linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] vfs: check dentry is still valid in get

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Date:   Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:39:19 +0800
From:   Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To:     xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc:     Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
        Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] vfs: check dentry is still valid in get_link()

When following a trailing symlink in rcu-walk mode it's possible for
the dentry to become invalid between the last dentry seq lock check
and getting the link (eg. an unlink) leading to a backtrace similar
to this:

crash> bt
PID: 10964  TASK: ffff951c8aa92f80  CPU: 3   COMMAND: "TaniumCX"
…
 #7 [ffffae44d0a6fbe0] page_fault at ffffffff8d6010fe
    [exception RIP: unknown or invalid address]
    RIP: 0000000000000000  RSP: ffffae44d0a6fc90  RFLAGS: 00010246
    RAX: ffffffff8da3cc80  RBX: ffffae44d0a6fd30  RCX: 0000000000000000
    RDX: ffffae44d0a6fd98  RSI: ffff951aa9af3008  RDI: 0000000000000000
    RBP: 0000000000000000   R8: ffffae44d0a6fb94   R9: 0000000000000000
    R10: ffff951c95d8c318  R11: 0000000000080000  R12: ffffae44d0a6fd98
    R13: ffff951aa9af3008  R14: ffff951c8c9eb840  R15: 0000000000000000
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 #8 [ffffae44d0a6fc90] trailing_symlink at ffffffff8cf24e61
 #9 [ffffae44d0a6fcc8] path_lookupat at ffffffff8cf261d1
#10 [ffffae44d0a6fd28] filename_lookup at ffffffff8cf2a700
#11 [ffffae44d0a6fe40] vfs_statx at ffffffff8cf1dbc4
#12 [ffffae44d0a6fe98] __do_sys_newstat at ffffffff8cf1e1f9
#13 [ffffae44d0a6ff38] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff8cc0420b

Most of the time this is not a problem because the inode is unchanged
while the rcu read lock is held.

But xfs can re-use inodes which can result in the inode ->get_link()
method becoming invalid (or NULL).

This case needs to be checked for in fs/namei.c:get_link() and if
detected the walk re-started.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
---
 fs/namei.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 1946d9667790..9a48a6106516 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1760,8 +1760,11 @@ static const char *pick_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
 	if (!res) {
 		const char * (*get)(struct dentry *, struct inode *,
 				struct delayed_call *);
-		get = inode->i_op->get_link;
+		get = READ_ONCE(inode->i_op->get_link);
 		if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+			/* Does the inode still match the associated dentry? */
+			if (unlikely(read_seqcount_retry(&link->dentry->d_seq, last->seq)))
+				return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
 			res = get(NULL, inode, &last->done);
 			if (res == ERR_PTR(-ECHILD) && try_to_unlazy(nd))
 				res = get(link->dentry, inode, &last->done);