linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH-next] scsi: fix use-after-free problem in scsi_remove

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 16:29:16 +0800
From:   zhongjinghua <zhongjinghua@...wei.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Zhong Jinghua <zhongjinghua@...weicloud.com>,
        <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>, <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
CC:     <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH-next] scsi: fix use-after-free problem in
 scsi_remove_target


在 2023/3/2 3:46, Bart Van Assche 写道:
> On 2/12/23 19:43, Zhong Jinghua wrote:
>> T0                            T1
>>   sdev_store_delete
>>    scsi_remove_device
>>     device_remove_file
>>      __scsi_remove_device
>>                              __iscsi_unbind_session
>>                               scsi_remove_target
>>                           spin_lock_irqsave
>>                                list_for_each_entry
>>       scsi_target_reap // starget->reaf 1 -> 0
>
> What is "reaf"? Did you perhaps want to write "reap_ref"?
Yes, I will modify late.
>
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
>> index e7893835b99a..0ad357ff4c59 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
>> @@ -1561,7 +1561,17 @@ void scsi_remove_target(struct device *dev)
>>               starget->state == STARGET_CREATED_REMOVE)
>>               continue;
>>           if (starget->dev.parent == dev || &starget->dev == dev) {
>> -            kref_get(&starget->reap_ref);
>> +
>> +            /*
>> +             * If starget->reap_ref is reduced to 0, it means
>> +             * that other processes are releasing it and
>> +             * there is no need to delete it again
>> +             */
>> +            if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&starget->reap_ref)) {
>> +                spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
>> +                goto restart;
>> +            }
>> +
>>               if (starget->state == STARGET_CREATED)
>>                   starget->state = STARGET_CREATED_REMOVE;
>>               else
>
> The above comment should be made more clear, e.g. as follows: "If the 
> reference count is already zero, skip this target. Calling 
> kref_get_unless_zero() if the reference count is zero is safe because 
> scsi_target_destroy() will wait until the host lock has been released 
> before freeing starget."

Agree. Thanks for your e.g.

I will send the v2 late.

>
> Otherwise this patch looks fine to me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bart.
>
>
Thanks,

Jinghua