[PATCH v2 1/2] splice: don't merge into linked buffers

[Jann Horn]

Before this patch, it was possible for two pipes to affect each other after
data had been transferred between them with tee():

============
$ cat tee_test.c

int main(void) {
  int pipe_a[2];
  if (pipe(pipe_a)) err(1, "pipe");
  int pipe_b[2];
  if (pipe(pipe_b)) err(1, "pipe");
  if (write(pipe_a[1], "abcd", 4) != 4) err(1, "write");
  if (tee(pipe_a[0], pipe_b[1], 2, 0) != 2) err(1, "tee");
  if (write(pipe_b[1], "xx", 2) != 2) err(1, "write");

  char buf[5];
  if (read(pipe_a[0], buf, 4) != 4) err(1, "read");
  buf[4] = 0;
  printf("got back: '%s'\n", buf);
}
$ gcc -o tee_test tee_test.c
$ ./tee_test
got back: 'abxx'
$
============

As suggested by Al Viro, fix it by creating a separate type for
non-mergeable pipe buffers, then changing the types of buffers in
splice_pipe_to_pipe() and link_pipe().

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 7c77f0b3f920 ("splice: implement pipe to pipe splicing")
Fixes: 70524490ee2e ("[PATCH] splice: add support for sys_tee()")
Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Al wasn't entirely happy with the approach I took for v1, so sending a
different fix here.

 fs/pipe.c                 | 14 ++++++++++++++
 fs/splice.c               |  4 ++++
 include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h |  1 +
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index bdc5d3c0977d..c51750ed4011 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -234,6 +234,14 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
 };
 
+static const struct pipe_buf_operations anon_pipe_buf_nomerge_ops = {
+	.can_merge = 0,
+	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
+	.release = anon_pipe_buf_release,
+	.steal = anon_pipe_buf_steal,
+	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
+};
+
 static const struct pipe_buf_operations packet_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.can_merge = 0,
 	.confirm = generic_pipe_buf_confirm,
@@ -242,6 +250,12 @@ static const struct pipe_buf_operations packet_pipe_buf_ops = {
 	.get = generic_pipe_buf_get,
 };
 
+void pipe_buf_mark_unmergeable(struct pipe_buffer *buf)
+{
+	if (buf->ops == &anon_pipe_buf_ops)
+		buf->ops = &anon_pipe_buf_nomerge_ops;
+}
+
 static ssize_t
 pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index de2ede048473..90c29675d573 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1597,6 +1597,8 @@ static int splice_pipe_to_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 			 */
 			obuf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
 
+			pipe_buf_mark_unmergeable(obuf);
+
 			obuf->len = len;
 			opipe->nrbufs++;
 			ibuf->offset += obuf->len;
@@ -1671,6 +1673,8 @@ static int link_pipe(struct pipe_inode_info *ipipe,
 		 */
 		obuf->flags &= ~PIPE_BUF_FLAG_GIFT;
 
+		pipe_buf_mark_unmergeable(obuf);
+
 		if (obuf->len > len)
 			obuf->len = len;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 5a3bb3b7c9ad..3ecd7ea212ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ void generic_pipe_buf_get(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 int generic_pipe_buf_confirm(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 int generic_pipe_buf_steal(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 void generic_pipe_buf_release(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
+void pipe_buf_mark_unmergeable(struct pipe_buffer *buf);
 
 extern const struct pipe_buf_operations nosteal_pipe_buf_ops;
 
-- 
2.20.1.321.g9e740568ce-goog