On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 05:29:46PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > vhost_net_ubuf_put_and_wait has a confusing name: > it will actually also free it's argument. > Thus since commit 1280c27f8e29acf4af2da914e80ec27c3dbd5c01 > "vhost-net: flush outstanding DMAs on memory change" > vhost_net_flush tries to use the argument after passing it > to vhost_net_ubuf_put_and_wait, this results > in use after free. > To fix, don't free the argument in vhost_net_ubuf_put_and_wait, > add an new API for callers that want to free ubufs. This patch (slightly tweaked to apply it to 3.10.0) fixes the following backtrace for me: [exception RIP: vhost_poll_queue+10] RIP: ffffffffa05d5baa RSP: ffff88013fa83c78 RFLAGS: 00010286 RAX: 00000000c23988bd RBX: ffff88011f504200 RCX: 0000000000000003 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000000000c0 RDI: 0000000000000080 RBP: ffff88013fa83ca8 R8: ffffea0000dc1ba0 R9: 000000000009f414 R10: 00000000000040b4 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88011ddb0000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88011dcf5a00 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018 #9 [ffff88013fa83c80] vhost_zerocopy_callback at ffffffffa05d8dac [vhost_net] #10 [ffff88013fa83cb0] skb_copy_ubufs at ffffffff8152e0cd #11 [ffff88013fa83d10] skb_clone at ffffffff8152e214 #12 [ffff88013fa83d30] deliver_clone at ffffffffa05840f5 [bridge] #13 [ffff88013fa83d58] br_flood at ffffffffa05846ad [bridge] #14 [ffff88013fa83da0] br_flood_forward at ffffffffa0584875 [bridge] #15 [ffff88013fa83db0] br_handle_frame_finish at ffffffffa0585514 [bridge] #16 [ffff88013fa83df0] br_handle_frame at ffffffffa0585825 [bridge] #17 [ffff88013fa83e28] __netif_receive_skb_core at ffffffff8153b522 #18 [ffff88013fa83e80] __netif_receive_skb at ffffffff8153bae8 #19 [ffff88013fa83ea0] process_backlog at ffffffff8153c61e #20 [ffff88013fa83ee8] net_rx_action at ffffffff8153bed9 #21 [ffff88013fa83f40] __do_softirq at ffffffff81064997 #22 [ffff88013fa83fb0] call_softirq at ffffffff81651adc --- <IRQ stack> --- #23 [ffff88011ea27ca0] netif_rx at ffffffff8153ad99 #24 [ffff88011ea27cd8] netif_rx_ni at ffffffff8153b218 #25 [ffff88011ea27cf0] tun_get_user at ffffffffa05a78ff [tun] #26 [ffff88011ea27d80] tun_sendmsg at ffffffffa05a7d27 [tun] #27 [ffff88011ea27da0] handle_tx at ffffffffa05d8830 [vhost_net] #28 [ffff88011ea27e60] handle_tx_kick at ffffffffa05d8c55 [vhost_net] #29 [ffff88011ea27e70] vhost_worker at ffffffffa05d578d [vhost_net] #30 [ffff88011ea27ed0] kthread at ffffffff81080ba0 #31 [ffff88011ea27f50] ret_from_fork at ffffffff8165066c [exception RIP: unknown or invalid address] RIP: 0000000000000000 RSP: ffff88011ea27f58 RFLAGS: 00000202 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff81080ae0 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff8801371cfcf8 R8: 0000000000000000 R9: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff CS: 0010 SS: 0018 Feel free to add when you resubmit to net: Tested-by: Michele Baldessari <michele@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Michele Baldessari <michele@xxxxxxxxxx> C2A5 9DA3 9961 4FFB E01B D0BC DDD4 DCCB 7515 5C6D -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html