[PATCH] rbtree: fix the red root

From: Qian Cai
Date: Fri Jan 11 2019 - 11:52:16 EST


A GFP was reported,

kasan: CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE enabled
kasan: GPF could be caused by NULL-ptr deref or user memory access
general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN
kasan_die_handler.cold.22+0x11/0x31
notifier_call_chain+0x17b/0x390
atomic_notifier_call_chain+0xa7/0x1b0
notify_die+0x1be/0x2e0
do_general_protection+0x13e/0x330
general_protection+0x1e/0x30
rb_insert_color+0x189/0x1480
create_object+0x785/0xca0
kmemleak_alloc+0x2f/0x50
kmem_cache_alloc+0x1b9/0x3c0
getname_flags+0xdb/0x5d0
getname+0x1e/0x20
do_sys_open+0x3a1/0x7d0
__x64_sys_open+0x7e/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x1b3/0x820
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

It turned out,

gparent = rb_red_parent(parent);
tmp = gparent->rb_right; <-- GFP triggered here.

Apparently, "gparent" is NULL which indicates "parent" is rbtree's root
which is red. Otherwise, it will be treated properly a few lines above.

/*
* If there is a black parent, we are done.
* Otherwise, take some corrective action as,
* per 4), we don't want a red root or two
* consecutive red nodes.
*/
if(rb_is_black(parent))
break;

Hence, it violates the rule #1 and need a fix up.

Reported-by: Esme <esploit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
---
lib/rbtree.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/rbtree.c b/lib/rbtree.c
index d3ff682fd4b8..acc969ad8de9 100644
--- a/lib/rbtree.c
+++ b/lib/rbtree.c
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ __rb_insert(struct rb_node *node, struct rb_root *root,
break;

gparent = rb_red_parent(parent);
+ if (unlikely(!gparent)) {
+ /*
+ * The root is red so correct it.
+ */
+ rb_set_parent_color(parent, NULL, RB_BLACK);
+ break;
+ }

tmp = gparent->rb_right;
if (parent != tmp) { /* parent == gparent->rb_left */
--
2.17.2 (Apple Git-113)