linux-kernel - [PATCH] UBI: Fix PEB leak in wear_leveling

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-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1376894892-31519-1-git-send-email-richard@nod.at>
Date:	Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:48:12 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	dedekind1@...il.com
Cc:	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] UBI: Fix PEB leak in wear_leveling_worker()

get_peb_for_wl() removes the PEB from the free list.
If the WL subsystem detects that no wear leveling is needed
it cancels the operation and drops the gained PEB.
In this case we have to put the PEB back into the free list.

This issue was introduced with commit ed4b7021c
(UBI: remove PEB from free tree in get_peb_for_wl()).

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 3.7.x
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
---
 drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 5df49d3..c95bfb1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -1069,6 +1069,9 @@ static int wear_leveling_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wrk,
 		if (!(e2->ec - e1->ec >= UBI_WL_THRESHOLD)) {
 			dbg_wl("no WL needed: min used EC %d, max free EC %d",
 			       e1->ec, e2->ec);
+
+			/* Give the unused PEB back */
+			wl_tree_add(e2, &ubi->free);
 			goto out_cancel;
 		}
 		self_check_in_wl_tree(ubi, e1, &ubi->used);
-- 
1.8.1.4

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/