[patch 02/29] virtio: console: Dont access vqs if device was unplugged

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Mar 10 2011 - 19:03:49 EST


2.6.37-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Amit Shah <amit.shah@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit d7a62cd0332115d4c7c4689abea0d889a30d8349 upstream.

If a virtio-console device gets unplugged while a port is open, a
subsequent close() call on the port accesses vqs to free up buffers.
This can lead to a crash.

The buffers are already freed up as a result of the call to
unplug_ports() from virtcons_remove(). The fix is to simply not access
vq information if port->portdev is NULL.

Reported-by: juzhang <juzhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ static void discard_port_data(struct por
unsigned int len;
int ret;

+ if (!port->portdev) {
+ /* Device has been unplugged. vqs are already gone. */
+ return;
+ }
vq = port->in_vq;
if (port->inbuf)
buf = port->inbuf;
@@ -469,6 +473,10 @@ static void reclaim_consumed_buffers(str
void *buf;
unsigned int len;

+ if (!port->portdev) {
+ /* Device has been unplugged. vqs are already gone. */
+ return;
+ }
while ((buf = virtqueue_get_buf(port->out_vq, &len))) {
kfree(buf);
port->outvq_full = false;


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