linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] 9p: client_create/destroy: only call trans

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Message-ID: <YzUzAqsq803Z+rtr@unreal>
Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:54:10 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
Cc:     v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux_oss@...debyte.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        syzbot+67d13108d855f451cafc@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] 9p: client_create/destroy: only call trans_mod->close
 after create

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 07:19:23AM +0900, Dominique Martinet wrote:
> destroy code would incorrectly call close() if trans_mod exists after some
> hasty code cleanup: we need to make sure we only call close after create
> 
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220928214417.1749609-1-asmadeus@codewreck.org
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/00000000000015ac7905e97ebaed@google.com
> Reported-by: syzbot+67d13108d855f451cafc@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Reported-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
> Fixes: 3ff51294a055 ("9p: p9_client_create: use p9_client_destroy on failure")
> Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@...ewreck.org>
> ---
> v1->v2: also reset trans on create error
> v2->v3: fix silly compile errors
> 
> Sorry for the multiple mails, that's what I get for not even doing basic
> tests before talking...

Please always submit new patch versions as new one and don't reply-to.
It breaks flows of everyone who relies on proper email threading.

> 
>  net/9p/client.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
> index bfa80f01992e..41e825a8da7c 100644
> --- a/net/9p/client.c
> +++ b/net/9p/client.c
> @@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ struct p9_client *p9_client_create(const char *dev_name, char *options)
>  	spin_lock_init(&clnt->lock);
>  	idr_init(&clnt->fids);
>  	idr_init(&clnt->reqs);
> +	clnt->trans = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>  
>  	err = parse_opts(options, clnt);
>  	if (err < 0)
> @@ -990,8 +991,14 @@ struct p9_client *p9_client_create(const char *dev_name, char *options)
>  		 clnt, clnt->trans_mod, clnt->msize, clnt->proto_version);
>  
>  	err = clnt->trans_mod->create(clnt, dev_name, options);
> -	if (err)
> +	// ensure clnt->trans is initialized to call close() on destroy
> +	// if and only if create succeeded

Please use /* */ comment style.

> +	if (err < 0) {
> +		clnt->trans = ERR_PTR(err);
>  		goto out;
> +	}
> +	if (IS_ERR(clnt->trans))
> +		clnt->trans = NULL;
>  
>  	if (clnt->msize > clnt->trans_mod->maxsize) {
>  		clnt->msize = clnt->trans_mod->maxsize;
> @@ -1036,7 +1043,7 @@ void p9_client_destroy(struct p9_client *clnt)
>  
>  	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_MUX, "clnt %p\n", clnt);
>  
> -	if (clnt->trans_mod)
> +	if (clnt->trans_mod && !IS_ERR(clnt->trans))

It is completely no-go to rely on internal value inside of structure after
failure in ->create() callback.

>  		clnt->trans_mod->close(clnt);
>  
>  	v9fs_put_trans(clnt->trans_mod);
> -- 
> 2.35.1
>