From: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: avi@redhat.com, mtosatti@redhat.com
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Avoid NULL dereference in kvm_apic_accept_pic_intr()
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 17:32:07 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1328596327-18662-1-git-send-email-michael@ellerman.id.au> (raw)
A test case which does the following:
ioctl(vmfd, KVM_CREATE_VCPU, 0);
ioctl(vmfd, KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP);
ioctl(cpufd, KVM_RUN);
Can oops in kvm_apic_accept_pic_intr() because vcpu->arch.apic == NULL.
Because irqchip_in_kernel() is false when we create the vcpu we leave
vcpu->arch.apic uninitialised (in kvm_arch_vcpu_init()). Then when we run,
irqchip_in_kernel() is true, but we didn't do the correct initialisation.
The root of the problem seems to be that there is an assumption that
KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP will be called before any VCPUs are created. The
documentation says "sets up future vcpus to have a local APIC".
So the simplest fix seems to be to enforce that ordering in the code.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 14d6cad..27dd380 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3110,6 +3110,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
r = -EEXIST;
if (kvm->arch.vpic)
goto create_irqchip_unlock;
+ r = -EINVAL;
+ if (atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus))
+ goto create_irqchip_unlock;
r = -ENOMEM;
vpic = kvm_create_pic(kvm);
if (vpic) {
--
1.7.5.4
next reply other threads:[~2012-02-07 6:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-07 6:32 Michael Ellerman [this message]
2012-02-07 19:38 ` [PATCH] KVM: x86: Avoid NULL dereference in kvm_apic_accept_pic_intr() Marcelo Tosatti
2012-02-08 10:41 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-02-08 12:13 ` Michael Ellerman
2012-03-04 9:51 ` Avi Kivity
2012-03-04 10:14 ` Avi Kivity
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