| Message ID | 20230714183800.3112449-1-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2,1/2] kvm/vfio: ensure kvg instance stays around in kvm_vfio_group_add() | expand |
diff --git a/virt/kvm/vfio.c b/virt/kvm/vfio.c index 9584eb57e0ed..cd46d7ef98d6 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/vfio.c +++ b/virt/kvm/vfio.c @@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ static int kvm_vfio_group_add(struct kvm_device *dev, unsigned int fd) list_add_tail(&kvg->node, &kv->group_list); kvm_arch_start_assignment(dev->kvm); + kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm(kvg->file, dev->kvm); mutex_unlock(&kv->lock); - kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm(kvg->file, dev->kvm); kvm_vfio_update_coherency(dev); return 0;
kvm_vfio_group_add() creates kvg instance, links it to kv->group_list, and calls kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm() with kvg->file as an argument after dropping kv->lock. If we race group addition and deletion calls, kvg instance may get freed by the time we get around to calling kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm(). Previous iterations of the code did not reference kvg->file outside of the critical section, but used a temporary variable. Still, they had similar problem of the file reference being owned by kvg structure and potential for kvm_vfio_group_del() dropping it before kvm_vfio_group_add() had a chance to complete. Fix this by moving call to kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm() under the protection of kv->lock. We already call it while holding the same lock when vfio group is being deleted, so it should be safe here as well. Fixes: 2fc1bec15883 ("kvm: set/clear kvm to/from vfio_group when group add/delete") Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> --- v2: updated commit description with the correct "Fixes" tag (per Alex), expanded commit description to mention issues with the earlier implementation of kvm_vfio_group_add(). virt/kvm/vfio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)