linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] namei: Fix use after free in kern_path

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Date:   Wed, 1 Sep 2021 14:35:08 +0700
From:   Dmitry Kadashev <dkadashev@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] namei: Fix use after free in kern_path_locked

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 7:13 AM Stephen Brennan
<stephen.s.brennan@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> In 0ee50b47532a ("namei: change filename_parentat() calling
> conventions"), filename_parentat() was made to always put the struct
> filename before returning, and kern_path_locked() was migrated to this
> calling convention. However, kern_path_locked() uses the "last"
> parameter to lookup and potentially create a new dentry. The last
> parameter contains the last component of the path and points within the
> filename, which was recently freed at the end of filename_parentat().
> Thus, when kern_path_locked() calls __lookup_hash(), it is using the
> filename after it has already been freed.
>
> To avoid this, switch back to __filename_parentat() and place a putname
> at the end of the function, once all uses are completed.

Ouch. Thanks for taking care of this, Stephen. I guess
filename_parentat() should be killed, since kern_path_locked() was the
only place it's used in and it always results in danging "last",
provoking bugs just like this one. I can send a patch on top of this if
you prefer.

-- 
Dmitry