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hwrng: virtio - Fix race on data_avail and actual data
authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Thu, 4 May 2023 03:59:32 +0000 (11:59 +0800)
committerHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Fri, 12 May 2023 10:48:01 +0000 (18:48 +0800)
commitac52578d6e8d300dd50f790f29a24169b1edd26c
tree167bb6be7d640ec6438928e8aa356b7674cf82d3
parenta4855a8c9b0ee284a008770721ad4cf1d8d932eb
hwrng: virtio - Fix race on data_avail and actual data

The virtio rng device kicks off a new entropy request whenever the
data available reaches zero.  When a new request occurs at the end
of a read operation, that is, when the result of that request is
only needed by the next reader, then there is a race between the
writing of the new data and the next reader.

This is because there is no synchronisation whatsoever between the
writer and the reader.

Fix this by writing data_avail with smp_store_release and reading
it with smp_load_acquire when we first enter read.  The subsequent
reads are safe because they're either protected by the first load
acquire, or by the completion mechanism.

Also remove the redundant zeroing of data_idx in random_recv_done
(data_idx must already be zero at this point) and data_avail in
request_entropy (ditto).

Reported-by: syzbot+726dc8c62c3536431ceb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: f7f510ec1957 ("virtio: An entropy device, as suggested by hpa.")
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
drivers/char/hw_random/virtio-rng.c