linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 225/305] exportfs: do not read dentry after free

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Date:   Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Pan Bian" <bianpan2016@....com>,
        "Al Viro" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 225/305] exportfs: do not read dentry after free

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

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From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

commit 2084ac6c505a58f7efdec13eba633c6aaa085ca5 upstream.

The function dentry_connected calls dput(dentry) to drop the previously
acquired reference to dentry. In this case, dentry can be released.
After that, IS_ROOT(dentry) checks the condition
(dentry == dentry->d_parent), which may result in a use-after-free bug.
This patch directly compares dentry with its parent obtained before
dropping the reference.

Fixes: a056cc8934c("exportfs: stop retrying once we race with
rename/remove")

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/exportfs/expfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
+++ b/fs/exportfs/expfs.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static bool dentry_connected(struct dent
 		struct dentry *parent = dget_parent(dentry);
 
 		dput(dentry);
-		if (IS_ROOT(dentry)) {
+		if (dentry == parent) {
 			dput(parent);
 			return false;
 		}