From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Anthony Krowiak" <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Heiko Carstens" <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
"Vasily Gorbik" <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
"Alexander Gordeev" <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
"Christian Borntraeger" <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 11/15] s390/vfio-ap: File ops called to resume the vfio device migration
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:14:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-170099@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261013153219.3534306-12-akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 2 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] fortify: __counted_by() traps on memcpy() of ap_config causing kernel panic
- [Low] build: incompatible pointer type warning for num_queues in vfio_ap_get_config()
--
commit 1f3606fec30cc37e82a55e4d85b768771f43fc2f
Author: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>
s390/vfio-ap: File ops called to resume the vfio device migration
This commit implements the write callback function for the file stream
created to restore the state of the vfio-ap device on the destination system.
Userspace reads the source guest's saved vfio-ap device state and writes it
to this file stream. The write callback copies each chunk into a pre-allocated
vfio_ap_config structure and validates it against the destination host's
configuration.
> --- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -284,7 +340,7 @@ static int vfio_ap_get_config(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
>
> lockdep_assert_held(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
>
> - ap_config_size = vfio_ap_config_size(matrix_mdev, (int *)&num_queues);
> + ap_config_size = vfio_ap_config_size(matrix_mdev, &num_queues);
[Severity: Low]
Is it possible this causes a build failure? vfio_ap_config_size() expects
an int pointer for its second argument, but num_queues is declared as an
unsigned int. Passing an unsigned int pointer here introduces an
incompatible pointer type warning which breaks the build under
CONFIG_WERROR.
[ ... ]
> +static ssize_t vfio_ap_resuming_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
> + size_t len, loff_t *pos)
> +{
[ ... ]
> + ret = validate_resuming_write_parms(filp, len);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out_unlock;
> +
> + ap_config = matrix_mdev->mig_data->resuming_mig_file.ap_config;
> +
> + memcpy((char *)ap_config + *pos, kbuf, len);
[Severity: High]
Does this memcpy() trigger a fortify panic? The struct vfio_ap_config
utilizes the __counted_by(num_queues) annotation for its flexible array.
During the resuming phase, ap_config is allocated with num_queues initialized
to 0.
Because memcpy() is fortified, it evaluates the maximum size of the
destination object using __builtin_dynamic_object_size(). At the time of
this memcpy(), ap_config->num_queues is still 0, so the compiler evaluates
the destination capacity strictly as the struct header size.
If userspace writes the migration data in a chunk larger than the header
size, the bounds check will fail before num_queues can be overwritten,
triggering a panic and crashing the system.
> + *pos += len;
> +
> + /*
> + * Check whether we have received all the data. We know the total
> + * expected size once num_queues has arrived, i.e. once *pos is past
> + * the fixed header. Until then keep accumulating.
> + */
> + if (*pos >= offsetofend(struct vfio_ap_config, num_queues)) {
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261013153219.3534306-1-akrowiak@linux.ibm.com?part=11
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-13 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-13 15:32 [PATCH v9 00/15] s390/vfio-ap: Add live guest migration support Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 01/15] s390/vfio-ap: Provide function to get the number of queues assigned to mdev Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 02/15] s390/vfio-ap: Data structures for facilitating vfio device migration Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 03/15] s390/vfio-ap: Functions to initialize/release vfio device migration data Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:47 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 04/15] s390/vfio-ap: Reset migration state in VFIO_DEVICE_RESET ioctl handler Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 05/15] s390/vfio-ap: Callback to get/set vfio device mig state during guest migration Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 06/15] s390/vfio-ap: Transition guest migration state from STOP to STOP_COPY Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 07/15] s390/vfio-ap: File ops called to save the vfio device migration state Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:59 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 08/15] s390/vfio-ap: Transition device migration state from STOP to RESUMING Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 09/15] s390/vfio-ap: Prepare lock helpers and matrix init for cross-file use Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 10/15] s390/vfio-ap: Add method to set a new guest AP configuration Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 11/15] s390/vfio-ap: File ops called to resume the vfio device migration Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 16:14 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 12/15] s390/vfio-ap: Transition device migration state to from/to STOP Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 13/15] s390/vfio-ap: Callback to get the size of data to be migrated during guest migration Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 14/15] s390/vfio-ap: Add 'migratable' feature to sysfs 'features' attribute Anthony Krowiak
2026-10-13 15:32 ` [PATCH v9 15/15] s390/vfio-ap: Add live guest migration chapter to vfio-ap.rst Anthony Krowiak
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