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RE: [PATCH v3] x86/mm: Short circuit damage from "fishy" ref/typecount failure



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 19 January 2021 13:03
> To: Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jan Beulich 
> <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>; Roger Pau Monné
> <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>; Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>; Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>; 
> Tamas K Lengyel
> <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] x86/mm: Short circuit damage from "fishy" ref/typecount 
> failure
> 
> This code has been copied in 3 places, but it is problematic.
> 
> All cases will hit a BUG() later in domain teardown, when a the missing
> type/count reference is underflowed.
> 
> Don't complicated the logic by leaving a totally unqualified domain crash, and
> a timebomb which will be triggered by the toolstack at a slightly later, and
> seemingly unrelated, point.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> CC: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> CC: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>
> CC: Tamas K Lengyel <tamas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> v3:
>  * Actually include the typo corrects to make it compile.

Looks ok now :-)

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>

> v2:
>  * Reword the commit message.
>  * Switch BUG() to BUG_ON() to further reduce code volume.
> ---
>  xen/arch/x86/hvm/ioreq.c     | 11 ++---------
>  xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c   | 11 ++---------
>  xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_paging.c | 17 ++++-------------
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/ioreq.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/ioreq.c
> index 1cc27df87f..0c38cfa151 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/ioreq.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/ioreq.c
> @@ -366,15 +366,8 @@ static int hvm_alloc_ioreq_mfn(struct hvm_ioreq_server 
> *s, bool buf)
>      if ( !page )
>          return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -    if ( !get_page_and_type(page, s->target, PGT_writable_page) )
> -    {
> -        /*
> -         * The domain can't possibly know about this page yet, so failure
> -         * here is a clear indication of something fishy going on.
> -         */
> -        domain_crash(s->emulator);
> -        return -ENODATA;
> -    }
> +    /* Domain can't know about this page yet - something fishy going on. */
> +    BUG_ON(!get_page_and_type(page, s->target, PGT_writable_page));
> 
>      iorp->va = __map_domain_page_global(page);
>      if ( !iorp->va )
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 2d4475ee3d..4120234c15 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -3042,15 +3042,8 @@ static int vmx_alloc_vlapic_mapping(struct domain *d)
>      if ( !pg )
>          return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -    if ( !get_page_and_type(pg, d, PGT_writable_page) )
> -    {
> -        /*
> -         * The domain can't possibly know about this page yet, so failure
> -         * here is a clear indication of something fishy going on.
> -         */
> -        domain_crash(d);
> -        return -ENODATA;
> -    }
> +    /* Domain can't know about this page yet - something fishy going on. */
> +    BUG_ON(!get_page_and_type(pg, d, PGT_writable_page));
> 
>      mfn = page_to_mfn(pg);
>      clear_domain_page(mfn);
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_paging.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_paging.c
> index 01281f786e..60d667ae94 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_paging.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/mem_paging.c
> @@ -379,19 +379,10 @@ static int prepare(struct domain *d, gfn_t gfn,
>          page = alloc_domheap_page(d, 0);
>          if ( unlikely(page == NULL) )
>              goto out;
> -        if ( unlikely(!get_page(page, d)) )
> -        {
> -            /*
> -             * The domain can't possibly know about this page yet, so failure
> -             * here is a clear indication of something fishy going on.
> -             */
> -            gprintk(XENLOG_ERR,
> -                    "%pd: fresh page for GFN %"PRI_gfn" in unexpected 
> state\n",
> -                    d, gfn_x(gfn));
> -            domain_crash(d);
> -            page = NULL;
> -            goto out;
> -        }
> +
> +        /* Domain can't know about this page yet - something fishy going on. 
> */
> +        BUG_ON(!get_page(page, d));
> +
>          mfn = page_to_mfn(page);
>          page_extant = 0;
> 
> --
> 2.11.0





 


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