[PATCH 2/2] ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU

From: Fan Wu

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 23:14:00 EST


ipe_bdev_setintegrity() frees the old root hash when dm-verity publishes
a new one on ->preresume, while policy evaluation can still be
dereferencing it.

Protect the root hash with RCU. The evaluation path already runs under
rcu_read_lock().

Fixes: e155858dd995 ("ipe: add support for dm-verity as a trust provider")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: claude-opus-5.5
Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wufan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/ipe/eval.c | 12 ++++++++----
security/ipe/eval.h | 2 +-
security/ipe/hooks.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/ipe/eval.c b/security/ipe/eval.c
index 21439c5be336..4a7be96c84f0 100644
--- a/security/ipe/eval.c
+++ b/security/ipe/eval.c
@@ -134,10 +134,14 @@ static bool evaluate_boot_verified(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx)
static bool evaluate_dmv_roothash(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx,
struct ipe_prop *p)
{
- return !!ctx->ipe_bdev &&
- !!ctx->ipe_bdev->root_hash &&
- ipe_digest_eval(p->value,
- ctx->ipe_bdev->root_hash);
+ const struct digest_info *root_hash;
+
+ if (!ctx->ipe_bdev)
+ return false;
+
+ root_hash = rcu_dereference(ctx->ipe_bdev->root_hash);
+
+ return root_hash && ipe_digest_eval(p->value, root_hash);
}
#else
static bool evaluate_dmv_roothash(const struct ipe_eval_ctx *const ctx,
diff --git a/security/ipe/eval.h b/security/ipe/eval.h
index fef65a36468c..b26d1147d070 100644
--- a/security/ipe/eval.h
+++ b/security/ipe/eval.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ struct ipe_bdev {
#ifdef CONFIG_IPE_PROP_DM_VERITY_SIGNATURE
bool dm_verity_signed;
#endif /* CONFIG_IPE_PROP_DM_VERITY_SIGNATURE */
- struct digest_info *root_hash;
+ struct digest_info __rcu *root_hash;
};
#endif /* CONFIG_IPE_PROP_DM_VERITY */

diff --git a/security/ipe/hooks.c b/security/ipe/hooks.c
index 0ae54a880405..d878b52ceec8 100644
--- a/security/ipe/hooks.c
+++ b/security/ipe/hooks.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#include <linux/binfmts.h>
#include <linux/mman.h>
#include <linux/blk_types.h>
+#include <linux/rcupdate.h>

#include "ipe.h"
#include "hooks.h"
@@ -232,7 +233,20 @@ void ipe_bdev_free_security(struct block_device *bdev)
{
struct ipe_bdev *blob = ipe_bdev(bdev);

- ipe_digest_free(blob->root_hash);
+ ipe_digest_free(rcu_access_pointer(blob->root_hash));
+}
+
+static void ipe_set_dmverity_roothash(struct ipe_bdev *blob,
+ struct digest_info *info)
+{
+ struct digest_info *old;
+
+ /* Protected by device-mapper's md->suspend_lock */
+ old = rcu_replace_pointer(blob->root_hash, info, true);
+ if (old) {
+ synchronize_rcu();
+ ipe_digest_free(old);
+ }
}

#ifdef CONFIG_IPE_PROP_DM_VERITY_SIGNATURE
@@ -280,8 +294,7 @@ int ipe_bdev_setintegrity(struct block_device *bdev, enum lsm_integrity_type typ
return -EINVAL;

if (!value) {
- ipe_digest_free(blob->root_hash);
- blob->root_hash = NULL;
+ ipe_set_dmverity_roothash(blob, NULL);

return 0;
}
@@ -301,8 +314,7 @@ int ipe_bdev_setintegrity(struct block_device *bdev, enum lsm_integrity_type typ

info->digest_len = digest->digest_len;

- ipe_digest_free(blob->root_hash);
- blob->root_hash = info;
+ ipe_set_dmverity_roothash(blob, info);

return 0;
err:
--
2.55.0