Re: [PATCH] mm: rmap: fix use-after-free in __put_anon_vma

[Andrey Ryabinin]

On 06/06/14 15:56, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 03:30:55PM +0400, Andrey Ryabinin wrote:
>> While working address sanitizer for kernel I've discovered use-after-free
>> bug in __put_anon_vma.
>> For the last anon_vma, anon_vma->root freed before child anon_vma.
>> Later in anon_vma_free(anon_vma) we are referencing to already freed anon_vma->root
>> to check rwsem.
>> This patch puts freeing of child anon_vma before freeing of anon_vma->root.
> 
> Yes, I think that is right indeed.
> 
> Very hard to hit, but valid since not all callers hold rcu_read_lock().
> 
>>
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.0+
>> Signed-off-by: Andrey Ryabinin <a.ryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  mm/rmap.c | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/rmap.c b/mm/rmap.c
>> index 9c3e773..161bffc7 100644
>> --- a/mm/rmap.c
>> +++ b/mm/rmap.c
>> @@ -1564,10 +1564,11 @@ void __put_anon_vma(struct anon_vma *anon_vma)
>>  {
>>  	struct anon_vma *root = anon_vma->root;
>>  
>> -	if (root != anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_test(&root->refcount))
>> +	if (root != anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_test(&root->refcount)) {
>> +		anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
>>  		anon_vma_free(root);
>> -
>> -	anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
>> +	} else
>> +		anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
>>  }
> 
> Why not simply move the freeing of anon_vma before the root, like:
> 
> 	anon_vma_free(anon_vma);
> 	if (root != anon_vma && atomic_dec_and_test(&root->refcount))
> 		anon_vma_free(root);
> 
> ?
> 

IMO It looks more logical to decrement root's refcounter before freeing child vma.
In fact I wasn't completely sure that it is safe to do so. But after some digging,
now it looks safe to me.







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