linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/8] fs/aio: Use RCU accessors for kioctx

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Message-Id: <20180314194515.1661824-2-tj@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:45:09 -0700
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, jannh@...gle.com,
        paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, bcrl@...ck.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, kent.overstreet@...il.com
Cc:     security@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...com, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] fs/aio: Use RCU accessors for kioctx_table->table[]

While converting ioctx index from a list to a table, db446a08c23d
("aio: convert the ioctx list to table lookup v3") missed tagging
kioctx_table->table[] as an array of RCU pointers and using the
appropriate RCU accessors.  This introduces a small window in the
lookup path where init and access may race.

Mark kioctx_table->table[] with __rcu and use the approriate RCU
accessors when using the field.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
Fixes: db446a08c23d ("aio: convert the ioctx list to table lookup v3")
Cc: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/aio.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index eb2e0cf..6bcd3fb 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ struct aio_ring {
 #define AIO_RING_PAGES	8
 
 struct kioctx_table {
-	struct rcu_head	rcu;
-	unsigned	nr;
-	struct kioctx	*table[];
+	struct rcu_head		rcu;
+	unsigned		nr;
+	struct kioctx __rcu	*table[];
 };
 
 struct kioctx_cpu {
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int aio_ring_mremap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	for (i = 0; i < table->nr; i++) {
 		struct kioctx *ctx;
 
-		ctx = table->table[i];
+		ctx = rcu_dereference(table->table[i]);
 		if (ctx && ctx->aio_ring_file == file) {
 			if (!atomic_read(&ctx->dead)) {
 				ctx->user_id = ctx->mmap_base = vma->vm_start;
@@ -666,9 +666,9 @@ static int ioctx_add_table(struct kioctx *ctx, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	while (1) {
 		if (table)
 			for (i = 0; i < table->nr; i++)
-				if (!table->table[i]) {
+				if (!rcu_access_pointer(table->table[i])) {
 					ctx->id = i;
-					table->table[i] = ctx;
+					rcu_assign_pointer(table->table[i], ctx);
 					spin_unlock(&mm->ioctx_lock);
 
 					/* While kioctx setup is in progress,
@@ -849,8 +849,8 @@ static int kill_ioctx(struct mm_struct *mm, struct kioctx *ctx,
 	}
 
 	table = rcu_dereference_raw(mm->ioctx_table);
-	WARN_ON(ctx != table->table[ctx->id]);
-	table->table[ctx->id] = NULL;
+	WARN_ON(ctx != rcu_access_pointer(table->table[ctx->id]));
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(table->table[ctx->id], NULL);
 	spin_unlock(&mm->ioctx_lock);
 
 	/* free_ioctx_reqs() will do the necessary RCU synchronization */
@@ -895,7 +895,8 @@ void exit_aio(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 	skipped = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < table->nr; ++i) {
-		struct kioctx *ctx = table->table[i];
+		struct kioctx *ctx =
+			rcu_dereference_protected(table->table[i], true);
 
 		if (!ctx) {
 			skipped++;
@@ -1084,7 +1085,7 @@ static struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsigned long ctx_id)
 	if (!table || id >= table->nr)
 		goto out;
 
-	ctx = table->table[id];
+	ctx = rcu_dereference(table->table[id]);
 	if (ctx && ctx->user_id == ctx_id) {
 		percpu_ref_get(&ctx->users);
 		ret = ctx;
-- 
2.9.5