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

From: Leonardo Bras
Date: Tue Nov 26 2019 - 12:52:45 EST


Fixes a possible 'use after free' of kvm variable.
It does use mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock) after possible freeing a variable
with kvm_put_kvm(kvm).

Signed-off-by: Leonardo Bras <leonardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_vio.c | 3 +--
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 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);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 13efc291b1c7..f37089b60d09 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2744,10 +2744,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
/* Now it's all set up, let userspace reach it */
kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
r = create_vcpu_fd(vcpu);
- if (r < 0) {
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
+ if (r < 0)
goto unlock_vcpu_destroy;
- }

kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)] = vcpu;

@@ -2771,6 +2769,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
kvm->created_vcpus--;
mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+ if (r < 0)
+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
return r;
}

@@ -3183,10 +3183,10 @@ static int kvm_ioctl_create_device(struct kvm *kvm,
kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
ret = anon_inode_getfd(ops->name, &kvm_device_fops, dev, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
if (ret < 0) {
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
list_del(&dev->vm_node);
mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
ops->destroy(dev);
return ret;
}
--
2.23.0