Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/kvm: fix vcpu-id indexed array sizes

From: Eduardo Habkost
Date: Fri Sep 03 2021 - 11:28:34 EST


On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 05:41:00PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID is the maximum vcpu-id of a guest, and not the number
> of vcpu-ids. Fix array indexed by vcpu-id to have KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID+1
> elements.

I don't think that's true. kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu() refuses to
create a VCPU with id==KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID.
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst also states that
"The vcpu id is an integer in the range [0, max_vcpu_id)."

>
> Note that this is currently no real problem, as KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID is
> an odd number, resulting in always enough padding being available at
> the end of those arrays.
>
> Nevertheless this should be fixed in order to avoid rare problems in
> case someone is using an even number for KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
> index 698969e18fe3..ff005fe738a4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
> @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static unsigned long ioapic_read_indirect(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic,
> static void rtc_irq_eoi_tracking_reset(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic)
> {
> ioapic->rtc_status.pending_eoi = 0;
> - bitmap_zero(ioapic->rtc_status.dest_map.map, KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID);
> + bitmap_zero(ioapic->rtc_status.dest_map.map, KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID + 1);
> }
>
> static void kvm_rtc_eoi_tracking_restore_all(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h
> index 660401700075..11e4065e1617 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h
> @@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ struct kvm_vcpu;
>
> struct dest_map {
> /* vcpu bitmap where IRQ has been sent */
> - DECLARE_BITMAP(map, KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID);
> + DECLARE_BITMAP(map, KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID + 1);
>
> /*
> * Vector sent to a given vcpu, only valid when
> * the vcpu's bit in map is set
> */
> - u8 vectors[KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID];
> + u8 vectors[KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID + 1];
> };
>
>
> --
> 2.26.2
>

--
Eduardo