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From: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
To: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>, Fam Zheng <fam@euphon.net>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, deller@gmx.de, Alexander Bulekov <alxndr@bu.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hw/scsi/lsi53c895a: add missing decrement of reentrancy counter
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:16:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a7ee1d55-f550-4ad9-9907-f9dd13600aa0@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240128202214.2644768-1-svens@stackframe.org>

On 28/01/2024 21.22, Sven Schnelle wrote:
> When the maximum count of SCRIPTS instructions is reached, the code
> stops execution and returns, but fails to decrement the reentrancy
> counter. This effectively renders the SCSI controller unusable
> because on next entry the reentrancy counter is still above the limit.
> 
> This bug was seen on HP-UX 10.20 which seems to trigger SCRIPTS
> loops.

Out of curiosity: What happened there before we introduced the 
reentrancy_level fix? Did it end up in an endless loop, or was it finishing 
at one point? In the latter case, we might need to adjust the 
"reentrancy_level > 8" to allow deeper nesting.

> Fixes: b987718bbb ("hw/scsi/lsi53c895a: Fix reentrancy issues in the LSI controller (CVE-2023-0330)")
> Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>
> ---
>   hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
> index 34e3b89287..d607a5f9fb 100644
> --- a/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
> +++ b/hw/scsi/lsi53c895a.c
> @@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ again:
>           lsi_script_scsi_interrupt(s, LSI_SIST0_UDC, 0);
>           lsi_disconnect(s);
>           trace_lsi_execute_script_stop();
> +        reentrancy_level--;
>           return;
>       }
>       insn = read_dword(s, s->dsp);

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>



  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-29  4:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-28 20:22 [PATCH] hw/scsi/lsi53c895a: add missing decrement of reentrancy counter Sven Schnelle
2024-01-29  4:16 ` Thomas Huth [this message]
2024-01-29  6:17   ` Sven Schnelle
2024-01-29  6:24 ` Michael Tokarev
2024-01-30 18:41 ` Helge Deller

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