From: Jan Beulich Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Reviewed-by: Julien Grall --- a/xen/common/event_fifo.c +++ b/xen/common/event_fifo.c @@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ 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; @@ -606,6 +613,10 @@ 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;