[PATCH] vduse: Fix msg list race in vduse_dev_read_iter
From: Zhang Tianci
Date: Fri Jan 30 2026 - 03:15:41 EST
Move the message to recv_list before dropping msg_lock and copying the
request to userspace, avoiding a transient unlinked state that can race
with the msg_sync timeout path. Roll back to send_list on copy failures.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Tianci <zhangtianci.1997@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
index ae357d014564c..b6a558341c06c 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ static ssize_t vduse_dev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
struct vduse_dev *dev = file->private_data;
struct vduse_dev_msg *msg;
+ struct vduse_dev_request req;
int size = sizeof(struct vduse_dev_request);
ssize_t ret;
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ static ssize_t vduse_dev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
ret = -EAGAIN;
if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
- goto unlock;
+ break;
spin_unlock(&dev->msg_lock);
ret = wait_event_interruptible_exclusive(dev->waitq,
@@ -349,17 +350,30 @@ static ssize_t vduse_dev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
spin_lock(&dev->msg_lock);
}
+ if (!msg) {
+ spin_unlock(&dev->msg_lock);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(&req, &msg->req, sizeof(req));
+ /*
+ * Move @msg to recv_list before dropping msg_lock.
+ * This avoids a window where @msg is detached from any list and
+ * vduse_dev_msg_sync() timeout path may operate on an unlinked node.
+ */
+ vduse_enqueue_msg(&dev->recv_list, msg);
spin_unlock(&dev->msg_lock);
- ret = copy_to_iter(&msg->req, size, to);
- spin_lock(&dev->msg_lock);
+
+ ret = copy_to_iter(&req, size, to);
if (ret != size) {
+ spin_lock(&dev->msg_lock);
+ /* Roll back: move msg back to send_list if still pending. */
+ msg = vduse_find_msg(&dev->recv_list, req.request_id);
+ if (msg)
+ vduse_enqueue_msg(&dev->send_list, msg);
+ spin_unlock(&dev->msg_lock);
ret = -EFAULT;
- vduse_enqueue_msg(&dev->send_list, msg);
- goto unlock;
}
- vduse_enqueue_msg(&dev->recv_list, msg);
-unlock:
- spin_unlock(&dev->msg_lock);
return ret;
}
--
2.39.5