linux-kernel - [014/118] sysfs: fix use after free in case of concurrent read/write and readdir

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Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 14:39:41 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Li Zefan" <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	"Ming Lei" <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Subject: [014/118] sysfs: fix use after free in case of concurrent
 read/write and readdir

3.2.45-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>

commit f7db5e7660b122142410dcf36ba903c73d473250 upstream.

The inode->i_mutex isn't hold when updating filp->f_pos
in read()/write(), so the filp->f_pos might be read as
0 or 1 in readdir() when there is concurrent read()/write()
on this same file, then may cause use after free in readdir().

The bug can be reproduced with Li Zefan's test code on the
link:

	https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2160771/

This patch fixes the use after free under this situation.

Reported-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: file position is child inode number, not hash]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c |   15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * f
 	enum kobj_ns_type type;
 	const void *ns;
 	ino_t ino;
+	loff_t off;
 
 	type = sysfs_ns_type(parent_sd);
 	ns = sysfs_info(dentry->d_sb)->ns[type];
@@ -999,6 +1000,7 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * f
 			return 0;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
+	off = filp->f_pos;
 	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);
 	     pos;
 	     pos = sysfs_dir_next_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos)) {
@@ -1010,19 +1012,24 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * f
 		len = strlen(name);
 		ino = pos->s_ino;
 		type = dt_type(pos);
-		filp->f_pos = ino;
+		off = filp->f_pos = ino;
 		filp->private_data = sysfs_get(pos);
 
 		mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-		ret = filldir(dirent, name, len, filp->f_pos, ino, type);
+		ret = filldir(dirent, name, len, off, ino, type);
 		mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&sysfs_mutex);
-	if ((filp->f_pos > 1) && !pos) { /* EOF */
-		filp->f_pos = INT_MAX;
+
+	/* don't reference last entry if its refcount is dropped */
+	if (!pos) {
 		filp->private_data = NULL;
+
+		/* EOF and not changed as 0 or 1 in read/write path */
+		if (off == filp->f_pos && off > 1)
+			filp->f_pos = INT_MAX;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }

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