[PATCH] btrfs: use after free when closing devices

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Tue May 12 2015 - 19:31:51 EST


__btrfs_close_devices() would call_rcu to free the device, which is racy with
list_for_each_entry() accessing the memory to retrieve the next device on the
list.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 8e8d1d1..253b349 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -693,13 +693,13 @@ static void free_device(struct rcu_head *head)

static int __btrfs_close_devices(struct btrfs_fs_devices *fs_devices)
{
- struct btrfs_device *device;
+ struct btrfs_device *device, *tmp;

if (--fs_devices->opened > 0)
return 0;

mutex_lock(&fs_devices->device_list_mutex);
- list_for_each_entry(device, &fs_devices->devices, dev_list) {
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(device, tmp, &fs_devices->devices, dev_list) {
struct btrfs_device *new_device;
struct rcu_string *name;

--
1.7.10.4

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