Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] device-dax: check for vma range while dax_mmap.

From: Dave Jiang
Date: Wed Aug 01 2018 - 15:40:41 EST




On 07/31/2018 04:46 AM, Zhang Yi wrote:
> It should be prevent user map an illegal vma range which larger than
> dax device phiscal resourse, as we don't have swap logic while page
> faulting in dax device.

This patch prevents a user mapping an illegal vma range that is larger
than a dax device physical resource.

>
> Applications, especailly qemu, map the /dev/dax for virtual nvdimm's
> backend device, we defined the v-nvdimm label area at the end of mapped
> rang. By using an illegal size that exceeds the physical resource of
> /dev/dax, then it will triger qemu a signal fault while accessing these
> label area.

When qemu maps the dax device for virtual nvdimm's backend device, the
v-nvdimm label area is defined at the end of mapped range. By using an
illegal size that exceeds the range of the device dax, it will trigger a
fault with qemu.

>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/dax/device.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
> index aff2c15..c9a50cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/device.c
> +++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
> @@ -177,6 +177,32 @@ static const struct attribute_group *dax_attribute_groups[] = {
> NULL,
> };
>
> +static int check_vma_range(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + const char *func)
> +{
> + struct device *dev = &dev_dax->dev;
> + struct resource *res;
> + unsigned long size;
> + int ret, i;
> +
> + if (!dax_alive(dev_dax->dax_dev))
> + return -ENXIO;
> +
> + size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + for (i = 0; i < dev_dax->num_resources; i++) {
> + res = &dev_dax->res[i];
> + if (size > resource_size(res)) {
> + dev_info(dev, "%s: %s: fail, vma range is overflow\n",
> + current->comm, func);
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + continue;
> + } else
> + return 0;
> + }
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> static int check_vma(struct dev_dax *dev_dax, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> const char *func)
> {
> @@ -465,6 +491,8 @@ static int dax_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> */
> id = dax_read_lock();
> rc = check_vma(dev_dax, vma, __func__);
> + if (!rc)
> + rc |= check_vma_range(dev_dax, vma, __func__);

I think you want to augment check_vma() rather than adding another
function? If this is added inside check_vma() then you can also skip the
!dax_alive() check. Do you expect this function to be called anywhere else?

> dax_read_unlock(id);
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>