Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

From: Pavel Skripkin
Date: Mon May 17 2021 - 14:34:34 EST


On Mon, 17 May 2021 16:40:34 +0300
Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Is all ok with this one, or I should send v3? :)
>

BTW, this patch fixes this bug as well
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=e2765a883959fd094e6a1c40f3502114fa17c550


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

> With regards,
> Pavel Skripkin
>
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:50:46 +0300
> Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > static int kthread(void *_create) will return -ENOMEM
> > or -EINTR in case of internal failure or
> > kthread_stop() call happens before threadfn call.
> >
> > To prevent fancy error checking and make code
> > more straightforward we moved all cleanup code out
> > of kmmpd threadfn.
> >
> > Also, dropped struct mmpd_data at all. Now struct super_block
> > is a threadfn data and struct buffer_head embedded into
> > struct ext4_sb_info.
> >
> > Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/ext4/ext4.h | 4 ++++
> > fs/ext4/mmp.c | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
> > fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ++++------
> > 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > index 826a56e3bbd2..62210cbea84b 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > @@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
> > struct kobject s_kobj;
> > struct completion s_kobj_unregister;
> > struct super_block *s_sb;
> > + struct buffer_head *s_mmp_bh;
> >
> > /* Journaling */
> > struct journal_s *s_journal;
> > @@ -3663,6 +3664,9 @@ extern struct ext4_io_end_vec
> > *ext4_last_io_end_vec(ext4_io_end_t *io_end); /* mmp.c */
> > extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *,
> > ext4_fsblk_t);
> > +/* mmp.c */
> > +extern void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi);
> > +
> > /* verity.c */
> > extern const struct fsverity_operations ext4_verityops;
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > index 795c3ff2907c..623bad399612 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > @@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *sb,
> > struct mmp_struct *mmp, */
> > static int kmmpd(void *data)
> > {
> > - struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
> > - struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
> > + struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) data;
> > struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
> > + struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh;
> > struct mmp_struct *mmp;
> > ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
> > u32 seq = 0;
> > @@ -245,12 +245,18 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
> > retval = write_mmp_block(sb, bh);
> >
> > exit_thread:
> > - EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > - kfree(data);
> > - brelse(bh);
> > return retval;
> > }
> >
> > +void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
> > +{
> > + if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> > + kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > + brelse(sbi->s_mmp_bh);
> > + sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > /*
> > * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater
> > than
> > * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
> > @@ -275,7 +281,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block
> > *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
> > struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
> > struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
> > - struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
> > u32 seq;
> > unsigned int mmp_check_interval =
> > le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval); unsigned int wait_time = 0;
> > @@ -364,24 +369,17 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct
> > super_block *sb, goto failed;
> > }
> >
> > - mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> > - if (!mmpd_data) {
> > - ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for
> > mmpd_data");
> > - goto failed;
> > - }
> > - mmpd_data->sb = sb;
> > - mmpd_data->bh = bh;
> > + EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh = bh;
> >
> > /*
> > * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block
> > periodically. */
> > - EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data,
> > "kmmpd-%.*s",
> > + EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, sb,
> > "kmmpd-%.*s", (int)sizeof(mmp->mmp_bdevname),
> > bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
> > mmp->mmp_bdevname));
> > if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
> > EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > - kfree(mmpd_data);
> > ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for
> > %s.", sb->s_id);
> > goto failed;
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > index b9693680463a..539f89c5431f 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > @@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block
> > *sb) ext4_xattr_destroy_cache(sbi->s_ea_block_cache);
> > sbi->s_ea_block_cache = NULL;
> >
> > - if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > - kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > + ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> > +
> > brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
> > sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
> > /*
> > @@ -5156,8 +5156,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block
> > *sb, void *data, int silent) failed_mount3:
> > flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
> > del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
> > - if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > - kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > + ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> > failed_mount2:
> > rcu_read_lock();
> > group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
> > @@ -5952,8 +5951,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block
> > *sb, int *flags, char *data) */
> > ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb,
> > es); }
> > - if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > - kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > + ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> > } else {
> > /* Make sure we can mount this feature set
> > readwrite */ if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||
>