Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix use-after-free in dx_release()

[Andreas Dilger]

On May 8, 2019, at 12:13 AM, Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The buffer_head (frames[0].bh) and it's corresping page can be
> potentially free'd once brelse() is done inside the for loop
> but before the for loop exits in dx_release(). It can be free'd
> in another context, when the page cache is flushed via
> drop_caches_sysctl_handler(). This results into below data abort
> when accessing info->indirect_levels in dx_release().
> 
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffc17ac3e01e
> Call trace:
> dx_release+0x70/0x90
> ext4_htree_fill_tree+0x2d4/0x300
> ext4_readdir+0x244/0x6f8
> iterate_dir+0xbc/0x160
> SyS_getdents64+0x94/0x174
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The patch looks reasonable, but there is a danger that it may be
"optimized" back to the pre-patch form again.  It probably makes
sense to include a comment like:

	/* save local copy, "info" may be freed after brelse() */

Looks fine otherwise.

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> fs/ext4/namei.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 4181c9c..7e6c298 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -871,12 +871,14 @@ static void dx_release(struct dx_frame *frames)
> {
> 	struct dx_root_info *info;
> 	int i;
> +	unsigned int indirect_levels;
> 
> 	if (frames[0].bh == NULL)
> 		return;
> 
> 	info = &((struct dx_root *)frames[0].bh->b_data)->info;
> -	for (i = 0; i <= info->indirect_levels; i++) {
> +	indirect_levels = info->indirect_levels;
> +	for (i = 0; i <= indirect_levels; i++) {
> 		if (frames[i].bh == NULL)
> 			break;
> 		brelse(frames[i].bh);
> --
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> 


Cheers, Andreas

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