Michael S. Tsirkin
2018-May-07 13:03 UTC
[PATCH net] vhost: Use kzalloc() to allocate vhost_msg_node
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:45:02AM -0400, Kevin Easton wrote:> The struct vhost_msg within struct vhost_msg_node is copied to userspace, > so it should be allocated with kzalloc() to ensure all structure padding > is zeroed. > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana.org> > Reported-by: syzbot+87cfa083e727a224754b at syzkaller.appspotmail.com > --- > drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > index f3bd8e9..1b84dcff 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > @@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_disable_notify); > /* Create a new message. */ > struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) > { > - struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); > + struct vhost_msg_node *node = kzalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!node) > return NULL; > node->vq = vq;Let's just init the msg though. OK it seems this is the best we can do for now, we need a new feature bit to fix it for 32 bit userspace on 64 bit kernels. Does the following help? Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c index f3bd8e9..58d9aec 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -2342,6 +2342,9 @@ struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); if (!node) return NULL; + + /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ + memset(&node->msg, 0, sizeof node->msg); node->vq = vq; node->msg.type = type; return node;
Dmitry Vyukov
2018-May-07 13:12 UTC
[PATCH net] vhost: Use kzalloc() to allocate vhost_msg_node
On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 3:03 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> wrote:> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 11:45:02AM -0400, Kevin Easton wrote: >> The struct vhost_msg within struct vhost_msg_node is copied to userspace, >> so it should be allocated with kzalloc() to ensure all structure padding >> is zeroed. >> >> Signed-off-by: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana.org> >> Reported-by: syzbot+87cfa083e727a224754b at syzkaller.appspotmail.com >> --- >> drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c >> index f3bd8e9..1b84dcff 100644 >> --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c >> +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c >> @@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_disable_notify); >> /* Create a new message. */ >> struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) >> { >> - struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); >> + struct vhost_msg_node *node = kzalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); >> if (!node) >> return NULL; >> node->vq = vq; > > > Let's just init the msg though. > > OK it seems this is the best we can do for now, > we need a new feature bit to fix it for 32 bit > userspace on 64 bit kernels. > > Does the following help?Hi Michael, You can ask reporter (syzbot) to test: https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/syzbot.md#testing-patches https://github.com/google/syzkaller/blob/master/docs/syzbot.md#kmsan-bugs> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > > diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > index f3bd8e9..58d9aec 100644 > --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c > @@ -2342,6 +2342,9 @@ struct vhost_msg_node *vhost_new_msg(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int type) > struct vhost_msg_node *node = kmalloc(sizeof *node, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!node) > return NULL; > + > + /* Make sure all padding within the structure is initialized. */ > + memset(&node->msg, 0, sizeof node->msg); > node->vq = vq; > node->msg.type = type; > return node; > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "syzkaller-bugs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to syzkaller-bugs+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/syzkaller-bugs/20180507155534-mutt-send-email-mst%40kernel.org. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.