Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: fix slab-use-after-free due to dangling pointer dqi_priv

From: Joseph Qi
Date: Tue Dec 17 2024 - 07:36:12 EST




On 2024/12/15 11:58, Dennis Lam wrote:
> When mounting ocfs2 and then remounting it as read-only, a
> slab-use-after-free occurs after the user uses a syscall to
> quota_getnextquota. Specifically, sb_dqinfo(sb, type)->dqi_priv is the
> dangling pointer.
>
> During the remounting process, the pointer dqi_priv is freed but is
> never set as null leaving it to to be accessed. Additionally, the
> read-only option for remounting sets the DQUOT_SUSPENDED flag instead of
> setting the DQUOT_USAGE_ENABLED flags. Moreover, later in the process of
> getting the next quota, the function ocfs2_get_next_id is called and
> only checks the quota usage flags and not the quota suspended flags.
>
> To fix this, I set dqi_priv to null when it is freed after remounting
> with read-only and put a check for DQUOT_SUSPENDED in ocfs2_get_next_id.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dennis Lam <dennis.lamerice@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: syzbot+d173bf8a5a7faeede34c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6731d26f.050a0220.1fb99c.014b.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c | 3 ++-
> fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
> index 2b0daced98eb..c6d38340d6d4 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_global.c
> @@ -893,7 +893,8 @@ static int ocfs2_get_next_id(struct super_block *sb, struct kqid *qid)
> int status = 0;
>
> trace_ocfs2_get_next_id(from_kqid(&init_user_ns, *qid), type);
> - if (!sb_has_quota_loaded(sb, type)) {
> + if (!sb_has_quota_loaded(sb, type) ||
> + sb_dqopt(sb)->flags & DQUOT_SUSPENDED) {

Looks reasonable.
We can just use !sb_has_quota_active() instead.

Thanks,
Joseph

> status = -ESRCH;
> goto out;
> }
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
> index 73d3367c533b..2956d888c131 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/quota_local.c
> @@ -867,6 +867,7 @@ static int ocfs2_local_free_info(struct super_block *sb, int type)
> brelse(oinfo->dqi_libh);
> brelse(oinfo->dqi_lqi_bh);
> kfree(oinfo);
> + info->dqi_priv = NULL;
> return status;
> }
>