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kvm/vfio: ensure kvg instance stays around in kvm_vfio_group_add()
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kvm_vfio_group_add() creates kvg instance, links it to kv->group_list,
and calls kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm() with kvg->file as an argument after
dropping kv->lock. If we race group addition and deletion calls, kvg
instance may get freed by the time we get around to calling
kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm().

Previous iterations of the code did not reference kvg->file outside of
the critical section, but used a temporary variable. Still, they had
similar problem of the file reference being owned by kvg structure and
potential for kvm_vfio_group_del() dropping it before
kvm_vfio_group_add() had a chance to complete.

Fix this by moving call to kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm() under the protection
of kv->lock. We already call it while holding the same lock when vfio
group is being deleted, so it should be safe here as well.

Fixes: 2fc1bec ("kvm: set/clear kvm to/from vfio_group when group add/delete")
Reviewed-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230714224538.404793-1-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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dtor authored and gregkh committed Sep 13, 2023
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion virt/kvm/vfio.c
Expand Up @@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ static int kvm_vfio_file_add(struct kvm_device *dev, unsigned int fd)
list_add_tail(&kvf->node, &kv->file_list);

kvm_arch_start_assignment(dev->kvm);
kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm(kvf->file, dev->kvm);

mutex_unlock(&kv->lock);

kvm_vfio_file_set_kvm(kvf->file, dev->kvm);
kvm_vfio_update_coherency(dev);

return 0;
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