vhost_vdpa_set_config_call() swaps the eventfd_ctx_fdget() return value into v->config_ctx before checking it, so on failure the field briefly holds an ERR_PTR: ctx = fd == VHOST_FILE_UNBIND ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd); swap(ctx, v->config_ctx); if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ctx)) eventfd_ctx_put(ctx); if (IS_ERR(v->config_ctx)) { long ret = PTR_ERR(v->config_ctx); v->config_ctx = NULL; return ret; } Commit 0bde59c1723a ("vhost-vdpa: set v->config_ctx to NULL if eventfd_ctx_fdget() fails") added that clearing, and spelled out the invariant the rest of the file relies on: "we consider 'v->config_ctx' valid if it is not NULL". The window between the swap and the clearing still breaks it. vhost_vdpa_config_cb() only tests for NULL, so a config interrupt delivered inside the window hands the ERR_PTR to eventfd_signal(). Check the fd before installing it instead. That closes the window and matches how vhost_vring_ioctl() handles the same failure for the vq call fd. It also stops a rejected fd from tearing down a config interrupt that was working: until now the swap replaced the live context and put it, so after an EBADF the device silently stopped delivering config interrupts until userspace installed a new fd. Fixes: 776f395004d8 ("vhost_vdpa: Support config interrupt in vdpa") Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang --- drivers/vhost/vdpa.c | 12 ++++-------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c index ac55275..e5e47f6 100644 --- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c +++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c @@ -529,18 +529,14 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_set_config_call(struct vhost_vdpa *v, u32 __user *argp) return -EFAULT; ctx = fd == VHOST_FILE_UNBIND ? NULL : eventfd_ctx_fdget(fd); + if (IS_ERR(ctx)) + return PTR_ERR(ctx); + swap(ctx, v->config_ctx); - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ctx)) + if (ctx) eventfd_ctx_put(ctx); - if (IS_ERR(v->config_ctx)) { - long ret = PTR_ERR(v->config_ctx); - - v->config_ctx = NULL; - return ret; - } - v->vdpa->config->set_config_cb(v->vdpa, &cb); return 0; -- 2.43.0