In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vhost: fix hung thread due to erroneous iotlb entries
In vhostiotlbaddrangectx(), range size can overflow to 0 when start is 0 and last is ULONGMAX. One instance where it can happen is when userspace sends an IOTLB message with iova=size=uaddr=0 (vhostprocessiotlbmsg). So, an entry with size = 0, start = 0, last = ULONGMAX ends up in the iotlb. Next time a packet is sent, iotlbaccess_ok() loops indefinitely due to that erroneous entry.
Call Trace:
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iotlb_access_ok+0x21b/0x3e0 drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1340
vq_meta_prefetch+0xbc/0x280 drivers/vhost/vhost.c:1366
vhost_transport_do_send_pkt+0xe0/0xfd0 drivers/vhost/vsock.c:104
vhost_worker+0x23d/0x3d0 drivers/vhost/vhost.c:372
kthread+0x2e9/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:377
ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:295
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Reported by syzbot at: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0abd373e2e50d704db87
To fix this, do two things: