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Date:   Tue, 4 Feb 2020 19:06:46 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     syzbot <syzbot+7caeaea49c2c8a591e3d@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: KASAN: use-after-free Write in percpu_ref_switch_to_percpu

On 2/4/20 2:06 PM, syzbot wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> syzbot found the following crash on:
> 
> HEAD commit:    754beeec Merge tag 'char-misc-5.6-rc1-2' of git://git.kern..
> git tree:       upstream
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15fe4511e00000
> kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=99db4e42d047be3
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7caeaea49c2c8a591e3d
> compiler:       gcc (GCC) 9.0.0 20181231 (experimental)
> 
> Unfortunately, I don't have any reproducer for this crash yet.

I can't reproduce this one, but I think we've seen it internally
as well. Testing the below fix.


diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 87f8655656b5..f204593b4f1a 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ static int __io_sqe_files_update(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx,
 				 struct io_uring_files_update *ip,
 				 unsigned nr_args);
 static int io_grab_files(struct io_kiocb *req);
+static void io_ring_file_ref_flush(struct fixed_file_data *data);
 
 static struct kmem_cache *req_cachep;
 
@@ -5261,15 +5262,10 @@ static int io_sqe_files_unregister(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	/* protect against inflight atomic switch, which drops the ref */
-	percpu_ref_get(&data->refs);
-	/* wait for existing switches */
-	flush_work(&data->ref_work);
 	percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(&data->refs, io_file_ref_kill);
-	wait_for_completion(&data->done);
-	percpu_ref_put(&data->refs);
-	/* flush potential new switch */
 	flush_work(&data->ref_work);
+	io_ring_file_ref_flush(data);
+	wait_for_completion(&data->done);
 	percpu_ref_exit(&data->refs);
 
 	__io_sqe_files_unregister(ctx);
@@ -5507,14 +5503,11 @@ struct io_file_put {
 	struct completion *done;
 };
 
-static void io_ring_file_ref_switch(struct work_struct *work)
+static void io_ring_file_ref_flush(struct fixed_file_data *data)
 {
 	struct io_file_put *pfile, *tmp;
-	struct fixed_file_data *data;
 	struct llist_node *node;
 
-	data = container_of(work, struct fixed_file_data, ref_work);
-
 	while ((node = llist_del_all(&data->put_llist)) != NULL) {
 		llist_for_each_entry_safe(pfile, tmp, node, llist) {
 			io_ring_file_put(data->ctx, pfile->file);
@@ -5524,7 +5517,14 @@ static void io_ring_file_ref_switch(struct work_struct *work)
 				kfree(pfile);
 		}
 	}
+}
 
+static void io_ring_file_ref_switch(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct fixed_file_data *data;
+
+	data = container_of(work, struct fixed_file_data, ref_work);
+	io_ring_file_ref_flush(data);
 	percpu_ref_get(&data->refs);
 	percpu_ref_switch_to_percpu(&data->refs);
 }
@@ -5535,8 +5535,14 @@ static void io_file_data_ref_zero(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	data = container_of(ref, struct fixed_file_data, refs);
 
-	/* we can't safely switch from inside this context, punt to wq */
-	queue_work(system_wq, &data->ref_work);
+	/*
+	 * We can't safely switch from inside this context, punt to wq. If
+	 * the table ref is going away, the table is being unregistered.
+	 * Don't queue up the async work for that case, the caller will
+	 * handle it.
+	 */
+	if (!percpu_ref_is_dying(&data->refs))
+		queue_work(system_wq, &data->ref_work);
 }
 
 static int io_sqe_files_register(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx, void __user *arg,

-- 
Jens Axboe