From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Przemek Kitszel" <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Cc: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 08/14] iavf: temporary rename of IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES to IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:16:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-166503@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261009121433.30347-9-przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] net: iavf: missing bounds check on num_vsis causes out-of-bounds write
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commit 96fe4c02ff0c0cd29e48e38845a6fbbedd204284
Author: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com>
iavf: temporary rename of IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES to IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1
Rename IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES to IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1, in preparation for
the next patch that will extend the max to 256, using old value of 16 for
the "v1" variant of virtchnl opcodes.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
> @@ -268,19 +268,19 @@ int iavf_send_vf_ptp_caps_msg(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> **/
> static void iavf_validate_num_queues(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
> {
> - if (adapter->vf_res->num_queue_pairs > IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES) {
> + if (adapter->vf_res->num_queue_pairs > IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1) {
> struct virtchnl_vsi_resource *vsi_res;
> int i;
>
> dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Received %d queues, but can only have a max of %d\n",
> adapter->vf_res->num_queue_pairs,
> - IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES);
> + IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1);
> dev_info(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Fixing by reducing queues to %d\n",
> - IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES);
> - adapter->vf_res->num_queue_pairs = IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES;
> + IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1);
> + adapter->vf_res->num_queue_pairs = IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1;
> for (i = 0; i < adapter->vf_res->num_vsis; i++) {
> vsi_res = &adapter->vf_res->vsi_res[i];
> - vsi_res->num_queue_pairs = IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES;
> + vsi_res->num_queue_pairs = IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1;
[Severity: High]
Can a maliciously large num_vsis value from the PF cause an out-of-bounds
write here?
In iavf_get_vf_config(), the message from the PF is copied into
adapter->vf_res without validating num_vsis against the allocation
size:
memcpy(adapter->vf_res, event.msg_buf, min(event.msg_len, len));
/* some PFs send more queues than we should have so validate that
* we aren't getting too many queues
*/
if (!err)
iavf_validate_num_queues(adapter);
When iavf_validate_num_queues() runs, if the PF sent a num_queue_pairs
value greater than 16, this loop will iterate from 0 up to the unvalidated
adapter->vf_res->num_vsis.
If num_vsis exceeds the allocated size, this assignment writes the value 16
repeatedly into adjacent out-of-bounds heap memory. In confidential computing
environments, could a malicious PF use this to corrupt the VF kernel memory?
It does not appear that a bounds check is added in subsequent patches in
this series.
> }
> }
> }
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261009121433.30347-1-przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com?part=8
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-10 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-09 12:04 [PATCH net-next v2 00/14] devlink, mlx5, iavf, ice: XLVF for iavf Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 01/14] devlink, mlx5: add init/fini ops for shared devlink Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 02/14] ice: use shared devlink to store ice_adapters instead of custom xarray Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-10 12:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 12:57 ` Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 03/14] ice: add VF queue ena/dis helper functions Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 04/14] ice: add helpers for Global RSS LUT alloc, free, vsi_update Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 05/14] ice: rename ICE_MAX_RSS_QS_PER_VF to ICE_MAX_QS_PER_VF_VCV1 Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 06/14] ice: bump to 256qs for VF Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-10 12:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 13:46 ` Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 07/14] iavf: extend iavf_configure_queues() to support more queues Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 08/14] iavf: temporary rename of IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES to IAVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES_VCV1 Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-10 12:16 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-13 13:27 ` Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 09/14] iavf: increase max number of queues to 256 Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 10/14] iavf: use new opcodes to request more than 16 queues Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-10 12:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 11/14] ice: introduce handling of virtchnl LARGE VF opcodes Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 12/14] devlink: give user option to allocate resources Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 13/14] ice: represent RSS LUTs as devlink resources Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-10 12:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 13:49 ` Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-09 12:04 ` [PATCH net-next v2 14/14] ice: support up to 256 VF queues Przemek Kitszel
2026-10-10 12:16 ` sashiko-bot
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