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    xen/grant-table: correctly initialize grant table version 1 · d0b4d64a
    Matt Wilson authored
    Commit 85ff6acb (xen/granttable: Grant
    tables V2 implementation) changed the GREFS_PER_GRANT_FRAME macro from
    a constant to a conditional expression. The expression depends on
    grant_table_version being appropriately set. Unfortunately, at init
    time grant_table_version will be 0. The GREFS_PER_GRANT_FRAME
    conditional expression checks for "grant_table_version == 1", and
    therefore returns the number of grant references per frame for v2.
    
    This causes gnttab_init() to allocate fewer pages for gnttab_list, as
    a frame can old half the number of v2 entries than v1 entries. After
    gnttab_resume() is called, grant_table_version is appropriately
    set. nr_init_grefs will then be miscalculated and gnttab_free_count
    will hold a value larger than the actual number of free gref entries.
    
    If a guest is heavily utilizing improperly initialized v1 grant
    tables, memory corruption can occur. One common manifestation is
    corruption of the vmalloc list, resulting in a poisoned pointer
    derefrence when accessing /proc/meminfo or /proc/vmallocinfo:
    
    [   40.770064] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000200200001407
    [   40.770083] IP: [<ffffffff811a6fb0>] get_vmalloc_info+0x70/0x110
    [   40.770102] PGD 0
    [   40.770107] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
    [   40.770114] CPU 10
    
    This patch introduces a static variable, grefs_per_grant_frame, to
    cache the calculated value. gnttab_init() now calls
    gnttab_request_version() early so that grant_table_version and
    grefs_per_grant_frame can be appropriately set. A few BUG_ON()s have
    been added to prevent this type of bug from reoccurring in the future.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMatt Wilson <msw@amazon.com>
    Reviewed-and-Tested-by: default avatarSteven Noonan <snoonan@amazon.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarIan Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
    Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
    Cc: Annie Li <annie.li@oracle.com>
    Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org
    Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.3 and newer
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
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