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Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxhOng=b3i9J5TXLuQiCfYJS=c49L2RA2ikg4LR_Ans=ww@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 May 2023 15:35:09 +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 3:27 PM Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> 在 2023/5/16 19:45, Amir Goldstein 写道:
> > 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 for rebasing, so you will take v2 with modified helper
> ovl_i_path_real(return realinode)?
>

Please post v3 with the modified helper for Miklos to take.

Thanks,
Amir.

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