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Stefano Garzarella f8b19571b1 vhost/vsock: improve RCU read sections around vhost_vsock_get() 
[ Upstream commit d8ee3cfdc8 ]

vhost_vsock_get() uses hash_for_each_possible_rcu() to find the
`vhost_vsock` associated with the `guest_cid`. hash_for_each_possible_rcu()
should only be called within an RCU read section, as mentioned in the
following comment in include/linux/rculist.h:

/**
 * hlist_for_each_entry_rcu - iterate over rcu list of given type
 * @pos:	the type * to use as a loop cursor.
 * @head:	the head for your list.
 * @member:	the name of the hlist_node within the struct.
 * @cond:	optional lockdep expression if called from non-RCU protection.
 *
 * This list-traversal primitive may safely run concurrently with
 * the _rcu list-mutation primitives such as hlist_add_head_rcu()
 * as long as the traversal is guarded by rcu_read_lock().
 */

Currently, all calls to vhost_vsock_get() are between rcu_read_lock()
and rcu_read_unlock() except for calls in vhost_vsock_set_cid() and
vhost_vsock_reset_orphans(). In both cases, the current code is safe,
but we can make improvements to make it more robust.

About vhost_vsock_set_cid(), when building the kernel with
CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST enabled, we get the following RCU warning when the
user space issues `ioctl(dev, VHOST_VSOCK_SET_GUEST_CID, ...)` :

  WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
  6.18.0-rc7 #62 Not tainted
  -----------------------------
  drivers/vhost/vsock.c:74 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!

  other info that might help us debug this:

  rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
  1 lock held by rpc-libvirtd/3443:
   #0: ffffffffc05032a8 (vhost_vsock_mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: vhost_vsock_dev_ioctl+0x2ff/0x530 [vhost_vsock]

  stack backtrace:
  CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 3443 Comm: rpc-libvirtd Not tainted 6.18.0-rc7 #62 PREEMPT(none)
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-7.fc42 06/10/2025
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   dump_stack_lvl+0x75/0xb0
   dump_stack+0x14/0x1a
   lockdep_rcu_suspicious.cold+0x4e/0x97
   vhost_vsock_get+0x8f/0xa0 [vhost_vsock]
   vhost_vsock_dev_ioctl+0x307/0x530 [vhost_vsock]
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x4f2/0xa00
   x64_sys_call+0xed0/0x1da0
   do_syscall_64+0x73/0xfa0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
   ...
   </TASK>

This is not a real problem, because the vhost_vsock_get() caller, i.e.
vhost_vsock_set_cid(), holds the `vhost_vsock_mutex` used by the hash
table writers. Anyway, to prevent that warning, add lockdep_is_held()
condition to hash_for_each_possible_rcu() to verify that either the
caller is in an RCU read section or `vhost_vsock_mutex` is held when
CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST is enabled; and also clarify the comment for
vhost_vsock_get() to better describe the locking requirements and the
scope of the returned pointer validity.

About vhost_vsock_reset_orphans(), currently this function is only
called via vsock_for_each_connected_socket(), which holds the
`vsock_table_lock` spinlock (which is also an RCU read-side critical
section). However, add an explicit RCU read lock there to make the code
more robust and explicit about the RCU requirements, and to prevent
issues if the calling context changes in the future or if
vhost_vsock_reset_orphans() is called from other contexts.

Fixes: 834e772c8d ("vhost/vsock: fix use-after-free in network stack callers")
Cc: stefanha@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20251126133826.142496-1-sgarzare@redhat.com>
Message-ID: <20251126210313.GA499503@fedora>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2026-01-02 12:57:04 +01:00
arch MIPS: ftrace: Fix memory corruption when kernel is located beyond 32 bits 2026-01-02 12:57:03 +01:00
block block: fix race between wbt_enable_default and IO submission 2026-01-02 12:56:51 +01:00
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Documentation dt-bindings: mmc: sdhci-of-aspeed: Switch ref to sdhci-common.yaml 2026-01-02 12:56:57 +01:00
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MAINTAINERS soc: fixes for 6.18, part 4 2025-11-28 09:57:31 -08:00
Makefile Linux 6.18.2 2025-12-18 14:03:43 +01:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
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In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.