virt: vmgenid: set driver_data before registering notification handlers
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Short explanation
An ordering flaw in the Linux kernel virt: vmgenid component causes notification handlers to be registered before driver_data is assigned, leading to NULL pointer dereference kernel panics.
This vulnerability can trigger kernel crashes and service disruptions if virtual machine managers send notifications during snapshot restoration or if shared interrupts fire early.
What should be done?
- Follow relevant vendor advisories
- Review initialization ordering in the driver code
Chain of evidence and sources
Linux çekirdeği virt: vmgenid sürücüsü, bildirim işleyicilerini driver_data atanmadan önce kaydetmektedir.
Erken tetiklenen kesintiler, işleyicinin NULL driver_data değerine başvurmasına ve çekirdek paniğine yol açmasına neden olur.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virt: vmgenid: set driver_data before registering notification handlers Both probe paths register their notification handler before assigning driver_data, which the handler dereferences. In the devicetree path, the notification IRQ can fire as soon as devm_request_irq() registers the handler: the interrupt may already be pending at probe time, for example when a VMM injects the generation-changed notification while restoring a guest from a snapshot that was taken before the driver had probed (Firecracker does exactly this on snapshot restore). The IRQ is also requested with IRQF_SHARED, so another device sharing the line can trigger the handler just as early. The handler then calls vmgenid_notify(), which dereferences the still-NULL driver_data and panics: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.18.38+ #1 PREEMPT(none) Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pc : vmgenid_notify.isra.0+0x24/0x8c lr : vmgenid_of_irq_handler+0x14/0x34 Call trace: vmgenid_notify.isra.0+0x24/0x8c (P) vmgenid_of_irq_handler+0x14/0x34 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x44/0x1bc handle_irq_event+0x4c/0xb4 handle_fasteoi_irq+0xf8/0x1f8 The ACPI path has the same ordering problem: the handler is installed with acpi_install_notify_handler() before driver_data is assigned. ACPI notifications are dispatched asynchronously from a workqueue, so the window is narrow, but a notification arriving between the two calls hits the same NULL dereference. Assign driver_data before registering the handlers. The state is fully initialized at that point, so the handlers are safe to run. Should registration fail, the probe error path leaves no dangling pointer behind: the driver core clears driver_data in device_unbind_cleanup().
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