[PATCH 3.16 32/87] configfs: Fix use-after-free when accessing sd->s_dentry

[Ben Hutchings]

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

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From: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit f6122ed2a4f9c9c1c073ddf6308d1b2ac10e0781 upstream.

In the vfs_statx() context, during path lookup, the dentry gets
added to sd->s_dentry via configfs_attach_attr(). In the end,
vfs_statx() kills the dentry by calling path_put(), which invokes
configfs_d_iput(). Ideally, this dentry must be removed from
sd->s_dentry but it doesn't if the sd->s_count >= 3. As a result,
sd->s_dentry is holding reference to a stale dentry pointer whose
memory is already freed up. This results in use-after-free issue,
when this stale sd->s_dentry is accessed later in
configfs_readdir() path.

This issue can be easily reproduced, by running the LTP test case -
sh fs_racer_file_list.sh /config
(https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/testcases/kernel/fs/racer/fs_racer_file_list.sh)

Fixes: 76ae281f6307 ('configfs: fix race between dentry put and lookup')
Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/configfs/dir.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -58,15 +58,13 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentr
 	if (sd) {
 		/* Coordinate with configfs_readdir */
 		spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-		/* Coordinate with configfs_attach_attr where will increase
-		 * sd->s_count and update sd->s_dentry to new allocated one.
-		 * Only set sd->dentry to null when this dentry is the only
-		 * sd owner.
-		 * If not do so, configfs_d_iput may run just after
-		 * configfs_attach_attr and set sd->s_dentry to null
-		 * even it's still in use.
+		/*
+		 * Set sd->s_dentry to null only when this dentry is the one
+		 * that is going to be killed.  Otherwise configfs_d_iput may
+		 * run just after configfs_attach_attr and set sd->s_dentry to
+		 * NULL even it's still in use.
 		 */
-		if (atomic_read(&sd->s_count) <= 2)
+		if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
 			sd->s_dentry = NULL;
 
 		spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);