virNetDevLinkDump() gets a message from netlink into "resp", then calls nlmsg_parse() to fill the table "tb" with pointers into resp. It then returns tb to its caller, but not before freeing the buffer at resp. That means that all the callers of virNetDevLinkDump() are examining memory that has already been freed. This can be verified by filling the buffer at resp with garbage prior to freeing it (or, I suppose, just running libvirtd under valgrind) then performing some operation that calls virNetDevLinkDump(). The code has been like this ever since virNetDevLinkDump() was written - the original author didn't notice it, and neither did later additional users of the function. It has only been pure luck (or maybe a lack of heavy load, and/or maybe an allocation algorithm in malloc() that delays re-use of just-freed memory) that has kept this from causing errors, for example when configuring a PCI passthrough or macvtap passthrough network interface. The solution taken in this patch is the simplest - just return resp to the caller along with tb, then have the caller free it after they are finished using the data (pointers) in tb. I alternately could have made a cleaner interface by creating a new struct that put tb and resp together along with a vir*Free() function for it, but this function is only used in a couple places, and I'm not sure there will be additional new uses of virNetDevLinkDump(), so the value of adding a new type, extra APIs, etc. is dubious. --- src/util/virnetdev.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- src/util/virnetdev.h | 2 +- src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c | 17 ++++++++++++----- 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.c b/src/util/virnetdev.c index db5623a..c22a0e6 100644 --- a/src/util/virnetdev.c +++ b/src/util/virnetdev.c @@ -1353,23 +1353,25 @@ static struct nla_policy ifla_vf_policy[IFLA_VF_MAX+1] = { /** * virNetDevLinkDump: * - * @ifname: The name of the interface; only use if ifindex < 0 - * @ifindex: The interface index; may be < 0 if ifname is given - * @nlattr: pointer to a pointer of netlink attributes that will contain - * the results + * @ifname: The name of the interface; only use if ifindex <= 0 + * @ifindex: The interface index; may be <= 0 if ifname is given + * @data: Gets a pointer to the raw data from netlink. + MUST BE FREED BY CALLER! + * @nlattr: Pointer to a pointer of netlink attributes that will contain + * the results * @src_pid: pid used for nl_pid of the local end of the netlink message * (0 == "use getpid()") * @dst_pid: pid of destination nl_pid if the kernel * is not the target of the netlink message but it is to be * sent to another process (0 if sending to the kernel) * - * Get information about an interface given its name or index. + * Get information from netlink about an interface given its name or index. * * Returns 0 on success, -1 on fatal error. */ int virNetDevLinkDump(const char *ifname, int ifindex, - struct nlattr **tb, + void **nlData, struct nlattr **tb, uint32_t src_pid, uint32_t dst_pid) { int rc = -1; @@ -1451,7 +1453,9 @@ virNetDevLinkDump(const char *ifname, int ifindex, rc = 0; cleanup: nlmsg_free(nl_msg); - VIR_FREE(resp); + if (rc < 0) + VIR_FREE(resp); + *nlData = resp; return rc; malformed_resp: @@ -1647,15 +1651,18 @@ virNetDevGetVfConfig(const char *ifname, int vf, virMacAddrPtr mac, int *vlanid) { int rc = -1; + void *nlData = NULL; struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX + 1] = {NULL, }; int ifindex = -1; - rc = virNetDevLinkDump(ifname, ifindex, tb, 0, 0); + rc = virNetDevLinkDump(ifname, ifindex, &nlData, tb, 0, 0); if (rc < 0) - return rc; + goto cleanup; rc = virNetDevParseVfConfig(tb, vf, mac, vlanid); + cleanup: + VIR_FREE(nlData); return rc; } @@ -1798,6 +1805,7 @@ virNetDevRestoreNetConfig(const char *linkdev, int vf, const char *stateDir) int virNetDevLinkDump(const char *ifname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int ifindex ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, + void **nlData ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, struct nlattr **tb ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, uint32_t src_pid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, uint32_t dst_pid ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) diff --git a/src/util/virnetdev.h b/src/util/virnetdev.h index 2a6e67d..5c463ef 100644 --- a/src/util/virnetdev.h +++ b/src/util/virnetdev.h @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ int virNetDevGetVirtualFunctions(const char *pfname, ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(4) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK; int virNetDevLinkDump(const char *ifname, int ifindex, - struct nlattr **tb, + void **nlData, struct nlattr **tb, uint32_t src_pid, uint32_t dst_pid) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK; diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c index 75679b0..6ee20d3 100644 --- a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c +++ b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c @@ -787,7 +787,8 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileGetNthParent(const char *ifname, int ifindex, unsigned int int *parent_ifindex, char *parent_ifname, unsigned int *nth) { - int rc; + int rc = -1; + void *nlData = NULL; struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX + 1] = { NULL, }; bool end = false; size_t i = 0; @@ -798,7 +799,8 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileGetNthParent(const char *ifname, int ifindex, unsigned int return -1; while (!end && i <= nthParent) { - rc = virNetDevLinkDump(ifname, ifindex, tb, 0, 0); + VIR_FREE(nlData); + rc = virNetDevLinkDump(ifname, ifindex, &nlData, tb, 0, 0); if (rc < 0) break; @@ -807,7 +809,8 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileGetNthParent(const char *ifname, int ifindex, unsigned int IFNAMSIZ)) { virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR, "%s", _("buffer for root interface name is too small")); - return -1; + rc = -1; + goto cleanup; } *parent_ifindex = ifindex; } @@ -824,6 +827,8 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileGetNthParent(const char *ifname, int ifindex, unsigned int *nth = i - 1; + cleanup: + VIR_FREE(nlData); return rc; } @@ -845,6 +850,7 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileOpCommon(const char *ifname, int ifindex, int rc; int src_pid = 0; uint32_t dst_pid = 0; + void *nlData = NULL; struct nlattr *tb[IFLA_MAX + 1] = { NULL, }; int repeats = STATUS_POLL_TIMEOUT_USEC / STATUS_POLL_INTERVL_USEC; uint16_t status = 0; @@ -877,7 +883,8 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileOpCommon(const char *ifname, int ifindex, } while (--repeats >= 0) { - rc = virNetDevLinkDump(NULL, ifindex, tb, src_pid, dst_pid); + VIR_FREE(nlData); + rc = virNetDevLinkDump(NULL, ifindex, &nlData, tb, src_pid, dst_pid); if (rc < 0) goto cleanup; @@ -909,7 +916,7 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileOpCommon(const char *ifname, int ifindex, } cleanup: - + VIR_FREE(nlData); return rc; } -- 1.9.3