Re: [syzbot] [crypto?] KCSAN: data-race in random_recv_done / virtio_read (3)

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Wed May 03 2023 - 06:22:31 EST


On Fri, Apr 21, 2023 at 04:52:13PM +0200, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
>
> Here this:
>
> size = min_t(unsigned int, size, vi->data_avail);
> memcpy(buf, vi->data + vi->data_idx, size);
> vi->data_idx += size;
> vi->data_avail -= size;
>
> runs concurrently with:
>
> if (!virtqueue_get_buf(vi->vq, &vi->data_avail))
> return;
> vi->data_idx = 0;
>
> I did not fully grasp how/where vi->data is populated, but it looks
> like it can lead to use of uninit/stale random data, or even to out of
> bounds access, say if vi->data_avail is already updated, but
> vi->data_idx is not yet reset to 0. Then concurrent reading will read
> not where it's supposed to read.

This appears to be a genuine bug. I'll look into it.

Thanks!
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