Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2013-03-21

Re: [PATCH net] vhost/net: fix heads usage of ubuf_info

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: 2013-03-17 18:49:55
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 02:29:55PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:46:09 +0200
quoted
ubuf info allocator uses guest controlled head as an index,
so a malicious guest could put the same head entry in the ring twice,
and we will get two callbacks on the same value.
To fix use upend_idx which is guaranteed to be unique.

Reported-by: Rusty Russell <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
OK I'll drop it from my tree then.
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