File 5fd8af4b-evtchn-FIFO-add-2nd-smp_rmb.patch of Package xen.23583

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File 5fd8af4b-evtchn-FIFO-add-2nd-smp_rmb.patch of Package xen.23583

# Commit dc8b01affd7f6f36d34c3854f51df0847df3ec0e
# Date 2020-12-15 13:42:51 +0100
# Author Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
# Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
evtchn/FIFO: add 2nd smp_rmb() to evtchn_fifo_word_from_port()

Besides with add_page_to_event_array() the function also needs to
synchronize with evtchn_fifo_init_control() setting both d->evtchn_fifo
and (subsequently) d->evtchn_port_ops.

This is XSA-359 / CVE-2020-29571.

Reported-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com>

--- a/xen/common/event_fifo.c
+++ b/xen/common/event_fifo.c
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ static inline event_word_t *evtchn_fifo_
 {
     unsigned int p, w;
 
+    /*
+     * Callers aren't required to hold d->event_lock, so we need to synchronize
+     * with evtchn_fifo_init_control() setting d->evtchn_port_ops /after/
+     * d->evtchn_fifo.
+     */
+    smp_rmb();
+
     if ( unlikely(port >= d->evtchn_fifo->num_evtchns) )
         return NULL;
 
@@ -587,6 +594,10 @@ int evtchn_fifo_init_control(struct evtc
         if ( rc < 0 )
             goto error;
 
+        /*
+         * This call, as a side effect, synchronizes with
+         * evtchn_fifo_word_from_port().
+         */
         rc = map_control_block(v, gfn, offset);
         if ( rc < 0 )
             goto error;

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