Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] libxc: Protect xc_domain_resume from clobbering domain registers

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 20/05/14 14:37, Jason Andryuk wrote:
> xc_domain_resume() expects the guest to be in state SHUTDOWN_suspend.
> However, nothing verifies the state before modify_returncode() modifies
> the domain's registers.  This will crash guest processes or the kernel
> itself.
>
> This can be demonstrated with `LIBXL_SAVE_HELPER=/bin/false xl migrate`.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Andryuk <andryuk@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> v2:
>  - Verify domid
>  - Improve error message
> ---
>  tools/libxc/xc_resume.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c b/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c
> index 18b4818..e423814 100644
> --- a/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c
> +++ b/tools/libxc/xc_resume.c
> @@ -33,12 +33,21 @@ static int modify_returncode(xc_interface *xch, uint32_t 
> domid)
>      struct domain_info_context *dinfo = &_dinfo;
>      int rc;
>  
> -    if ( xc_domain_getinfo(xch, domid, 1, &info) != 1 )
> +    if ( xc_domain_getinfo(xch, domid, 1, &info) != 1 ||
> +         info.domid != domid )
>      {
>          PERROR("Could not get domain info");
>          return -1;
>      }
>  
> +    if ( !info.shutdown || (info.shutdown_reason != SHUTDOWN_suspend) )
> +    {
> +        ERROR("Dom %d not suspended: (shutdown %d, reason %d)", domid,
> +              info.shutdown, info.shutdown_reason);
> +        errno = EINVAL;
> +        return -1;
> +    }
> +
>      if ( info.hvm )
>      {
>          /* HVM guests without PV drivers have no return code to modify. */


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