linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 36/63] jbd2: don't mark block as modified if the handle is out of credits

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Message-ID: <lsq.1537575342.371864357@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 22 Sep 2018 01:15:42 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 36/63] jbd2: don't mark block as modified if the
 handle is out of credits

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

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

From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>

commit e09463f220ca9a1a1ecfda84fcda658f99a1f12a upstream.

Do not set the b_modified flag in block's journal head should not
until after we're sure that jbd2_journal_dirty_metadat() will not
abort with an error due to there not being enough space reserved in
the jbd2 handle.

Otherwise, future attempts to modify the buffer may lead a large
number of spurious errors and warnings.

This addresses CVE-2018-10883.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200071

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: Drop the added logging statement, as it's on
 a code path that doesn't exist here]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1288,11 +1288,11 @@ int jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(handle_t
 		 * of the transaction. This needs to be done
 		 * once a transaction -bzzz
 		 */
-		jh->b_modified = 1;
 		if (handle->h_buffer_credits <= 0) {
 			ret = -ENOSPC;
 			goto out_unlock_bh;
 		}
+		jh->b_modified = 1;
 		handle->h_buffer_credits--;
 	}