Re: [PATCH] vhost/net: length miscalculation

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Jan 08 2015 - 03:08:46 EST


On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 11:58:00PM +0300, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On 01/07/2015 11:55 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>
> >commit 8b38694a2dc8b18374310df50174f1e4376d6824
> > vhost/net: virtio 1.0 byte swap
> >had this chunk:
> >- heads[headcount - 1].len += datalen;
> >+ heads[headcount - 1].len = cpu_to_vhost32(vq, len - datalen);
>
> >This adds datalen with the wrong sign, causing guest panics.
>
> >Fixes: 8b38694a2dc8b18374310df50174f1e4376d6824
>
> The format of this tag assumes 12-digit SHA1 hash and the commit
> description enclosed in parens and double quotes. See
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches.
>
> >Reported-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >Suggested-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> WBR, Sergei

I pushed the patches to Linus unfortunately - there's
some urgency since many people are hitting the bug.
Will do my best to do it right next time.

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MST
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