From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "João Peixoto" <jpeixoto@osyx.tech>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, robh@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] virt: bao: add I/O dispatcher driver
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:27:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-213306@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4e725d9d94cfd425ac0ff4352b21f7bf7b7a1296.1794589639.git.jpeixoto@osyx.tech>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential
issue to consider:
- [Medium] virt: bao: race in bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown() causes UAF on
teardown
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commit a54931ee06339bcb9128b2ac3b46c8d5cb3569c1
Author: João Peixoto <jpeixoto@osyx.tech>
virt: bao: add I/O dispatcher driver
This commit adds the Bao hypervisor I/O dispatcher driver, exposing
/dev/bao and per-DM file descriptors to bridge Remote I/O requests,
shared memory, ioeventfds, and irqfds between frontend guests and
userspace VirtIO device models.
> diff --git a/drivers/virt/bao/io-dispatcher/irqfd.c b/drivers/virt/bao/io-dispatcher/irqfd.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..8d01bef4e7abd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/virt/bao/io-dispatcher/irqfd.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,330 @@
[ ... ]
> +/* Queue the cleanup work at most once. Safe from atomic context. */
> +static void bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown(struct irqfd *irqfd)
> +{
> + if (!test_and_set_bit(BAO_IRQFD_SHUTDOWN, &irqfd->flags))
> + queue_work(irqfd->dm->irqfd_server, &irqfd->shutdown);
> +}
[ ... ]
> +static int bao_irqfd_wakeup(wait_queue_entry_t *wait, unsigned int mode,
> + int sync, void *key)
> +{
> + struct irqfd *irqfd = container_of(wait, struct irqfd, wait);
> + __poll_t flags = key_to_poll(key);
> + u64 cnt;
> +
> + if (flags & EPOLLIN) {
> + eventfd_ctx_do_read(irqfd->eventfd, &cnt);
> + bao_irqfd_inject(irqfd->dm->info.id);
> + }
> +
> + if (flags & EPOLLHUP)
> + /* Defer teardown to the cleanup work; can't sleep here. */
> + bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown(irqfd);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
[ ... ]
> +void bao_irqfd_server_destroy(struct bao_dm *dm)
> +{
> + struct irqfd *irqfd;
> + struct irqfd *next;
> +
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!dm))
> + return;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&dm->irqfds_lock);
> + list_for_each_entry_safe(irqfd, next, &dm->irqfds, list) {
> + list_del_init(&irqfd->list);
> + dm->nr_irqfds--;
> + bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown(irqfd);
> + }
> + mutex_unlock(&dm->irqfds_lock);
> +
> + /* Drain all cleanup work before tearing the workqueue down. */
> + if (dm->irqfd_server) {
> + flush_workqueue(dm->irqfd_server);
> + destroy_workqueue(dm->irqfd_server);
> + }
> +}
[Severity: Medium]
Can bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown() race with bao_irqfd_server_destroy() and
cause a use-after-free of dm and dm->irqfd_server?
bao_irqfd_wakeup() runs on EPOLLHUP without holding dm->irqfds_lock. Once
it sets BAO_IRQFD_SHUTDOWN in bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown(), a concurrent
teardown caller sees the bit already set and moves on to flush and destroy
dm->irqfd_server before the work item is actually queued:
CPU0 CPU1
eventfd_release() bao_dm_release()
wake_up_poll(..., EPOLLHUP) bao_dm_destroy()
bao_irqfd_wakeup() bao_irqfd_server_destroy()
bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown() mutex_lock(&dm->irqfds_lock)
test_and_set_bit(...) -> 0 bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown()
test_and_set_bit(...) -> 1
mutex_unlock(&dm->irqfds_lock)
flush_workqueue(dm->irqfd_server)
destroy_workqueue(dm->irqfd_server)
kfree(dm)
queue_work(irqfd->dm->irqfd_server, ...)
<-- use-after-free
The same race with bao_irqfd_deassign() lets flush_workqueue() return
before irqfd->shutdown has been queued and run.
Since queue_work() already ignores a work_struct that is currently
pending, bao_irqfd_queue_shutdown() can call queue_work() unconditionally
without BAO_IRQFD_SHUTDOWN so that both paths guarantee the work is queued
before returning.
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Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1794589639.git.jpeixoto@osyx.tech?part=2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 17:12 [PATCH v6 0/3] virt: bao: add Bao hypervisor IPC and I/O dispatcher drivers João Peixoto
2026-11-13 17:12 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] virt: bao: add IPC shared-memory driver João Peixoto
2026-11-13 17:12 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] virt: bao: add I/O dispatcher driver João Peixoto
2026-11-13 17:27 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-13 17:12 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] MAINTAINERS: add Bao hypervisor entry João Peixoto
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