Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] libvhost-user: prevent over-running max RAM slots

[David Hildenbrand]

On 06.01.22 07:47, Raphael Norwitz wrote:
> When VHOST_USER_PROTOCOL_F_CONFIGURE_MEM_SLOTS support was added to
> libvhost-user, no guardrails were added to protect against QEMU
> attempting to hot-add too many RAM slots to a VM with a libvhost-user
> based backed attached.
> 
> This change adds the missing error handling by introducing a check on
> the number of RAM slots the device has available before proceeding to
> process the VHOST_USER_ADD_MEM_REG message.
> 
> Suggested-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Raphael Norwitz <raphael.norwitz@nutanix.com>
> ---
>  subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c 
> b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> index 77ddc96ddf..0fe3aa155b 100644
> --- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> +++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/libvhost-user.c
> @@ -690,6 +690,11 @@ vu_add_mem_reg(VuDev *dev, VhostUserMsg *vmsg) {
>      VuDevRegion *dev_region = &dev->regions[dev->nregions];
>      void *mmap_addr;
>  
> +    if (dev->nregions == VHOST_USER_MAX_RAM_SLOTS) {
> +        vu_panic(dev, "No free ram slots available");
> +        return false;
> +    }
> +
>      if (vmsg->fd_num != 1 ||
>          vmsg->size != sizeof(vmsg->payload.memreg)) {
>          vu_panic(dev, "VHOST_USER_REM_MEM_REG received multiple regions");

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb