For the shortlog, describe what is being fixed instead of the literal code change, otherwise the shortlog doesn't help explain _why_ a change is being made. On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, tcs.kernel@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Haimin Zhang <tcs_kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > We found a null pointer deref by our modified syzkaller. > KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] > CPU: 1 PID: 13993 Comm: syz-executor.0 Kdump: loaded Tainted: > Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), > BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 > RIP: 0010:rcu_segcblist_enqueue+0xf5/0x1d0 > RSP: 0018:ffffc90001e1fc10 EFLAGS: 00010046 > RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff888135c00080 RCX: ffffffff815ba8a1 > RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90001e1fd00 RDI: ffff888135c00080 > RBP: ffff888135c000a0 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: fffff520003c3f75 > R10: 0000000000000003 R11: fffff520003c3f75 R12: 0000000000000000 > R13: ffff888135c00080 R14: ffff888135c00040 R15: 0000000000000000 > FS: 00007fecc99f1700(0000) GS:ffff888135c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000 > CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > CR2: 0000001b2f225000 CR3: 0000000093d08000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0 > DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > PKRU: 55555554 > Call Trace: > srcu_gp_start_if_needed+0x158/0xc60 build/../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:823 > __synchronize_srcu+0x1dc/0x250 build/../kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:929 > kvm_mmu_uninit_vm+0x18/0x30 build/../arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c:5585 > kvm_arch_destroy_vm+0x43f/0x5c0 build/../arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:11277 > kvm_create_vm build/../arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:1060 > kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm build/../arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main > kvm_dev_ioctl+0xdfb/0x1860 build/../arch/x86/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main > vfs_ioctl build/../fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] > __do_sys_ioctl build/../fs/ioctl.c:1069 [inline] > __se_sys_ioctl build/../fs/ioctl.c:1055 [inline] > __x64_sys_ioctl+0x183/0x210 build/../fs/ioctl.c:1055 > do_syscall_x64 build/../arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] > do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0 build/../arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 > entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae Newline here to make it easier to differentiate between the splat and the explanation. Though I would say hoist the explanation of the "why" to the top, e.g. KVM: x86: Handle SRCU initialization failure during page track init Check the return of init_srcu_struct(), which can fail due to OOM, when initializing the page track mechanism. Lack of checking leads to a NULL pointer deref found by a modified syzkaller. <splat goes here> > This is because when init_srcu_struct() calls alloc_percpu(struct > srcu_data) failed, kvm_page_track_init() didn't check init_srcu_struct > return code. > > Signed-off-by: Haimin Zhang <tcs_kernel@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: TCS Robot <tcs_robot@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_page_track.h | 2 +- > arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c | 8 ++++++-- > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 +++++-- > 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_page_track.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_page_track.h > index 87bd6025d91d..6a5f3acf2b33 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_page_track.h > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_page_track.h > @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct kvm_page_track_notifier_node { > struct kvm_page_track_notifier_node *node); > }; > > -void kvm_page_track_init(struct kvm *kvm); > +int kvm_page_track_init(struct kvm *kvm); > void kvm_page_track_cleanup(struct kvm *kvm); > > void kvm_page_track_free_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot); > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c > index 91a9f7e0fd91..44a67a50f6d2 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/page_track.c > @@ -163,13 +163,17 @@ void kvm_page_track_cleanup(struct kvm *kvm) > cleanup_srcu_struct(&head->track_srcu); > } > > -void kvm_page_track_init(struct kvm *kvm) > +int kvm_page_track_init(struct kvm *kvm) > { > + int r = -ENOMEM; Unnecessary initialization. > struct kvm_page_track_notifier_head *head; > > head = &kvm->arch.track_notifier_head; > - init_srcu_struct(&head->track_srcu); > + r = init_srcu_struct(&head->track_srcu); > + if (r) > + return r; > INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&head->track_notifier_list); > + return r; Just do "return 0", which is guaranteed by the above. Or even better, I would vote for returning init_srcu_struct() directly, the ordering doesn't matter and obviously failure is a very rare occurence. @@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ void kvm_page_track_init(struct kvm *kvm) struct kvm_page_track_notifier_head *head; head = &kvm->arch.track_notifier_head; - init_srcu_struct(&head->track_srcu); INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&head->track_notifier_list); + return init_srcu_struct(&head->track_srcu); } > } > > /* > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > index e5d5c5ed7dd4..5da76f989207 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c > @@ -11086,8 +11086,9 @@ void kvm_arch_free_vm(struct kvm *kvm) > > int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type) > { > + int r = -EINVAL; Unnecessary initialization. > if (type) > - return -EINVAL; > + return r; Unrelated and unnecessary change. > > INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&kvm->arch.mask_notifier_list); > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->arch.active_mmu_pages); > @@ -11121,7 +11122,9 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type) > > kvm_apicv_init(kvm); > kvm_hv_init_vm(kvm); > - kvm_page_track_init(kvm); > + r = kvm_page_track_init(kvm); > + if (r) > + return r; Hmm, so I don't see anything above this that needs to be unwound, but I'm still worried this will be hard to audit/maintain. As an alternative "fix", about dropping kvm->arch.track_notifier_head.track_srcu and using kvm->srcu? kvm_page_track_write() pretty much _has_ to hold that since the caller is writing guest memory, and conversely kvm_page_track_flush_slot() _can't_ hold it because the caller is modifying memslots and thus would deadlock if it held kvm->srcu for read. In other words, kvm_page_track_write() can rely (assert?) on vcpu->srcu_idx, and kvm_page_track_flush_slot() can take and release kvm->srcu. Practially speaking, (Un)Registering is going to happen only at VM creation so waiting all kvm->srcu readers instead of just page track readers should not be a problem. > kvm_mmu_init_vm(kvm); > > return static_call(kvm_x86_vm_init)(kvm); > -- > 2.27.0 >