From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jason Wang" <jasowang@redhat.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux.dev,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] vhost/vdpa: reject overflowing PA map page counts on 32-bit
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:10:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624181012-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuQ4bX-iDvcUOPPY+NLz95tkRJYwWqvzAr=U48uNaub_HZLGw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Jun 24, 2026 at 03:02:02PM -0700, Yousef Alhouseen wrote:
> vhost_vdpa_pa_map() adds the IOVA page offset to the user-controlled map
> size before computing the number of pages to pin. On 32-bit systems,
> where unsigned long is narrower than u64, that addition can overflow and
> the code can pin and map fewer pages than the requested IOTLB range.
>
> Reject sizes that overflow the unsigned long page-count calculation.
>
> Fixes: 22af48cf91aa ("vdpa: factor out vhost_vdpa_pa_map() and
> vhost_vdpa_pa_unmap()")
still 2 lines?
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yousef Alhouseen <alhouseenyousef@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Keep the Fixes tag on one line.
> - Add Michael's Acked-by tag.
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Add the Fixes tag.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Clarify that the overflow is on 32-bit systems.
> - Drop the unrelated memlock check change.
>
> drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> index ac55275fa..38b28ed3d 100644
> --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
> @@ -1102,6 +1102,7 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_pa_map(struct vhost_vdpa *v,
> unsigned int gup_flags = FOLL_LONGTERM;
> unsigned long npages, cur_base, map_pfn, last_pfn = 0;
> unsigned long lock_limit, sz2pin, nchunks, i;
> + unsigned long page_offset;
> u64 start = iova;
> long pinned;
> int ret = 0;
> @@ -1114,7 +1115,13 @@ static int vhost_vdpa_pa_map(struct vhost_vdpa *v,
> if (perm & VHOST_ACCESS_WO)
> gup_flags |= FOLL_WRITE;
>
> - npages = PFN_UP(size + (iova & ~PAGE_MASK));
> + page_offset = iova & ~PAGE_MASK;
> + if (size > ULONG_MAX - page_offset) {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto free;
> + }
> +
> + npages = PFN_UP(size + page_offset);
> if (!npages) {
> ret = -EINVAL;
> goto free;
> --
> 2.54.0
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2026-06-24 22:02 [PATCH v4] vhost/vdpa: reject overflowing PA map page counts on 32-bit Yousef Alhouseen
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