linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/2] ext4: improve error recovery code paths in __ext4

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Date:   Sat,  6 May 2023 10:24:19 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: improve error recovery code paths in __ext4_remount()

If there are failures while changing the mount options in
__ext4_remount(), we need to restore the old mount options.

This commit fixes two problem.  The first is there is a chance that we
will free the old quota file names before a potential failure leading
to a use-after-free.  The second problem addressed in this commit is
if there is a failed read/write to read-only transition, if the quota
has already been suspended, we need to renable quota handling.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 13 ++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 686dbd38e7c5..32784e1db6be 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6619,9 +6619,6 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
-	/* Release old quota file names */
-	for (i = 0; i < EXT4_MAXQUOTAS; i++)
-		kfree(old_opts.s_qf_names[i]);
 	if (enable_quota) {
 		if (sb_any_quota_suspended(sb))
 			dquot_resume(sb, -1);
@@ -6631,6 +6628,9 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 				goto restore_opts;
 		}
 	}
+	/* Release old quota file names */
+	for (i = 0; i < EXT4_MAXQUOTAS; i++)
+		kfree(old_opts.s_qf_names[i]);
 #endif
 	if (!test_opt(sb, BLOCK_VALIDITY) && sbi->s_system_blks)
 		ext4_release_system_zone(sb);
@@ -6644,6 +6644,13 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	return 0;
 
 restore_opts:
+	/*
+	 * If there was a failing r/w to ro transition, we may need to
+	 * re-enable quota
+	 */
+	if ((sb->s_flags & SB_RDONLY) && !(old_sb_flags & SB_RDONLY) &&
+	    sb_any_quota_suspended(sb))
+		dquot_resume(sb, -1);
 	sb->s_flags = old_sb_flags;
 	sbi->s_mount_opt = old_opts.s_mount_opt;
 	sbi->s_mount_opt2 = old_opts.s_mount_opt2;
-- 
2.31.0