linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 019/101] nilfs2: fix null pointer dereference at nilfs_segctor_do

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Message-Id: <20200619141615.089198176@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:32:08 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Walton Hoops <me@...tonhoops.com>,
        Tomas Hlavaty <tom@...and.com>,
        ARAI Shun-ichi <hermes@...es.dti.ne.jp>,
        Hideki EIRAKU <hdk1983@...il.com>,
        Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 019/101] nilfs2: fix null pointer dereference at nilfs_segctor_do_construct()

From: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>

commit 8301c719a2bd131436438e49130ee381d30933f5 upstream.

After commit c3aab9a0bd91 ("mm/filemap.c: don't initiate writeback if
mapping has no dirty pages"), the following null pointer dereference has
been reported on nilfs2:

  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000a8
  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
  PGD 0 P4D 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
  ...
  RIP: 0010:percpu_counter_add_batch+0xa/0x60
  ...
  Call Trace:
    __test_set_page_writeback+0x2d3/0x330
    nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x10d3/0x2110 [nilfs2]
    nilfs_segctor_construct+0x168/0x260 [nilfs2]
    nilfs_segctor_thread+0x127/0x3b0 [nilfs2]
    kthread+0xf8/0x130
    ...

This crash turned out to be caused by set_page_writeback() call for
segment summary buffers at nilfs_segctor_prepare_write().

set_page_writeback() can call inc_wb_stat(inode_to_wb(inode),
WB_WRITEBACK) where inode_to_wb(inode) is NULL if the inode of
underlying block device does not have an associated wb.

This fixes the issue by calling inode_attach_wb() in advance to ensure
to associate the bdev inode with its wb.

Fixes: c3aab9a0bd91 ("mm/filemap.c: don't initiate writeback if mapping has no dirty pages")
Reported-by: Walton Hoops <me@...tonhoops.com>
Reported-by: Tomas Hlavaty <tom@...and.com>
Reported-by: ARAI Shun-ichi <hermes@...es.dti.ne.jp>
Reported-by: Hideki EIRAKU <hdk1983@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>	[5.4+]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200608.011819.1399059588922299158.konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/nilfs2/segment.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -2781,6 +2781,8 @@ int nilfs_attach_log_writer(struct super
 	if (!nilfs->ns_writer)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	inode_attach_wb(nilfs->ns_bdev->bd_inode, NULL);
+
 	err = nilfs_segctor_start_thread(nilfs->ns_writer);
 	if (err) {
 		kfree(nilfs->ns_writer);