linux-kernel - [PATCH] configfs: Fix use-after-free when accessing sd->s

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Date:   Thu,  3 Jan 2019 13:41:04 +0530
From:   Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>
To:     Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@...cle.com>,
        Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>
Subject: [PATCH] configfs: Fix use-after-free when accessing sd->s_dentry

In the vfs_statx() context, during path lookup, the dentry gets
added to sd->s_dentry via configfs_attach_attr(). In the end,
vfs_statx() kills the dentry by calling path_put(), which invokes
configfs_d_iput(). Ideally, this dentry must be removed from
sd->s_dentry but it doesn't if the sd->s_count >= 3. As a result,
sd->s_dentry is holding reference to a stale dentry pointer whose
memory is already freed up. This results in use-after-free issue,
when this stale sd->s_dentry is accessed later in
configfs_readdir() path.

This issue can be easily reproduced, by running the LTP test case -
sh fs_racer_file_list.sh /config
(https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/blob/master/testcases/kernel/fs/racer/fs_racer_file_list.sh)

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@...eaurora.org>
---
 fs/configfs/dir.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 39843fa..a5906c5 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
 		 * configfs_attach_attr and set sd->s_dentry to null
 		 * even it's still in use.
 		 */
-		if (atomic_read(&sd->s_count) <= 2)
+		if (sd->s_dentry == dentry)
 			sd->s_dentry = NULL;
 
 		spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
-- 
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