Thread (40 messages) 40 messages, 6 authors, 2024-07-25

Re: [PATCH v8 3/7] KVM: x86: Fix potential race in KVM_GET_CLOCK

From: Marcelo Tosatti <hidden>
Date: 2021-09-29 13:35:42
Also in: kvm, kvmarm

On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 06:15:34PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
Sean noticed that KVM_GET_CLOCK was checking kvm_arch.use_master_clock
outside of the pvclock sync lock. This is problematic, as the clock
value written to the user may or may not actually correspond to a stable
TSC.

Fix the race by populating the entire kvm_clock_data structure behind
the pvclock_gtod_sync_lock.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <redacted>
ACK patches 1-3, still reviewing the remaining ones...


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