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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2015-11-16 12:40:48 -0500
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2015-12-18 10:00:47 -0500
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xen/pciback: Save xen_pci_op commands before processing it
Double fetch vulnerabilities that happen when a variable is fetched twice from shared memory but a security check is only performed the first time. The xen_pcibk_do_op function performs a switch statements on the op->cmd value which is stored in shared memory. Interestingly this can result in a double fetch vulnerability depending on the performed compiler optimization. This patch fixes it by saving the xen_pci_op command before processing it. We also use 'barrier' to make sure that the compiler does not perform any optimization. This is part of XSA155. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
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