[PATCH] direct_io: fix use after free in __blockdev_direct_IO

From: Xiaotian Feng
Date: Thu Dec 17 2009 - 03:50:09 EST


dio might be freed in direct_io_worker, then check of dio->flags causes
a use after free bug, which results following kmemcheck warning:

[ 247.720572] WARNING: kmemcheck: Caught 8-bit read from freed memory (ffff88022dd9b020)
[ 247.720575] 0000000009000000010000000100000003000000000000000002000000000000
[ 247.720593] f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f
[ 247.720611] ^
[ 247.720612]
[ 247.720616] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32 #7 0M860N/OptiPlex 760
[ 247.720618] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff81160f76>] [<ffffffff81160f76>] __blockdev_direct_IO+0xae6/0xc10
[ 247.720626] RSP: 0018:ffff88022dd0fbe8 EFLAGS: 00010286
[ 247.720628] RAX: ffff88000ae13540 RBX: ffff88022dd9b000 RCX: ffff88022dd9d400
[ 247.720630] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000400 RDI: 0000000000000286
[ 247.720632] RBP: ffff88022dd0fcc8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88022ddbb000
[ 247.720634] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000200
[ 247.720637] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88022dd9b108 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 247.720640] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88000ae00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 247.720642] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 247.720644] CR2: ffff88021cfc9218 CR3: 000000022d843000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
[ 247.720647] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 247.720649] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff4ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 247.720651] [<ffffffff8115e229>] blkdev_direct_IO+0x49/0x50
[ 247.720655] [<ffffffff810e415b>] generic_file_aio_read+0x62b/0x660
[ 247.720659] [<ffffffff8112feb2>] do_sync_read+0xd2/0x110
[ 247.720663] [<ffffffff811303b5>] vfs_read+0xb5/0x1a0
[ 247.720666] [<ffffffff8113095c>] sys_read+0x4c/0x80
[ 247.720669] [<ffffffff81009f02>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 247.720674] [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Zach Brown <zach.brown@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/direct-io.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 4012885..de1ad3d 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static ssize_t
direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
const struct iovec *iov, loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs,
unsigned blkbits, get_block_t get_block, dio_iodone_t end_io,
- struct dio *dio)
+ struct dio *dio, bool *dio_freed)
{
unsigned long user_addr;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
ssize_t ret2;
size_t bytes;

+ *dio_freed = false;
dio->inode = inode;
dio->rw = rw;
dio->blkbits = blkbits;
@@ -1081,6 +1082,7 @@ direct_io_worker(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
if (ret2 == 0) {
ret = dio_complete(dio, offset, ret);
kfree(dio);
+ *dio_freed = true;
} else
BUG_ON(ret != -EIOCBQUEUED);

@@ -1113,6 +1115,7 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
int flags)
{
int seg;
+ bool dio_freed;
size_t size;
unsigned long addr;
unsigned blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
@@ -1197,7 +1200,11 @@ __blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
(end > i_size_read(inode)));

retval = direct_io_worker(rw, iocb, inode, iov, offset,
- nr_segs, blkbits, get_block, end_io, dio);
+ nr_segs, blkbits, get_block, end_io,
+ dio, &dio_freed);
+
+ if (dio_freed)
+ goto out;

/*
* In case of error extending write may have instantiated a few
--
1.6.5.2

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