linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next 0/5] md: fix uaf for sync

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Date:   Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:42:36 -0700
From:   Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To:     Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc:     agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, yukuai3@...wei.com,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 0/5] md: fix uaf for sync_thread

On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 1:32 AM Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com> wrote:
>
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
>
> Our test reports a uaf for 'mddev->sync_thread':
>
> T1                      T2
> md_start_sync
>  md_register_thread
>                         raid1d
>                          md_check_recovery
>                           md_reap_sync_thread
>                            md_unregister_thread
>                             kfree
>
>  md_wakeup_thread
>   wake_up
>   ->sync_thread was freed
>
> Currently, a global spinlock 'pers_lock' is borrowed to protect
> 'mddev->thread', this problem can be fixed likewise, however, there might
> be similar problem for other md_thread, and I really don't like the idea to
> borrow a global lock.
>
> This patchset do some refactor, and then use a disk level spinlock to
> protect md_thread in relevant apis.
>
> Yu Kuai (5):
>   md: pass a md_thread pointer to md_register_thread()
>   md: refactor md_wakeup_thread()
>   md: use md_thread api to wake up sync_thread
>   md: pass a mddev to md_unregister_thread()
>   md: protect md_thread with a new disk level spin lock

Applied to md-next.

Thanks,
Song