From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EE18C169C4 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 13:51:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 559F6218D8 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 13:51:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728906AbfBCNuu (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2019 08:50:50 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:54272 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728585AbfBCNuT (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2019 08:50:19 -0500 Received: from cable-78.29.236.164.coditel.net ([78.29.236.164] helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gqIA6-0003tg-0y; Sun, 03 Feb 2019 13:50:18 +0000 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.92-RC4) (envelope-from ) id 1gqI9t-0007QI-88; Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:50:05 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov , "David S. Miller" , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , "Jason Wang" Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Subject: [PATCH 3.16 284/305] vhost: make sure used idx is seen before log in vhost_add_used_n() In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 78.29.236.164 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.63-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Jason Wang commit 841df922417eb82c835e93d4b93eb6a68c99d599 upstream. We miss a write barrier that guarantees used idx is updated and seen before log. This will let userspace sync and copy used ring before used idx is update. Fix this by adding a barrier before log_write(). Fixes: 8dd014adfea6f ("vhost-net: mergeable buffers support") Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Jason Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c @@ -1411,6 +1411,8 @@ int vhost_add_used_n(struct vhost_virtqu return -EFAULT; } if (unlikely(vq->log_used)) { + /* Make sure used idx is seen before log. */ + smp_wmb(); /* Log used index update. */ log_write(vq->log_base, vq->log_addr + offsetof(struct vring_used, idx),