答复: Found a memory leak in kvm module

From: 柳菁峰
Date: Mon Dec 19 2022 - 02:05:03 EST


I had tried to retest with your patch,and I think the memory leak was resolved by it.
Thanks!

-----邮件原件-----
发件人: Sean Christopherson [mailto:seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx]
发送时间: 2022年12月16日 2:17
收件人: 柳菁峰 <liujingfeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
抄送: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx; syzkaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
主题: Re: Found a memory leak in kvm module

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022, 柳菁峰 wrote:
> Hello,I have found a memory leak bug in kvm module by syzkaller.It was
> found in linux-5.4 but it also could be reproduced in the latest linux version.

Ah, I assume by "linux-5.4" you mean "stable v5.4.x kernels that contain commit
7d1bc32d6477 ("KVM: Stop looking for coalesced MMIO zones if the bus is destroyed")", because without that fix I can't see any bug that would affect both 5.4 and the upstream kernel.

If my assumption is correct, then I'm 99% certain the issue is that the target device isn't destroyed if allocating the new bus fails. I haven't had luck with the automatic fault injection, but was able to confirm a leak with this hack.

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index 13e88297f999..22d9ab1b5c25 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -5424,7 +5424,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
struct kvm_io_device *dev) {
int i, j;
- struct kvm_io_bus *new_bus, *bus;
+ struct kvm_io_bus *new_bus = NULL, *bus;

lockdep_assert_held(&kvm->slots_lock);

@@ -5441,6 +5441,7 @@ int kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(struct kvm *kvm, enum kvm_bus bus_idx,
if (i == bus->dev_count)
return 0;

+ if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64))
new_bus = kmalloc(struct_size(bus, range, bus->dev_count - 1),
GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (new_bus) {


The fix is to destroy the target device before bailing. I'll send a proper patch either way, but it would be nice to get confirmation that this is the same bug that you hit with "linux-5.4".

Thanks!

---
virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c b/virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c index 0be80c213f7f..5ef88f5a0864 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/coalesced_mmio.c
@@ -187,15 +187,17 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_unregister_coalesced_mmio(struct kvm *kvm,
r = kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev(kvm,
zone->pio ? KVM_PIO_BUS : KVM_MMIO_BUS, &dev->dev);

+ kvm_iodevice_destructor(&dev->dev);
+
/*
* On failure, unregister destroys all devices on the
* bus _except_ the target device, i.e. coalesced_zones
- * has been modified. No need to restart the walk as
- * there aren't any zones left.
+ * has been modified. Bail after destroying the target
+ * device, there's no need to restart the walk as there
+ * aren't any zones left.
*/
if (r)
break;
- kvm_iodevice_destructor(&dev->dev);
}
}


base-commit: 0f30b25edea48433eb32448990557364436818e6
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