Re: [PATCH] vhost/vsock: don't check owner in vhost_vsock_stop() while releasing

From: Anirudh Rayabharam
Date: Mon Feb 21 2022 - 11:16:22 EST


On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 02:59:30PM +0100, Stefano Garzarella wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 12:49 PM Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > vhost_vsock_stop() calls vhost_dev_check_owner() to check the device
> > ownership. It expects current->mm to be valid.
> >
> > vhost_vsock_stop() is also called by vhost_vsock_dev_release() when
> > the user has not done close(), so when we are in do_exit(). In this
> > case current->mm is invalid and we're releasing the device, so we
> > should clean it anyway.
> >
> > Let's check the owner only when vhost_vsock_stop() is called
> > by an ioctl.
> >
> > Fixes: 433fc58e6bf2 ("VSOCK: Introduce vhost_vsock.ko")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Reported-by: syzbot+1e3ea63db39f2b4440e0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/vhost/vsock.c | 14 ++++++++------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+0abd373e2e50d704db87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I don't think this patch fixes "INFO: task hung in vhost_work_dev_flush"
even though syzbot says so. I am able to reproduce the issue locally
even with this patch applied.

Thanks,

- Anirudh.

> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+3140b17cb44a7b174008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>