[3.11.y.z extended stable] Patch "ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_mb_new_blocks" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_mb_new_blocks

to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From a1932741e20eb46ea6dc813cf029cc4147a6e4e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Junho Ryu <jayr at google.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 18:10:28 -0500
Subject: ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_mb_new_blocks

commit 4e8d2139802ce4f41936a687f06c560b12115247 upstream.

ext4_mb_put_pa should hold pa->pa_lock before accessing pa->pa_count.
While ext4_mb_use_preallocated checks pa->pa_deleted first and then
increments pa->count later, ext4_mb_put_pa decrements pa->pa_count
before holding pa->pa_lock and then sets pa->pa_deleted.

* Free sequence
ext4_mb_put_pa (1):		atomic_dec_and_test pa->pa_count
ext4_mb_put_pa (2):		lock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_put_pa (3):			check pa->pa_deleted
ext4_mb_put_pa (4):			set pa->pa_deleted=1
ext4_mb_put_pa (5):		unlock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_put_pa (6):		remove pa from a list
ext4_mb_pa_callback:		free pa

* Use sequence
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (1):	iterate over preallocation
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (2):	lock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (3):		check pa->pa_deleted
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (4):		increase pa->pa_count
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (5):	unlock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_release_context:	access pa

* Use-after-free sequence
[initial status]		<pa->pa_deleted = 0, pa_count = 1>
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (1):	iterate over preallocation
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (2):	lock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (3):		check pa->pa_deleted
ext4_mb_put_pa (1):		atomic_dec_and_test pa->pa_count
[pa_count decremented]		<pa->pa_deleted = 0, pa_count = 0>
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (4):		increase pa->pa_count
[pa_count incremented]		<pa->pa_deleted = 0, pa_count = 1>
ext4_mb_use_preallocated (5):	unlock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_put_pa (2):		lock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_put_pa (3):			check pa->pa_deleted
ext4_mb_put_pa (4):			set pa->pa_deleted=1
[race condition!]		<pa->pa_deleted = 1, pa_count = 1>
ext4_mb_put_pa (5):		unlock pa->pa_lock
ext4_mb_put_pa (6):		remove pa from a list
ext4_mb_pa_callback:		free pa
ext4_mb_release_context:	access pa

AddressSanitizer has detected use-after-free in ext4_mb_new_blocks
Bug report: http://goo.gl/rG1On3

Signed-off-by: Junho Ryu <jayr at google.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso at mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 4bbbf13b..f243825 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3424,6 +3424,9 @@ static void ext4_mb_pa_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct ext4_prealloc_space *pa;
 	pa = container_of(head, struct ext4_prealloc_space, u.pa_rcu);
+
+	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&pa->pa_count));
+	BUG_ON(pa->pa_deleted == 0);
 	kmem_cache_free(ext4_pspace_cachep, pa);
 }

@@ -3437,11 +3440,13 @@ static void ext4_mb_put_pa(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 	ext4_group_t grp;
 	ext4_fsblk_t grp_blk;

-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&pa->pa_count) || pa->pa_free != 0)
-		return;
-
 	/* in this short window concurrent discard can set pa_deleted */
 	spin_lock(&pa->pa_lock);
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&pa->pa_count) || pa->pa_free != 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (pa->pa_deleted == 1) {
 		spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock);
 		return;
--
1.8.3.2