ACK: [PATCH 1/1] ocfs2: subsystem.su_mutex is required while accessing the item->ci_parent

Kleber Souza kleber.souza at canonical.com
Fri Sep 28 10:17:44 UTC 2018


On 09/14/18 20:54, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> From: alex chen <alex.chen at huawei.com>
> 
> The subsystem.su_mutex is required while accessing the item->ci_parent,
> otherwise, NULL pointer dereference to the item->ci_parent will be
> triggered in the following situation:
> 
> add node                     delete node
> sys_write
>  vfs_write
>   configfs_write_file
>    o2nm_node_store
>     o2nm_node_local_write
>                              do_rmdir
>                               vfs_rmdir
>                                configfs_rmdir
>                                 mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
>                                 unlink_obj
>                                  item->ci_group = NULL;
>                                  item->ci_parent = NULL;
> 	 to_o2nm_cluster_from_node
> 	  node->nd_item.ci_parent->ci_parent
> 	  BUG since of NULL pointer dereference to nd_item.ci_parent
> 
> Moreover, the o2nm_cluster also should be protected by the
> subsystem.su_mutex.
> 
> [alex.chen at huawei.com: v2]
>   Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/59EEAA69.9080703@huawei.com
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/59E9B36A.10700@huawei.com
> Signed-off-by: Alex Chen <alex.chen at huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jun Piao <piaojun at huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <jiangqi903 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh at versity.com>
> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec at evilplan.org>
> Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi at oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
> 
> CVE-2017-18216
> 
> (backported from commit 853bc26a7ea39e354b9f8889ae7ad1492ffa28d2)
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks at canonical.com>

Acked-by: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>

> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
> index bb240647ca5f..c76302a51aed 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
> @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ char *o2nm_fence_method_desc[O2NM_FENCE_METHODS] = {
>  		"panic",	/* O2NM_FENCE_PANIC */
>  };
>  
> +static inline void o2nm_lock_subsystem(void);
> +static inline void o2nm_unlock_subsystem(void);
> +
>  struct o2nm_node *o2nm_get_node_by_num(u8 node_num)
>  {
>  	struct o2nm_node *node = NULL;
> @@ -182,7 +185,10 @@ static struct o2nm_cluster *to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(struct o2nm_node *node)
>  {
>  	/* through the first node_set .parent
>  	 * mycluster/nodes/mynode == o2nm_cluster->o2nm_node_group->o2nm_node */
> -	return to_o2nm_cluster(node->nd_item.ci_parent->ci_parent);
> +	if (node->nd_item.ci_parent)
> +		return to_o2nm_cluster(node->nd_item.ci_parent->ci_parent);
> +	else
> +		return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  enum {
> @@ -195,7 +201,7 @@ enum {
>  static ssize_t o2nm_node_num_write(struct o2nm_node *node, const char *page,
>  				   size_t count)
>  {
> -	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster = to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(node);
> +	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster;
>  	unsigned long tmp;
>  	char *p = (char *)page;
>  
> @@ -214,6 +220,13 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_num_write(struct o2nm_node *node, const char *page,
>  	    !test_bit(O2NM_NODE_ATTR_PORT, &node->nd_set_attributes))
>  		return -EINVAL; /* XXX */
>  
> +	o2nm_lock_subsystem();
> +	cluster = to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(node);
> +	if (!cluster) {
> +		o2nm_unlock_subsystem();
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	write_lock(&cluster->cl_nodes_lock);
>  	if (cluster->cl_nodes[tmp])
>  		p = NULL;
> @@ -223,6 +236,8 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_num_write(struct o2nm_node *node, const char *page,
>  		set_bit(tmp, cluster->cl_nodes_bitmap);
>  	}
>  	write_unlock(&cluster->cl_nodes_lock);
> +	o2nm_unlock_subsystem();
> +
>  	if (p == NULL)
>  		return -EEXIST;
>  
> @@ -262,7 +277,7 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_ipv4_address_write(struct o2nm_node *node,
>  					    const char *page,
>  					    size_t count)
>  {
> -	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster = to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(node);
> +	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster;
>  	int ret, i;
>  	struct rb_node **p, *parent;
>  	unsigned int octets[4];
> @@ -279,6 +294,13 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_ipv4_address_write(struct o2nm_node *node,
>  		be32_add_cpu(&ipv4_addr, octets[i] << (i * 8));
>  	}
>  
> +	o2nm_lock_subsystem();
> +	cluster = to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(node);
> +	if (!cluster) {
> +		o2nm_unlock_subsystem();
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	ret = 0;
>  	write_lock(&cluster->cl_nodes_lock);
>  	if (o2nm_node_ip_tree_lookup(cluster, ipv4_addr, &p, &parent))
> @@ -288,6 +310,8 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_ipv4_address_write(struct o2nm_node *node,
>  		rb_insert_color(&node->nd_ip_node, &cluster->cl_node_ip_tree);
>  	}
>  	write_unlock(&cluster->cl_nodes_lock);
> +	o2nm_unlock_subsystem();
> +
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ret;
>  
> @@ -304,7 +328,7 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_local_read(struct o2nm_node *node, char *page)
>  static ssize_t o2nm_node_local_write(struct o2nm_node *node, const char *page,
>  				     size_t count)
>  {
> -	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster = to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(node);
> +	struct o2nm_cluster *cluster;
>  	unsigned long tmp;
>  	char *p = (char *)page;
>  	ssize_t ret;
> @@ -322,17 +346,26 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_local_write(struct o2nm_node *node, const char *page,
>  	    !test_bit(O2NM_NODE_ATTR_PORT, &node->nd_set_attributes))
>  		return -EINVAL; /* XXX */
>  
> +	o2nm_lock_subsystem();
> +	cluster = to_o2nm_cluster_from_node(node);
> +	if (!cluster) {
> +		ret = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
>  	/* the only failure case is trying to set a new local node
>  	 * when a different one is already set */
>  	if (tmp && tmp == cluster->cl_has_local &&
> -	    cluster->cl_local_node != node->nd_num)
> -		return -EBUSY;
> +	    cluster->cl_local_node != node->nd_num) {
> +		ret = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
>  
>  	/* bring up the rx thread if we're setting the new local node. */
>  	if (tmp && !cluster->cl_has_local) {
>  		ret = o2net_start_listening(node);
>  		if (ret)
> -			return ret;
> +			goto out;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!tmp && cluster->cl_has_local &&
> @@ -347,7 +380,11 @@ static ssize_t o2nm_node_local_write(struct o2nm_node *node, const char *page,
>  		cluster->cl_local_node = node->nd_num;
>  	}
>  
> -	return count;
> +	ret = count;
> +
> +out:
> +	o2nm_unlock_subsystem();
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  struct o2nm_node_attribute {
> @@ -890,6 +927,16 @@ static struct o2nm_cluster_group o2nm_cluster_group = {
>  	},
>  };
>  
> +static inline void o2nm_lock_subsystem(void)
> +{
> +	mutex_lock(&o2nm_cluster_group.cs_subsys.su_mutex);
> +}
> +
> +static inline void o2nm_unlock_subsystem(void)
> +{
> +	mutex_unlock(&o2nm_cluster_group.cs_subsys.su_mutex);
> +}
> +
>  int o2nm_depend_item(struct config_item *item)
>  {
>  	return configfs_depend_item(&o2nm_cluster_group.cs_subsys, item);
> 





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