
> int i, ret;
> - int32_t config_len;
> + uint32_t config_len;
> uint32_t num;
> uint32_t features;
> BusState *qbus = qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(vdev));
> @@ -3564,6 +3564,9 @@ virtio_load(VirtIODevice *vdev, QEMUFile *f, int version_id)
> qemu_get_buffer(f, vdev->config, MIN(config_len, vdev->config_len));
>
> while (config_len > vdev->config_len) {
> + if (qemu_file_get_error(f)) {
> + return -1;
> + }
> qemu_get_byte(f);
> config_len--;
> }
> --
> MST
>
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