[PATCH] xen: detect uninitialized xenbus in xenbus_init

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Tue Nov 16 2021 - 21:11:49 EST


From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>

If the xenstore page hasn't been allocated properly, reading the value
of the related hvm_param (HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN) won't actually return
error. Instead, it will succeed and return zero.

Instead of attempting to xen_remap a bad guest physical address, detect
this condition and return early.

Note that although a guest physical address of zero for
HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN is theoretically possible, it is not a good choice
and zero has never been validly used in that capacity.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index 94405bb3829e..c89de0062399 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -951,6 +951,18 @@ static int __init xenbus_init(void)
err = hvm_get_parameter(HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN, &v);
if (err)
goto out_error;
+ /*
+ * Uninitialized hvm_params are zero and return no error.
+ * Although it is theoretically possible to have
+ * HVM_PARAM_STORE_PFN set to zero on purpose, in reality it is
+ * not zero when valid. If zero, it means that Xenstore hasn't
+ * been properly initialized. Instead of attempting to map a
+ * wrong guest physical address return error.
+ */
+ if (v == 0) {
+ err = -ENOENT;
+ goto out_error;
+ }
xen_store_gfn = (unsigned long)v;
xen_store_interface =
xen_remap(xen_store_gfn << XEN_PAGE_SHIFT,
--
2.25.1