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Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxi9bhs0xKO-zCj-QiFzd-xZEp8DtG222vG-R6U5HBHcVg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 May 2023 14:45:39 +0300
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>
Cc:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, miklos@...redi.hu,
        linux-unionfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] ovl: ovl_permission: Fix null pointer dereference
 at realinode in rcu-walk mode

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 4:16 AM Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> 在 2023/5/15 23:36, Amir Goldstein 写道:
> > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 6:16 PM Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 05:58:55PM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> >>> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 4:58 PM Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 09:36:28PM +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> >>>>> Following process:
> >>>>>            P1                     P2
> >>>>>   path_lookupat
> >>>>>    link_path_walk
> >>>>>     inode_permission
> >>>>>      ovl_permission
> >>>>>        ovl_i_path_real(inode, &realpath)
> >>>>>          path->dentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(inode)
> >>>>>                            drop_cache
> >>>>>                           __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry)
> >>>>>                            iput(ovl_inode)
> >>>>>                             ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode)
> >>>>>                              dput(oi->__upperdentry)
> >>>>>                               dentry_kill(upperdentry)
> >>>>>                                dentry_unlink_inode
> >>>>>                                 upperdentry->d_inode = NULL
> >>>>>        realinode = d_inode(realpath.dentry) // return NULL
> >>>>>        inode_permission(realinode)
> >>>>>         inode->i_sb  // NULL pointer dereference
> >>>>> , will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode:
> >>>>>    [  335.664979] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference,
> >>>>>                   address: 0000000000000002
> >>>>>    [  335.668032] CPU: 0 PID: 2592 Comm: ls Not tainted 6.3.0
> >>>>>    [  335.669956] RIP: 0010:inode_permission+0x33/0x2c0
> >>>>>    [  335.678939] Call Trace:
> >>>>>    [  335.679165]  <TASK>
> >>>>>    [  335.679371]  ovl_permission+0xde/0x320
> >>>>>    [  335.679723]  inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0
> >>>>>    [  335.680090]  link_path_walk+0x115/0x550
> >>>>>    [  335.680771]  path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200
> >>>>>    [  335.681170]  filename_lookup+0xda/0x240
> >>>>>    [  335.681922]  vfs_statx+0xa6/0x1f0
> >>>>>    [  335.682233]  vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Fetch a reproducer in [Link].
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Add a new helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realpath and real inode
> >>>>> after non-nullptr checking, use the helper to replace the current realpath
> >>>>> getting logic.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217405
> >>>>> Fixes: 4b7791b2e958 ("ovl: handle idmappings in ovl_permission()")
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>
> >>>>> Suggested-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>   fs/overlayfs/inode.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >>>>>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
> >>>>> index 541cf3717fc2..cc3ef5a6666a 100644
> >>>>> --- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
> >>>>> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
> >>>>> @@ -278,6 +278,26 @@ int ovl_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
> >>>>>        return err;
> >>>>>   }
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +static inline int ovl_i_path_realinode(struct inode *inode,
> >>>>> +                                    struct path *realpath,
> >>>>> +                                    struct inode **realinode, int rcu)
> >>>>> +{
> >>>>> +     /* Careful in RCU walk mode */
> >>>>> +     ovl_i_path_real(inode, realpath);
> >>>>> +     if (!realpath->dentry) {
> >>>>> +             WARN_ON(!rcu);
> >>>>> +             return -ECHILD;
> >>>>> +     }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +     *realinode = d_inode(realpath->dentry);
> >>>>> +     if (!*realinode) {
> >>>>> +             WARN_ON(!rcu);
> >>>>> +             return -ECHILD;
> >>>>> +     }
> >>>>> +
> >>>>> +     return 0;
> >>>>> +}
> >>>>
> >>>> If you want to return the inode wouldn't it possibly make more sense to
> >>>> return the inode from the function directly? But not fuzzed. Maybe Amir
> >>>> has a preference. As I said, I'm even fine with the original approach.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for not reviewing v1, I was traveling, even though it is hard to use
> >>> this excuse when I was traveling with Christian who did review v1 :)
> >>
> >> Well, I did only do it this morning. :)
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> static inline struct inode *ovl_i_path_realinode(struct inode *inode,
> >>>>                                                   struct path *realpath,
> >>>>                                                   int rcu)
> >>>> {
> >>>>          struct inode *realinode;
> >>>>
> >>>>          /* Careful in RCU walk mode */
> >>>>          ovl_i_path_real(inode, realpath);
> >>>>          if (!realpath->dentry) {
> >>>>                  WARN_ON(!rcu);
> >>>>                  return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
> >>>>          }
> >>>>
> >>>>          realinode = d_inode(realpath->dentry);
> >>>>          if (!realinode) {
> >>>>                  WARN_ON(!rcu);
> >>>>                  return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
> >>>>          }
> >>>>
> >>>>          return realinode;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I think this helper is over engineered ;-)
> >>
> >> Yes. As mentioned before, I would've been happy even with v1 that didn't
> >> have any helper.
> >>
> >>> The idea for a helper that returns inode is good,
> >>> but I see no reason to mix RCU walk in this helper
> >>> and don't even need a new helper (see untested patch below).
> >>
> >> Looks good to me too.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Amir.
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>> -void ovl_i_path_real(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
> >>> +struct inode *ovl_i_path_real(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
> >>>   {
> >>>          struct ovl_path *lowerpath = ovl_lowerpath(OVL_I_E(inode));
> >>>
> >>> @@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ void ovl_i_path_real(struct inode *inode, struct path *path)
> >>>          } else {
> >>>                  path->mnt = ovl_upper_mnt(OVL_FS(inode->i_sb));
> >>>          }
> >>> +
> >>> +       return path->dentry ? d_inode(path->dentry) : NULL;
> >>>   }
> >>>
> >>> @@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ int ovl_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> >>>          int err;
> >>>
> >>>          /* Careful in RCU walk mode */
> >>> -       ovl_i_path_real(inode, &realpath);
> >>> -       if (!realpath.dentry) {
> >>> +       realinode = ovl_i_path_real(inode, &realpath);
> >>> +       if (!realpath.dentry || !realinode) {
> >>>                  WARN_ON(!(mask & MAY_NOT_BLOCK));
> >>>                  return -ECHILD;
> >>>          }
> >>> @@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ int ovl_permission(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
> >>>
> >>>          if (err)
> >>>                  return err;
> >>>
> >>> -       realinode = d_inode(realpath.dentry);
> >>>          old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
> >>
>
> Thanks for reviewings and helpful discussion from Amir and Christian.
>

You're welcome.

Note to self: there is be a trivial conflict with the change to
ovl_i_path_real()
return type and this patch from my ovl-lazy-lowerdata series:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-unionfs/20230427130539.2798797-7-amir73il@gmail.com/

After Miklos takes your fixes, I will rebase.

Thanks,
Amir.

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