Re: [PATCH net] vhost/net: fix heads usage of ubuf_info

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 18:28 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 04:23:48PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > On Thu, 2013-03-21 at 08:02 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 02:29:55PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
> > > > From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> > > > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:46:09 +0200
> > > > 
> > > > > ubuf info allocator uses guest controlled head as an index,
> > > > > so a malicious guest could put the same head entry in the ring twice,
> > > > > and we will get two callbacks on the same value.
> > > > > To fix use upend_idx which is guaranteed to be unique.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Reported-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
> > > > 
> > > > And thankfully you got the stable URL wrong,
> > > 
> > > Yes I wrote stable@kernel.org that's what an old copy
> > > says here:
> > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> > > 
> > > I should have known better than look at it on the 'net.  The top
> > > 'Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux 2.6 -stable releases.'
> > > is a big hint that it's stale.
> > > Any idea who maintains this? Better update it or remove it or redirect to git.
> > 
> > Rob Landley maintains it, but he's been having trouble updating it since
> > all the upload mechanisms were changed on kernel.org.
> > 
> > (My stable maintenance scripts still match the old address, anyway.  Not
> > sure about Greg's.)
> > 
> > Ben.
> 
> I hope you mean it will match both the old and the new address?

Yes, of course!

Ben.

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