| Message ID | 20230213085747.19956-1-clopez@suse.de |
|---|---|
| State | New |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2] vhost: avoid a potential use of an uninitialized variable in vhost_svq_poll() | expand |
diff --git a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c index 4307296358..515ccf870d 100644 --- a/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c +++ b/hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c @@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static void vhost_svq_flush(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq, size_t vhost_svq_poll(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq) { int64_t start_us = g_get_monotonic_time(); - uint32_t len; + uint32_t len = 0; do { if (vhost_svq_more_used(svq)) {
In vhost_svq_poll(), if vhost_svq_get_buf() fails due to a device providing invalid descriptors, len is left uninitialized and returned to the caller, potentally leaking stack data or causing undefined behavior. Fix this by initializing len to 0. Found with GCC 13 and -fanalyzer (abridged): ../hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c: In function ‘vhost_svq_poll’: ../hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c:538:12: warning: use of uninitialized value ‘len’ [CWE-457] [-Wanalyzer-use-of-uninitialized-value] 538 | return len; | ^~~ ‘vhost_svq_poll’: events 1-4 | | 522 | size_t vhost_svq_poll(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq) | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (1) entry to ‘vhost_svq_poll’ |...... | 525 | uint32_t len; | | ~~~ | | | | | (2) region created on stack here | | (3) capacity: 4 bytes |...... | 528 | if (vhost_svq_more_used(svq)) { | | ~ | | | | | (4) inlined call to ‘vhost_svq_more_used’ from ‘vhost_svq_poll’ (...) | 528 | if (vhost_svq_more_used(svq)) { | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | || | | |(8) ...to here | | (7) following ‘true’ branch... |...... | 537 | vhost_svq_get_buf(svq, &len); | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (9) calling ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’ from ‘vhost_svq_poll’ | +--> ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’: events 10-11 | | 416 | static VirtQueueElement *vhost_svq_get_buf(VhostShadowVirtqueue *svq, | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (10) entry to ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’ |...... | 423 | if (!vhost_svq_more_used(svq)) { | | ~ | | | | | (11) inlined call to ‘vhost_svq_more_used’ from ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’ | (...) | ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’: event 14 | | 423 | if (!vhost_svq_more_used(svq)) { | | ^ | | | | | (14) following ‘false’ branch... | ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’: event 15 | |cc1: | (15): ...to here | <------+ | ‘vhost_svq_poll’: events 16-17 | | 537 | vhost_svq_get_buf(svq, &len); | | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | | (16) returning to ‘vhost_svq_poll’ from ‘vhost_svq_get_buf’ | 538 | return len; | | ~~~ | | | | | (17) use of uninitialized value ‘len’ here Fixes: d368c0b052ad ("vhost: Do not depend on !NULL VirtQueueElement on vhost_svq_flush") Signed-off-by: Carlos López <clopez@suse.de> --- v2: Added Fixes tag hw/virtio/vhost-shadow-virtqueue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)