linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: init error handle resource before init group descriptors

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:37:11 +0800
From:   Ye Bin <yebin@...weicloud.com>
To:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
        Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: init error handle resource before init group descriptors

From: Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>

Now, 's_err_report' timer is init after ext4_group_desc_init() when fill
super. Theoretically, ext4_group_desc_init() may access to error handle
as follows:
__ext4_fill_super
  ext4_group_desc_init
    ext4_check_descriptors
      ext4_get_group_desc
        ext4_error
          ext4_handle_error
            ext4_commit_super
              ext4_update_super
                if (!es->s_error_count)
                  mod_timer(&sbi->s_err_report, jiffies + 24*60*60*HZ);
		  --> Accessing Uninitialized Variables
timer_setup(&sbi->s_err_report, print_daily_error_info, 0);

Maybe above issue is just theoretical, as ext4_check_descriptors() didn't
judge 'gpd' which get from ext4_get_group_desc(), if access to error handle
ext4_get_group_desc() will return NULL, then will trigger null-ptr-deref in
ext4_check_descriptors().
However, from the perspective of pure code, it is better to initialize
resource that may need to be used first.

Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 19 +++++++------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b31db521d6bf..dc3907dff13a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4738,7 +4738,6 @@ static int ext4_group_desc_init(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	unsigned int db_count;
 	ext4_fsblk_t block;
-	int ret;
 	int i;
 
 	db_count = (sbi->s_groups_count + EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) /
@@ -4778,8 +4777,7 @@ static int ext4_group_desc_init(struct super_block *sb,
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 			       "can't read group descriptor %d", i);
 			sbi->s_gdb_count = i;
-			ret = PTR_ERR(bh);
-			goto out;
+			return PTR_ERR(bh);
 		}
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc)[i] = bh;
@@ -4788,13 +4786,10 @@ static int ext4_group_desc_init(struct super_block *sb,
 	sbi->s_gdb_count = db_count;
 	if (!ext4_check_descriptors(sb, logical_sb_block, first_not_zeroed)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "group descriptors corrupted!");
-		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-		goto out;
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 	}
+
 	return 0;
-out:
-	ext4_group_desc_free(sbi);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ext4_load_and_init_journal(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -5220,14 +5215,14 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	if (ext4_geometry_check(sb, es))
 		goto failed_mount;
 
-	err = ext4_group_desc_init(sb, es, logical_sb_block, &first_not_zeroed);
-	if (err)
-		goto failed_mount;
-
 	timer_setup(&sbi->s_err_report, print_daily_error_info, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_error_lock);
 	INIT_WORK(&sbi->s_error_work, flush_stashed_error_work);
 
+	err = ext4_group_desc_init(sb, es, logical_sb_block, &first_not_zeroed);
+	if (err)
+		goto failed_mount3;
+
 	/* Register extent status tree shrinker */
 	if (ext4_es_register_shrinker(sbi))
 		goto failed_mount3;
-- 
2.31.1