linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.3 155/197] zram: fix race between backing_dev_show and backing_dev

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]

Message-Id: <20191027203400.055050644@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:01:13 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Chenwandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.3 155/197] zram: fix race between backing_dev_show and backing_dev_store

From: Chenwandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>

commit f7daefe4231e57381d92c2e2ad905a899c28e402 upstream.

CPU0:				       CPU1:
backing_dev_show		       backing_dev_store
    ......				   ......
    file = zram->backing_dev;
    down_read(&zram->init_lock);	   down_read(&zram->init_init_lock)
    file_path(file, ...);		   zram->backing_dev = backing_dev;
    up_read(&zram->init_lock);		   up_read(&zram->init_lock);

gets the value of zram->backing_dev too early in backing_dev_show, which
resultin the value being NULL at the beginning, and not NULL later.

backtrace:
  d_path+0xcc/0x174
  file_path+0x10/0x18
  backing_dev_show+0x40/0xb4
  dev_attr_show+0x20/0x54
  sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x9c/0x10c
  kernfs_seq_show+0x28/0x30
  seq_read+0x184/0x488
  kernfs_fop_read+0x5c/0x1a4
  __vfs_read+0x44/0x128
  vfs_read+0xa0/0x138
  SyS_read+0x54/0xb4

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1571046839-16814-1-git-send-email-chenwandun@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Chenwandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>	[4.14+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -413,13 +413,14 @@ static void reset_bdev(struct zram *zram
 static ssize_t backing_dev_show(struct device *dev,
 		struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
+	struct file *file;
 	struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
-	struct file *file = zram->backing_dev;
 	char *p;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	down_read(&zram->init_lock);
-	if (!zram->backing_dev) {
+	file = zram->backing_dev;
+	if (!file) {
 		memcpy(buf, "none\n", 5);
 		up_read(&zram->init_lock);
 		return 5;