linux-kernel - [PATCH] namespace: update event counter when umounting a deleted dentry

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:24:41 -0700
From:	Andrey Ulanov <andreyu@...gle.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrey Ulanov <andreyu@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] namespace: update event counter when umounting a deleted dentry

- m_start() in fs/namespace.c expects that ns->event is incremented each
  time a mount added or removed from ns->list.
- umount_tree() removes items from the list but does not increment event
  counter, expecting that it's done before the function is called.
- There are some codepaths that call umount_tree() without updating
  "event" counter. e.g. from __detach_mounts().
- When this happens m_start may reuse a cached mount structure that no
  longer belongs to ns->list (i.e. use after free which usually leads
  to infinite loop).

This change fixes the above problem by incrementing global event counter
before invoking umount_tree().

Change-Id: I622c8e84dcb9fb63542372c5dbf0178ee86bb589
Signed-off-by: Andrey Ulanov <andreyu@...gle.com>
---
 fs/namespace.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 4fb1691..72508d2 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1562,6 +1562,7 @@ void __detach_mounts(struct dentry *dentry)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	lock_mount_hash();
+	event++;
 	while (!hlist_empty(&mp->m_list)) {
 		mnt = hlist_entry(mp->m_list.first, struct mount, mnt_mp_list);
 		if (mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_UMOUNT) {
@@ -1576,7 +1577,7 @@ out_unlock:
 	namespace_unlock();
 }
 
-/* 
+/*
  * Is the caller allowed to modify his namespace?
  */
 static inline bool may_mount(void)
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020