[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6] vhost: fix crash on port deletion

Xia, Chenbo chenbo.xia at intel.com
Tue Aug 31 07:37:38 CEST 2021


Hi Gaoxiang,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gaoxiang Liu <gaoxiangliu0 at 163.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 10:19 PM
> To: maxime.coquelin at redhat.com; Xia, Chenbo <chenbo.xia at intel.com>
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; liugaoxiang at huawei.com; Gaoxiang Liu <gaoxiangliu0 at 163.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v6] vhost: fix crash on port deletion
> 
> The rte_vhost_driver_unregister() and vhost_user_read_cb()
> can be called at the same time by 2 threads.
> when memory of vsocket is freed in rte_vhost_driver_unregister(),
> the invalid memory of vsocket is accessed in vhost_user_read_cb().
> It's a bug of both mode for vhost as server or client.
> 
> E.g.,vhostuser port is created as server.

Put a space after ','

> Thread1 calls rte_vhost_driver_unregister().
> Before the listen fd is deleted from poll waiting fds,
> "vhost-events" thread then calls vhost_user_server_new_connection(),
> then a new conn fd is added in fdset when trying to reconnect.
> "vhost-events" thread then calls vhost_user_read_cb() and
> accesses invalid memory of socket while thread1 frees the memory of
> vsocket.
> 
> E.g.,vhostuser port is created as client.

Same here.

> Thread1 calls rte_vhost_driver_unregister().
> Before vsocket of reconn is deleted from reconn list,
> "vhost_reconn" thread then calls vhost_user_add_connection()
> then a new conn fd is added in fdset when trying to reconnect.
> "vhost-events" thread then calls vhost_user_read_cb() and
> accesses invalid memory of socket while thread1 frees the memory of
> vsocket.
> 
> The fix is to move the "fdset_try_del" in front of free memory of conn,
> then avoid the race condition.
> 
> The core trace is:
> Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> 
> Fixes: 52d874dc6705 ("vhost: fix crash on closing in client mode")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gaoxiang Liu <liugaoxiang at huawei.com>
> ---
> 
> v2:
> * Fix coding style issues.
> 
> v3:
> * Add detailed log.
> 
> v4:
> * Add the reason, when vhostuser port is created as server.
> 
> v5:
> * Add detailed log when vhostuser port is created as client
> 
> v6:
> * Add 'path' check before deleting listen fd
> * Fix spelling issues
> ---
>  lib/vhost/socket.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
>  1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/vhost/socket.c b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> index 5d0d728d5..27d5e8695 100644
> --- a/lib/vhost/socket.c
> +++ b/lib/vhost/socket.c
> @@ -1023,66 +1023,66 @@ rte_vhost_driver_unregister(const char *path)
> 
>  	for (i = 0; i < vhost_user.vsocket_cnt; i++) {
>  		struct vhost_user_socket *vsocket = vhost_user.vsockets[i];
> +		if (strcmp(vsocket->path, path)) {
> +			continue;
> +		}

braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks

> 
> -		if (!strcmp(vsocket->path, path)) {
> -			pthread_mutex_lock(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> -			for (conn = TAILQ_FIRST(&vsocket->conn_list);
> -			     conn != NULL;
> -			     conn = next) {
> -				next = TAILQ_NEXT(conn, next);
> -
> -				/*
> -				 * If r/wcb is executing, release vsocket's
> -				 * conn_mutex and vhost_user's mutex locks, and
> -				 * try again since the r/wcb may use the
> -				 * conn_mutex and mutex locks.
> -				 */
> -				if (fdset_try_del(&vhost_user.fdset,
> -						  conn->connfd) == -1) {
> -					pthread_mutex_unlock(
> -							&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> -					pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> -					goto again;
> -				}
> -
> -				VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO,
> -					"free connfd = %d for device '%s'\n",
> -					conn->connfd, path);
> -				close(conn->connfd);
> -				vhost_destroy_device(conn->vid);
> -				TAILQ_REMOVE(&vsocket->conn_list, conn, next);
> -				free(conn);
> -			}
> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> -
> -			if (vsocket->is_server) {
> -				/*
> -				 * If r/wcb is executing, release vhost_user's
> -				 * mutex lock, and try again since the r/wcb
> -				 * may use the mutex lock.
> -				 */
> -				if (fdset_try_del(&vhost_user.fdset,
> -						vsocket->socket_fd) == -1) {
> -					pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> -					goto again;
> -				}
> -
> -				close(vsocket->socket_fd);
> -				unlink(path);
> -			} else if (vsocket->reconnect) {
> -				vhost_user_remove_reconnect(vsocket);
> +		if (vsocket->is_server) {
> +			/*
> +			 * If r/wcb is executing, release vhost_user's
> +			 * mutex lock, and try again since the r/wcb
> +			 * may use the mutex lock.
> +			 */
> +			if (fdset_try_del(&vhost_user.fdset, vsocket->socket_fd) ==
> -1) {
> +				pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> +				goto again;
>  			}
> +		} else if (vsocket->reconnect) {
> +			vhost_user_remove_reconnect(vsocket);
> +		}
> 
> -			pthread_mutex_destroy(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> -			vhost_user_socket_mem_free(vsocket);
> +		pthread_mutex_lock(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> +		for (conn = TAILQ_FIRST(&vsocket->conn_list);
> +			 conn != NULL;
> +			 conn = next) {
> +			next = TAILQ_NEXT(conn, next);
> 
> -			count = --vhost_user.vsocket_cnt;
> -			vhost_user.vsockets[i] = vhost_user.vsockets[count];
> -			vhost_user.vsockets[count] = NULL;
> -			pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> +			/*
> +			 * If r/wcb is executing, release vsocket's
> +			 * conn_mutex and vhost_user's mutex locks, and
> +			 * try again since the r/wcb may use the
> +			 * conn_mutex and mutex locks.
> +			 */
> +			if (fdset_try_del(&vhost_user.fdset,
> +					  conn->connfd) == -1) {
> +				pthread_mutex_unlock(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> +				pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> +				goto again;
> +			}
> +
> +			VHOST_LOG_CONFIG(INFO,
> +				"free connfd = %d for device '%s'\n",
> +				conn->connfd, path);
> +			close(conn->connfd);
> +			vhost_destroy_device(conn->vid);
> +			TAILQ_REMOVE(&vsocket->conn_list, conn, next);
> +			free(conn);
> +		}
> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> 
> -			return 0;
> +		if (vsocket->is_server) {
> +			close(vsocket->socket_fd);
> +			unlink(path);
>  		}

I think you miss my comment in V5 of asking why this is not moved up after
fdset_try_del server socket fd.

Thanks,
Chenbo

> +
> +		pthread_mutex_destroy(&vsocket->conn_mutex);
> +		vhost_user_socket_mem_free(vsocket);
> +
> +		count = --vhost_user.vsocket_cnt;
> +		vhost_user.vsockets[i] = vhost_user.vsockets[count];
> +		vhost_user.vsockets[count] = NULL;
> +		pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> +		return 0;
>  	}
>  	pthread_mutex_unlock(&vhost_user.mutex);
> 
> --
> 2.32.0
> 



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