[PATCH v2 1/4] powerpc/kvm/book3s: Fixes possible 'use after release' of kvm

From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Thu Nov 07 2019 - 12:03:29 EST


Fixes a possible 'use after free' of kvm variable in
kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce, where it does a mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock)
after a kvm_put_kvm(kvm).

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
index 5834db0a54c6..a402ead833b6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c
@@ -316,14 +316,13 @@ long kvm_vm_ioctl_create_spapr_tce(struct kvm *kvm,

if (ret >= 0)
list_add_rcu(&stt->list, &kvm->arch.spapr_tce_tables);
- else
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);

mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);

if (ret >= 0)
return ret;

+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
kfree(stt);
fail_acct:
account_locked_vm(current->mm, kvmppc_stt_pages(npages), false);
--
2.23.0