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[3/4] virtio-net: Fix potential use-after-free

Message ID 3c8905c75dbc9973eb9f0dd0823a0989ee2e12d1.1311755243.git.amit.shah@redhat.com
State New
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Amit Shah July 27, 2011, 8:30 a.m. UTC
virtio_cleanup() will remove the VirtIONet struct that gets allocated
via virtio_common_init().  Ensure we don't dereference the structure
after calling the cleanup function.

Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
---
 hw/virtio-net.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin July 27, 2011, 8:43 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 02:00:31PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> virtio_cleanup() will remove the VirtIONet struct that gets allocated
> via virtio_common_init().  Ensure we don't dereference the structure
> after calling the cleanup function.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>

I see. It's not a use after free but will be once
you make virtio_cleanup free the vdev?

> ---
>  hw/virtio-net.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/virtio-net.c b/hw/virtio-net.c
> index a32cc01..3f10391 100644
> --- a/hw/virtio-net.c
> +++ b/hw/virtio-net.c
> @@ -1073,6 +1073,6 @@ void virtio_net_exit(VirtIODevice *vdev)
>          qemu_bh_delete(n->tx_bh);
>      }
>  
> -    virtio_cleanup(&n->vdev);
>      qemu_del_vlan_client(&n->nic->nc);
> +    virtio_cleanup(&n->vdev);
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.6
Amit Shah July 27, 2011, 8:51 a.m. UTC | #2
On (Wed) 27 Jul 2011 [11:43:44], Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 02:00:31PM +0530, Amit Shah wrote:
> > virtio_cleanup() will remove the VirtIONet struct that gets allocated
> > via virtio_common_init().  Ensure we don't dereference the structure
> > after calling the cleanup function.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
> 
> I see. It's not a use after free but will be once
> you make virtio_cleanup free the vdev?

Yes, the next patch.

		Amit
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diff --git a/hw/virtio-net.c b/hw/virtio-net.c
index a32cc01..3f10391 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-net.c
@@ -1073,6 +1073,6 @@  void virtio_net_exit(VirtIODevice *vdev)
         qemu_bh_delete(n->tx_bh);
     }
 
-    virtio_cleanup(&n->vdev);
     qemu_del_vlan_client(&n->nic->nc);
+    virtio_cleanup(&n->vdev);
 }