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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ovl: Fix use inode directly in rcu-walk mode
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On 2022/11/24 20:45, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 05:26:02PM +0800, Chen Zhongjin wrote:
>> syzkaller reported a null-ptr-deref error:
>> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=bb281e89381b9ed55728c274447a575e69a96c35
>>
>> ovl_dentry_revalidate_common() can be called in rcu-walk mode.
>> As document said, "in rcu-walk mode, d_parent and d_inode should not be
>> used without care". Check inode here to protect access under rcu-walk
>> mode.
>>
>> Fixes: bccece1ead36 ("ovl: allow remote upper")
>> Reported-by: syzbot+a4055c78774bbf3498bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the quick analysis and patch.
>
> I simplified the patch a bit without changing the attribution.
>
> Thanks,
> Miklos
>
> ----
> From: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com>
> Subject: ovl: fix use inode directly in rcu-walk mode
>
> ovl_dentry_revalidate_common() can be called in rcu-walk mode. As document
> said, "in rcu-walk mode, d_parent and d_inode should not be used without
> care".
>
> Check inode here to protect access under rcu-walk mode.
>
> Fixes: bccece1ead36 ("ovl: allow remote upper")
> Reported-by: syzbot+a4055c78774bbf3498bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.7
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
> ---
> fs/overlayfs/super.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
> @@ -139,11 +139,16 @@ static int ovl_dentry_revalidate_common(
> unsigned int flags, bool weak)
> {
> struct ovl_entry *oe = dentry->d_fsdata;
> + struct inode *inode = d_inode_rcu(dentry);
> struct dentry *upper;
> unsigned int i;
> int ret = 1;
>
> - upper = ovl_dentry_upper(dentry);
> + /* Careful in RCU mode */
> + if (!inode)
> + return -ECHILD;
> +
> + upper = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode);
> if (upper)
> ret = ovl_revalidate_real(upper, flags, weak);
>

Thanks for review! LGTM

Best,
Chen

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