OpenE2K
/
qemu-e2k
13
4
Fork 0
Code Issues 4 Pull Requests Projects 2 Releases Activity

net/vhost-net: do not assert on null pointer return from tap_get_vhost_net() 

When 'vhost=off' or no vhost specific options at all are passed for the tap
net-device backend, tap_get_vhost_net() can return NULL. The function
net_init_tap_one() does not call vhost_net_init() on such cases and therefore
vhost_net pointer within the tap device state structure remains NULL. Hence,
assertion here on a NULL pointer return from tap_get_vhost_net() would not be
correct. Remove it and fix the crash generated by qemu upon initialization in
the following call chain :

qdev_realize() -> pci_qdev_realize() -> virtio_device_realize() ->
virtio_bus_device_plugged() -> virtio_net_get_features() -> get_vhost_net()

Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Fixes: 0e994668d0 ("vhost_net: add an assertion for TAP client backends")
Reported-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
Report: <abab7a71-216d-b103-fa47-70bdf9dc0080@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ani Sinha <anisinha@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230628112804.36676-1-anisinha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Ani Sinha 2023-06-28 16:58:04 +05:30 committed by Michael S. Tsirkin
parent a0d7215e33
commit ca3fcdeeee
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

7
hw/net/vhost_net.c
View File

@ -507,7 +507,12 @@ VHostNetState *get_vhost_net(NetClientState *nc)
switch (nc->info->type) {
case NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_TAP:
vhost_net = tap_get_vhost_net(nc);
assert(vhost_net);
/*
* tap_get_vhost_net() can return NULL if a tap net-device backend is
* created with 'vhost=off' option, 'vhostforce=off' or no vhost or
* vhostforce or vhostfd options at all. Please see net_init_tap_one().
* Hence, we omit the assertion here.
*/
break;
#ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_NET_USER
case NET_CLIENT_DRIVER_VHOST_USER: