Re: [PATCH] fs/ext{3,4}: fix potential race when setversion ioctlupdates inode

From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Jan 04 2012 - 12:46:13 EST


On Tue 03-01-12 02:31:52, Djalal Harouni wrote:
>
> The EXT{3,4}_IOC_SETVERSION ioctl() updates the inode without i_mutex,
> this can lead to a race with the other operations that update the same
> inode.
>
> Patch tested.
OK, so I've taken the patch into my tree, just updated the changelog
which result of our discussion in this thread. I also took the ext4 part
since there is no risk of conflict and the patch looks obvious.

Honza

> Signed-off-by: Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext3/ioctl.c | 6 +++++-
> fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 6 +++++-
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
> index ba1b54e..e7b2ed9 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/ioctl.c
> @@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ flags_out:
> goto setversion_out;
> }
>
> + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
> handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 1);
> if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
> err = PTR_ERR(handle);
> - goto setversion_out;
> + goto unlock_out;
> }
> err = ext3_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
> if (err == 0) {
> @@ -146,6 +147,9 @@ flags_out:
> err = ext3_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
> }
> ext3_journal_stop(handle);
> +
> +unlock_out:
> + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
> setversion_out:
> mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
> return err;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> index a567968..46a8de6 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
> @@ -158,10 +158,11 @@ flags_out:
> goto setversion_out;
> }
>
> + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
> handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 1);
> if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
> err = PTR_ERR(handle);
> - goto setversion_out;
> + goto unlock_out;
> }
> err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
> if (err == 0) {
> @@ -170,6 +171,9 @@ flags_out:
> err = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &iloc);
> }
> ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> +
> +unlock_out:
> + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
> setversion_out:
> mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
> return err;
> --
> 1.7.1
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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