Re: [PATCH v2 08/14] vfio/pci: Re-order vfio_pci_probe()

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On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 20:56:00 -0400
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> vfio_add_group_dev() must be called only after all of the private data in
> vdev is fully setup and ready, otherwise there could be races with user
> space instantiating a device file descriptor and starting to call ops.
> 
> For instance vfio_pci_reflck_attach() sets vdev->reflck and
> vfio_pci_open(), called by fops open, unconditionally derefs it, which
> will crash if things get out of order.
> 
> Fixes: cc20d7999000 ("vfio/pci: Introduce VF token")
> Fixes: e309df5b0c9e ("vfio/pci: Parallelize device open and release")
> Fixes: 6eb7018705de ("vfio-pci: Move idle devices to D3hot power state")
> Fixes: ecaa1f6a0154 ("vfio-pci: Add VGA arbiter client")
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c | 17 +++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>




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