linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/9] dax: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dax

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Message-ID: <CAPcyv4i_xfihzc_LKYiz_XuTVVCMSf5dsJQE8g7-NURe170p7g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2016 07:17:22 -0800
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
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	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, XFS Developers <xfs@....sgi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/9] dax: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dax_dbg()

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 1:34 AM, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> wrote:
> On Wed 06-01-16 11:14:09, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM, Ross Zwisler
>> <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> > __dax_dbg() currently assumes that bh->b_bdev is non-NULL, passing it into
>> > bdevname() where is is dereferenced.  This assumption isn't always true -
>> > when called for reads of holes, ext4_dax_mmap_get_block() returns a buffer
>> > head where bh->b_bdev is never set.  I hit this BUG while testing the DAX
>> > PMD fault path.
>> >
>> > Instead, verify that we have a valid bh->b_bdev, else just say "unknown"
>> > for the block device.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
>> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>> > ---
>> >  fs/dax.c | 7 ++++++-
>> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
>> > index 7af8797..03cc4a3 100644
>> > --- a/fs/dax.c
>> > +++ b/fs/dax.c
>> > @@ -563,7 +563,12 @@ static void __dax_dbg(struct buffer_head *bh, unsigned long address,
>> >  {
>> >         if (bh) {
>> >                 char bname[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
>> > -               bdevname(bh->b_bdev, bname);
>> > +
>> > +               if (bh->b_bdev)
>> > +                       bdevname(bh->b_bdev, bname);
>> > +               else
>> > +                       snprintf(bname, BDEVNAME_SIZE, "unknown");
>> > +
>> >                 pr_debug("%s: %s addr: %lx dev %s state %lx start %lld "
>> >                         "length %zd fallback: %s\n", fn, current->comm,
>> >                         address, bname, bh->b_state, (u64)bh->b_blocknr,
>>
>> I'm assuming there's no danger of a such a buffer_head ever being used
>> for the bdev parameter to dax_map_atomic()?  Shouldn't we also/instead
>> go fix ext4 to not send partially filled buffer_heads?
>
> No. The real problem is a long-standing abuse of struct buffer_head to be
> used for passing block mapping information (it's on my todo list to remove
> that at least from DAX code and use cleaner block mapping interface but
> first I want basic DAX functionality to settle down to avoid unnecessary
> conflicts). Filesystem is not supposed to touch bh->b_bdev. If you need
> that filled in, set it yourself in before passing bh to the block mapping
> function.
>

Ok, makes sense.

Ross, can you fix this instead by unconditionally looking up the bdev
rather that saying "unknown".  The bdev should always be retrievable.
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