Re: [PATCH 1/1] virtio-blk: Use blk_validate_block_size() to validate block size

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 12:07:29PM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Mar 2022, Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 11:58:41AM +0100, Lee Jones wrote:
> > > From: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> > > 
> > > [ Upstream commit 57a13a5b8157d9a8606490aaa1b805bafe6c37e1 ]
> > > 
> > > The block layer can't support a block size larger than
> > > page size yet. And a block size that's too small or
> > > not a power of two won't work either. If a misconfigured
> > > device presents an invalid block size in configuration space,
> > > it will result in the kernel crash something like below:
> > > 
> > > [  506.154324] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
> > > [  506.160416] RIP: 0010:create_empty_buffers+0x24/0x100
> > > [  506.174302] Call Trace:
> > > [  506.174651]  create_page_buffers+0x4d/0x60
> > > [  506.175207]  block_read_full_page+0x50/0x380
> > > [  506.175798]  ? __mod_lruvec_page_state+0x60/0xa0
> > > [  506.176412]  ? __add_to_page_cache_locked+0x1b2/0x390
> > > [  506.177085]  ? blkdev_direct_IO+0x4a0/0x4a0
> > > [  506.177644]  ? scan_shadow_nodes+0x30/0x30
> > > [  506.178206]  ? lru_cache_add+0x42/0x60
> > > [  506.178716]  do_read_cache_page+0x695/0x740
> > > [  506.179278]  ? read_part_sector+0xe0/0xe0
> > > [  506.179821]  read_part_sector+0x36/0xe0
> > > [  506.180337]  adfspart_check_ICS+0x32/0x320
> > > [  506.180890]  ? snprintf+0x45/0x70
> > > [  506.181350]  ? read_part_sector+0xe0/0xe0
> > > [  506.181906]  bdev_disk_changed+0x229/0x5c0
> > > [  506.182483]  blkdev_get_whole+0x6d/0x90
> > > [  506.183013]  blkdev_get_by_dev+0x122/0x2d0
> > > [  506.183562]  device_add_disk+0x39e/0x3c0
> > > [  506.184472]  virtblk_probe+0x3f8/0x79b [virtio_blk]
> > > [  506.185461]  virtio_dev_probe+0x15e/0x1d0 [virtio]
> > > 
> > > So let's use a block layer helper to validate the block size.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> > > Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026144015.188-5-xieyongji@bytedance.com
> > > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> > > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/block/virtio_blk.c | 12 ++++++++++--
> > >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > What stable tree(s) are you wanting this backported to?
> 
> I knew there was something I'd forgotten to do.
> 
> All of them, but I will save you the work and submit separate series'.
> 
> This one is for linux-5.10.y.

What about 5.15.y?  Why skip it?