[Xen-changelog] [xen master] arm: handle races between relinquish_memory and free_domheap_pages

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commit 1ef01396fdff88b1c3331a09ca5c69619b90f4ea
Author:     Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 29 13:34:17 2015 +0100
Commit:     Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu Oct 29 13:34:17 2015 +0100

    arm: handle races between relinquish_memory and free_domheap_pages
    
    Primarily this means XENMEM_decrease_reservation from a toolstack
    domain.
    
    Unlike x86 we have no requirement right now to queue such pages onto
    a separate list, if we hit this race then the other code has already
    fully accepted responsibility for freeing this page and therefore
    there is no more for relinquish_memory to do.
    
    This is CVE-2015-7814 / XSA-147.
    
    Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx>
    Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/arm/domain.c |   11 +++++++++--
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/domain.c b/xen/arch/arm/domain.c
index 683e769..880d0a6 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/domain.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/domain.c
@@ -772,8 +772,15 @@ static int relinquish_memory(struct domain *d, struct 
page_list_head *list)
     {
         /* Grab a reference to the page so it won't disappear from under us. */
         if ( unlikely(!get_page(page, d)) )
-            /* Couldn't get a reference -- someone is freeing this page. */
-            BUG();
+            /*
+             * Couldn't get a reference -- someone is freeing this page and
+             * has already committed to doing so, so no more to do here.
+             *
+             * Note that the page must be left on the list, a list_del
+             * here will clash with the list_del done by the other
+             * party in the race and corrupt the list head.
+             */
+            continue;
 
         if ( test_and_clear_bit(_PGC_allocated, &page->count_info) )
             put_page(page);
--
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