linux-kernel - Re: kernel BUG at lib/lockref.c:LINE!

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 8 Jul 2019 21:29:51 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     syzbot <syzbot+f70e9b00f8c7d4187bd0@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: kernel BUG at lib/lockref.c:LINE!

On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 12:37:06PM -0700, syzbot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> syzbot found the following crash on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    d58b5ab9 Add linux-next specific files for 20190708
> git tree:       linux-next
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=123d6887a00000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=bf9882946ecc11d9
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f70e9b00f8c7d4187bd0
> compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=173375c7a00000
> C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=1536f9bfa00000
> 
> IMPORTANT: if you fix the bug, please add the following tag to the commit:
> Reported-by: syzbot+f70e9b00f8c7d4187bd0@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> 
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> kernel BUG at lib/lockref.c:189!

Mea culpa...  It's "Teach shrink_dcache_parent() to cope with mixed-filesystem
shrink lists", and the fix should be simply this:

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index d8732cf2e302..d85d8f2c8c97 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ void shrink_dcache_parent(struct dentry *parent)
 		d_walk(parent, &data, select_collect2);
 		if (data.victim) {
 			struct dentry *parent;
+			spin_lock(&data.victim->d_lock);
 			if (!shrink_lock_dentry(data.victim)) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 			} else {