[PATCH] vfio/pci: Fix ordering of eventfd vs virqfd shutdown

From: Alex Williamson
Date: Wed May 25 2016 - 11:01:21 EST


Both the INTx and MSI/X disable paths do an eventfd_ctx_put() for the
trigger eventfd before calling vfio_virqfd_disable() any potential
mask and unmask eventfds. This opens a use-after-free race where an
inopportune irqfd can reference the freed signalling eventfd. Reorder
to avoid this possibility.

Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
index e9ea3fe..15ecfc9 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ static int vfio_intx_set_signal(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, int fd)

static void vfio_intx_disable(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev)
{
- vfio_intx_set_signal(vdev, -1);
vfio_virqfd_disable(&vdev->ctx[0].unmask);
vfio_virqfd_disable(&vdev->ctx[0].mask);
+ vfio_intx_set_signal(vdev, -1);
vdev->irq_type = VFIO_PCI_NUM_IRQS;
vdev->num_ctx = 0;
kfree(vdev->ctx);
@@ -401,13 +401,13 @@ static void vfio_msi_disable(struct vfio_pci_device *vdev, bool msix)
struct pci_dev *pdev = vdev->pdev;
int i;

- vfio_msi_set_block(vdev, 0, vdev->num_ctx, NULL, msix);
-
for (i = 0; i < vdev->num_ctx; i++) {
vfio_virqfd_disable(&vdev->ctx[i].unmask);
vfio_virqfd_disable(&vdev->ctx[i].mask);
}

+ vfio_msi_set_block(vdev, 0, vdev->num_ctx, NULL, msix);
+
if (msix) {
pci_disable_msix(vdev->pdev);
kfree(vdev->msix);