[PATCH] virtio-pci: fix use after free

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Mon Nov 07 2011 - 11:35:54 EST


Commit 31a3ddda166cda86d2b5111e09ba4bda5239fae6 introduced
a use after free in virtio-pci. The main issue is
that the release method signals removal of the virtio device,
while remove signals removal of the pci device.

For example, on driver removal or hot-unplug,
virtio_pci_release_dev is called before virtio_pci_remove.
We then might get a crash as virtio_pci_remove tries to use the
device freed by virtio_pci_release_dev.

We allocate/free all resources together with the
pci device, so we can leave the release method empty.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
index d4ed130..a989b41 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c
@@ -730,11 +730,11 @@ static struct virtio_config_ops virtio_pci_config_ops = {

static void virtio_pci_release_dev(struct device *_d)
{
- struct virtio_device *dev = container_of(_d, struct virtio_device,
- dev);
- struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = to_vp_device(dev);
-
- kfree(vp_dev);
+ /*
+ * No need for a release method as we allocate/free
+ * all devices together with the pci devices.
+ * Provide an empty one to avoid getting a warning from core.
+ */
}

/* the PCI probing function */
@@ -822,6 +822,7 @@ static void __devexit virtio_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
virtio_pci_iounmap(vp_dev);
pci_release_regions(pci_dev);
pci_disable_device(pci_dev);
+ kfree(vp_dev);
}

#ifdef CONFIG_PM
--
1.7.5.53.gc233e
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