This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled vsock/virtio: initialize the_virtio_vsock before using VQs to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: vsock-virtio-initialize-the_virtio_vsock-before-usin.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit d3c4405dd2c5a68ee68aca6fd723df8ebb27d54e Author: Alexandru Matei <alexandru.matei@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Oct 24 22:17:42 2023 +0300 vsock/virtio: initialize the_virtio_vsock before using VQs [ Upstream commit 53b08c4985158430fd6d035fb49443bada535210 ] Once VQs are filled with empty buffers and we kick the host, it can send connection requests. If the_virtio_vsock is not initialized before, replies are silently dropped and do not reach the host. virtio_transport_send_pkt() can queue packets once the_virtio_vsock is set, but they won't be processed until vsock->tx_run is set to true. We queue vsock->send_pkt_work when initialization finishes to send those packets queued earlier. Fixes: 0deab087b16a ("vsock/virtio: use RCU to avoid use-after-free on the_virtio_vsock") Signed-off-by: Alexandru Matei <alexandru.matei@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231024191742.14259-1-alexandru.matei@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c index f6fa26228e5cf..0b41028ed544a 100644 --- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c +++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c @@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ static int virtio_vsock_vqs_init(struct virtio_vsock *vsock) virtio_device_ready(vdev); + return 0; +} + +static void virtio_vsock_vqs_start(struct virtio_vsock *vsock) +{ mutex_lock(&vsock->tx_lock); vsock->tx_run = true; mutex_unlock(&vsock->tx_lock); @@ -604,7 +609,16 @@ static int virtio_vsock_vqs_init(struct virtio_vsock *vsock) vsock->event_run = true; mutex_unlock(&vsock->event_lock); - return 0; + /* virtio_transport_send_pkt() can queue packets once + * the_virtio_vsock is set, but they won't be processed until + * vsock->tx_run is set to true. We queue vsock->send_pkt_work + * when initialization finishes to send those packets queued + * earlier. + * We don't need to queue the other workers (rx, event) because + * as long as we don't fill the queues with empty buffers, the + * host can't send us any notification. + */ + queue_work(virtio_vsock_workqueue, &vsock->send_pkt_work); } static void virtio_vsock_vqs_del(struct virtio_vsock *vsock) @@ -707,6 +721,7 @@ static int virtio_vsock_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) goto out; rcu_assign_pointer(the_virtio_vsock, vsock); + virtio_vsock_vqs_start(vsock); mutex_unlock(&the_virtio_vsock_mutex); @@ -779,6 +794,7 @@ static int virtio_vsock_restore(struct virtio_device *vdev) goto out; rcu_assign_pointer(the_virtio_vsock, vsock); + virtio_vsock_vqs_start(vsock); out: mutex_unlock(&the_virtio_vsock_mutex);