vhost/net: Protect ubufs with rcu read lock in vhost_net_ubuf_put()
authorNikolay Kuratov <kniv@yandex-team.ru>
Tue, 5 Aug 2025 13:09:17 +0000 (16:09 +0300)
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 07:38:10 +0000 (03:38 -0400)
commitdd54bcf86c91a4455b1f95cbc8e9ac91205f3193
tree16fce6d75cdb1064e42e3781991081117a1cf426
parenta39d13e291c2681e475d9fd41655764dab09be7b
vhost/net: Protect ubufs with rcu read lock in vhost_net_ubuf_put()

When operating on struct vhost_net_ubuf_ref, the following execution
sequence is theoretically possible:
CPU0 is finalizing DMA operation                   CPU1 is doing VHOST_NET_SET_BACKEND
                             // ubufs->refcount == 2
vhost_net_ubuf_put()                               vhost_net_ubuf_put_wait_and_free(oldubufs)
                                                     vhost_net_ubuf_put_and_wait()
                                                       vhost_net_ubuf_put()
                                                         int r = atomic_sub_return(1, &ubufs->refcount);
                                                         // r = 1
int r = atomic_sub_return(1, &ubufs->refcount);
// r = 0
                                                      wait_event(ubufs->wait, !atomic_read(&ubufs->refcount));
                                                      // no wait occurs here because condition is already true
                                                    kfree(ubufs);
if (unlikely(!r))
  wake_up(&ubufs->wait);  // use-after-free

This leads to use-after-free on ubufs access. This happens because CPU1
skips waiting for wake_up() when refcount is already zero.

To prevent that use a read-side RCU critical section in vhost_net_ubuf_put(),
as suggested by Hillf Danton. For this lock to take effect, free ubufs with
kfree_rcu().

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 0ad8b480d6ee9 ("vhost: fix ref cnt checking deadlock")
Reported-by: Andrey Ryabinin <arbn@yandex-team.com>
Suggested-by: Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com>
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Kuratov <kniv@yandex-team.ru>
Message-Id: <20250805130917.727332-1-kniv@yandex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
drivers/vhost/net.c