[PATCH v1 2/6] virtio console: Harden port adding

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 23:36:36 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The ADD_PORT operation reads and sanity checks the port id multiple
times from the untrusted host. This is not safe because a malicious
host could change it between reads.

Read the port id only once and cache it for subsequent uses.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Amit Shah <amit@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
index f4fd5fe7cd3a..6599c2956ba4 100644
--- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c
@@ -1563,10 +1563,13 @@ static void handle_control_message(struct virtio_device *vdev,
struct port *port;
size_t name_size;
int err;
+ unsigned id;

cpkt = (struct virtio_console_control *)(buf->buf + buf->offset);

- port = find_port_by_id(portdev, virtio32_to_cpu(vdev, cpkt->id));
+ /* Make sure the host cannot change id under us */
+ id = virtio32_to_cpu(vdev, READ_ONCE(cpkt->id));
+ port = find_port_by_id(portdev, id);
if (!port &&
cpkt->event != cpu_to_virtio16(vdev, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_ADD)) {
/* No valid header at start of buffer. Drop it. */
@@ -1583,15 +1586,14 @@ static void handle_control_message(struct virtio_device *vdev,
send_control_msg(port, VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_READY, 1);
break;
}
- if (virtio32_to_cpu(vdev, cpkt->id) >=
- portdev->max_nr_ports) {
+ if (id >= portdev->max_nr_ports) {
dev_warn(&portdev->vdev->dev,
"Request for adding port with "
"out-of-bound id %u, max. supported id: %u\n",
cpkt->id, portdev->max_nr_ports - 1);
break;
}
- add_port(portdev, virtio32_to_cpu(vdev, cpkt->id));
+ add_port(portdev, id);
break;
case VIRTIO_CONSOLE_PORT_REMOVE:
unplug_port(port);
--
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