gnttab: correct locking order reversal

Coverity ID 1087189

Correct a lock order reversal between a domains page allocation and grant
table locks.

This is CVE-2013-4494 / XSA-73.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

Consolidate error handling.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>
Tested-by: Matthew Daley <mattjd@gmail.com>
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Andrew Cooper authored and Jan Beulich committed 2013-11-04 10:06:36 +01:00
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@@ -1517,6 +1517,8 @@ gnttab_transfer(
for ( i = 0; i < count; i++ )
{
bool_t okay;
if (i && hypercall_preempt_check())
return i;
@@ -1625,16 +1627,18 @@ gnttab_transfer(
* pages when it is dying.
*/
if ( unlikely(e->is_dying) ||
unlikely(e->tot_pages >= e->max_pages) ||
unlikely(!gnttab_prepare_for_transfer(e, d, gop.ref)) )
unlikely(e->tot_pages >= e->max_pages) )
{
if ( !e->is_dying )
gdprintk(XENLOG_INFO, "gnttab_transfer: "
"Transferee has no reservation "
"headroom (%d,%d) or provided a bad grant ref (%08x) "
"or is dying (%d)\n",
e->tot_pages, e->max_pages, gop.ref, e->is_dying);
spin_unlock(&e->page_alloc_lock);
if ( e->is_dying )
gdprintk(XENLOG_INFO, "gnttab_transfer: "
"Transferee (d%d) is dying\n", e->domain_id);
else
gdprintk(XENLOG_INFO, "gnttab_transfer: "
"Transferee (d%d) has no headroom (tot %u, max %u)\n",
e->domain_id, e->tot_pages, e->max_pages);
rcu_unlock_domain(e);
put_gfn(d, gop.mfn);
page->count_info &= ~(PGC_count_mask|PGC_allocated);
@@ -1646,6 +1650,38 @@ gnttab_transfer(
/* Okay, add the page to 'e'. */
if ( unlikely(domain_adjust_tot_pages(e, 1) == 1) )
get_knownalive_domain(e);
/*
* We must drop the lock to avoid a possible deadlock in
* gnttab_prepare_for_transfer. We have reserved a page in e so can
* safely drop the lock and re-aquire it later to add page to the
* pagelist.
*/
spin_unlock(&e->page_alloc_lock);
okay = gnttab_prepare_for_transfer(e, d, gop.ref);
spin_lock(&e->page_alloc_lock);
if ( unlikely(!okay) || unlikely(e->is_dying) )
{
bool_t drop_dom_ref = !domain_adjust_tot_pages(e, -1);
spin_unlock(&e->page_alloc_lock);
if ( okay /* i.e. e->is_dying due to the surrounding if() */ )
gdprintk(XENLOG_INFO, "gnttab_transfer: "
"Transferee (d%d) is now dying\n", e->domain_id);
if ( drop_dom_ref )
put_domain(e);
rcu_unlock_domain(e);
put_gfn(d, gop.mfn);
page->count_info &= ~(PGC_count_mask|PGC_allocated);
free_domheap_page(page);
gop.status = GNTST_general_error;
goto copyback;
}
page_list_add_tail(page, &e->page_list);
page_set_owner(page, e);
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