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[qemu-xen master] block: Avoid stale pointer dereference in blk_get_aio_context()



commit e6cada9231af022ffc2e351c70dfaea8530496e1
Author:     Greg Kurz <groug@xxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 9 15:50:45 2020 +0200
Commit:     Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue Jul 14 15:24:15 2020 +0200

    block: Avoid stale pointer dereference in blk_get_aio_context()
    
    It is possible for blk_remove_bs() to race with blk_drain_all(), causing
    the latter to dereference a stale blk->root pointer:
    
      blk_remove_bs(blk)
       bdrv_root_unref_child(blk->root)
        child_bs = blk->root->bs
        bdrv_detach_child(blk->root)
         ...
         g_free(blk->root) <============== blk->root becomes stale
        bdrv_unref(child_bs) <============ yield at some point
    
    A blk_drain_all() can be triggered by some guest action in the
    meantime, eg. on POWER, SLOF might disable bus mastering on
    a virtio-scsi-pci device:
    
      virtio_write_config()
       virtio_pci_stop_ioeventfd()
        virtio_bus_stop_ioeventfd()
         virtio_scsi_dataplane_stop()
          blk_drain_all()
           blk_get_aio_context()
           bs = blk->root ? blk->root->bs : NULL
                ^^^^^^^^^
                  stale
    
    Then, depending on one's luck, QEMU either crashes with SEGV or
    hits the assertion in blk_get_aio_context().
    
    blk->root is set by blk_insert_bs() which calls bdrv_root_attach_child()
    first. The blk_remove_bs() function should rollback the changes made
    by blk_insert_bs() in the opposite order (or it should be documented
    somewhere why this isn't the case). Clear blk->root before calling
    bdrv_root_unref_child() in blk_remove_bs().
    
    Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@xxxxxxxx>
    Message-Id: <159430264541.389456.11925072456012783045.stgit@xxxxxxxxx>
    Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 block/block-backend.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index 6936b25c83..0bf0188133 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -808,6 +808,7 @@ void blk_remove_bs(BlockBackend *blk)
 {
     ThrottleGroupMember *tgm = &blk->public.throttle_group_member;
     BlockDriverState *bs;
+    BdrvChild *root;
 
     notifier_list_notify(&blk->remove_bs_notifiers, blk);
     if (tgm->throttle_state) {
@@ -825,8 +826,9 @@ void blk_remove_bs(BlockBackend *blk)
      * to avoid that and a potential QEMU crash.
      */
     blk_drain(blk);
-    bdrv_root_unref_child(blk->root);
+    root = blk->root;
     blk->root = NULL;
+    bdrv_root_unref_child(root);
 }
 
 /*
--
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