[PATCH 3.16 103/370] fsnotify: Fix possible use-after-free in inode iteration on umount

[Ben Hutchings]

3.16.42-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

commit 5716863e0f8251d3360d4cbfc0e44e08007075df upstream.

fsnotify_unmount_inodes() plays complex tricks to pin next inode in the
sb->s_inodes list when iterating over all inodes. Furthermore the code has a
bug that if the current inode is the last on i_sb_list that does not have e.g.
I_FREEING set, then we leave next_i pointing to inode which may get removed
from the i_sb_list once we drop s_inode_list_lock thus resulting in
use-after-free issues (usually manifesting as infinite looping in
fsnotify_unmount_inodes()).

Fix the problem by keeping current inode pinned somewhat longer. Then we can
make the code much simpler and standard.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/notify/inode_mark.c | 45 +++++++++------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
+++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c
@@ -249,12 +249,10 @@ out:
  */
 void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list_head *list)
 {
-	struct inode *inode, *next_i, *need_iput = NULL;
+	struct inode *inode, *iput_inode = NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(inode, next_i, list, i_sb_list) {
-		struct inode *need_iput_tmp;
-
+	list_for_each_entry(inode, list, i_sb_list) {
 		/*
 		 * We cannot __iget() an inode in state I_FREEING,
 		 * I_WILL_FREE, or I_NEW which is fine because by that point
@@ -277,49 +275,24 @@ void fsnotify_unmount_inodes(struct list
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		need_iput_tmp = need_iput;
-		need_iput = NULL;
-
-		/* In case fsnotify_inode_delete() drops a reference. */
-		if (inode != need_iput_tmp)
-			__iget(inode);
-		else
-			need_iput_tmp = NULL;
+		__iget(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-		/* In case the dropping of a reference would nuke next_i. */
-		while (&next_i->i_sb_list != list) {
-			spin_lock(&next_i->i_lock);
-			if (!(next_i->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) &&
-						atomic_read(&next_i->i_count)) {
-				__iget(next_i);
-				need_iput = next_i;
-				spin_unlock(&next_i->i_lock);
-				break;
-			}
-			spin_unlock(&next_i->i_lock);
-			next_i = list_next_entry(next_i, i_sb_list);
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * We can safely drop inode_sb_list_lock here because either
-		 * we actually hold references on both inode and next_i or
-		 * end of list.  Also no new inodes will be added since the
-		 * umount has begun.
-		 */
 		spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
 
-		if (need_iput_tmp)
-			iput(need_iput_tmp);
+		if (iput_inode)
+			iput(iput_inode);
 
 		/* for each watch, send FS_UNMOUNT and then remove it */
 		fsnotify(inode, FS_UNMOUNT, inode, FSNOTIFY_EVENT_INODE, NULL, 0);
 
 		fsnotify_inode_delete(inode);
 
-		iput(inode);
+		iput_inode = inode;
 
 		spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
+
+	if (iput_inode)
+		iput(iput_inode);
 }