David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 11:38:22AM -0500, Serhii Popovych wrote: >> It is possible to trigger use after free during HPT resize >> causing host kernel to crash. More details and analysis of >> the problem can be found in change with corresponding subject >> (KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix use after free in case of multiple >> resize requests). >> >> We need some changes to prepare for the fix, especially >> make ->error in HPT resize instance single point for >> tracking allocation state, improve kvmppc_allocate_hpt() >> and kvmppc_free_hpt() so they can be used more safely. >> >> See individual commit description message to get more >> information on changes presented. > > I spoke with Paul Mackerras about these patches on IRC today. We want > this as a fix, ASAP, in 4.15. However, he's uncomfortable with > pushing some of extra cleanups which aren't necessary for the bug fix > this late for 4.15, and was having trouble following what was the core > of the fix. He was also nervous about the addition of more BUG_ON()s. As was I. > To avoid the round trip to Ukraine time and back, I've made revised > versions of patches 1 & 3 which should apply standalone, replaced the > BUG_ON()s with WARN_ON()s Thanks. cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm-ppc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
