linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix use-after-free due to get/remove race in volume tree

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:44:48 -0500
From: Jeffrey E Altman <jaltman@...istor.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
 Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
Cc: linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] afs: Fix use-after-free due to get/remove race in volume
 tree

On 12/13/2023 5:25 AM, David Howells wrote:
> When an afs_volume struct is put, its refcount is reduced to 0 before the
> cell->volume_lock is taken and the volume removed from the cell->volumes
> tree.  Unfortunately, this means that the lookup code can race and see a
> volume with a zero ref in the tree, resulting in a use-after-free:
>
>          refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
>          WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 130782 at lib/refcount.c:25 refcount_warn_saturate+0x7a/0xda
>          ...
>          RIP: 0010:refcount_warn_saturate+0x7a/0xda
>          ...
>          Call Trace:
>           <TASK>
>           ? __warn+0x8b/0xf5
>           ? report_bug+0xbf/0x11b
>           ? refcount_warn_saturate+0x7a/0xda
>           ? handle_bug+0x3c/0x5b
>           ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x59
>           ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
>           ? refcount_warn_saturate+0x7a/0xda
>           ? refcount_warn_saturate+0x7a/0xda
>           afs_get_volume+0x3d/0x55
>           afs_create_volume+0x126/0x1de
>           afs_validate_fc+0xfe/0x130
>           afs_get_tree+0x20/0x2e5
>           vfs_get_tree+0x1d/0xc9
>           do_new_mount+0x13b/0x22e
>           do_mount+0x5d/0x8a
>           __do_sys_mount+0x100/0x12a
>           do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x94
>           entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x62/0x6a
>
> Fix this by:
>
>   (1) When putting, use a flag to indicate if the volume has been removed
>       from the tree and skip the rb_erase if it has.
>
>   (2) When looking up, use a conditional ref increment and if it fails
>       because the refcount is 0, replace the node in the tree and set the
>       removal flag.
>
> Fixes: 20325960f875 ("afs: Reorganise volume and server trees to be rooted on the cell")
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>
> cc: linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org
> ---
>   fs/afs/internal.h |    2 ++
>   fs/afs/volume.c   |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>   2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
> index a812952be1c9..7385d62c8cf5 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/internal.h
> +++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
> @@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ struct afs_volume {
>   #define AFS_VOLUME_OFFLINE	4	/* - T if volume offline notice given */
>   #define AFS_VOLUME_BUSY		5	/* - T if volume busy notice given */
>   #define AFS_VOLUME_MAYBE_NO_IBULK 6	/* - T if some servers don't have InlineBulkStatus */
> +#define AFS_VOLUME_RM_TREE	7	/* - Set if volume removed from cell->volumes */
>   #ifdef CONFIG_AFS_FSCACHE
>   	struct fscache_volume	*cache;		/* Caching cookie */
>   #endif
> @@ -1513,6 +1514,7 @@ extern struct afs_vlserver_list *afs_extract_vlserver_list(struct afs_cell *,
>   extern struct afs_volume *afs_create_volume(struct afs_fs_context *);
>   extern int afs_activate_volume(struct afs_volume *);
>   extern void afs_deactivate_volume(struct afs_volume *);
> +bool afs_try_get_volume(struct afs_volume *volume, enum afs_volume_trace reason);
>   extern struct afs_volume *afs_get_volume(struct afs_volume *, enum afs_volume_trace);
>   extern void afs_put_volume(struct afs_net *, struct afs_volume *, enum afs_volume_trace);
>   extern int afs_check_volume_status(struct afs_volume *, struct afs_operation *);
> diff --git a/fs/afs/volume.c b/fs/afs/volume.c
> index 29d483c80281..115c081a8e2c 100644
> --- a/fs/afs/volume.c
> +++ b/fs/afs/volume.c
> @@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ static struct afs_volume *afs_insert_volume_into_cell(struct afs_cell *cell,
>   		} else if (p->vid > volume->vid) {
>   			pp = &(*pp)->rb_right;
>   		} else {
> -			volume = afs_get_volume(p, afs_volume_trace_get_cell_insert);
> -			goto found;
> +			if (afs_try_get_volume(p, afs_volume_trace_get_cell_insert)) {
> +				volume = p;
> +				goto found;
> +			}
> +
> +			set_bit(AFS_VOLUME_RM_TREE, &volume->flags);
> +			rb_replace_node_rcu(&p->cell_node, &volume->cell_node, &cell->volumes);
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> @@ -56,7 +61,8 @@ static void afs_remove_volume_from_cell(struct afs_volume *volume)
>   				 afs_volume_trace_remove);
>   		write_seqlock(&cell->volume_lock);
>   		hlist_del_rcu(&volume->proc_link);
> -		rb_erase(&volume->cell_node, &cell->volumes);
> +		if (!test_and_set_bit(AFS_VOLUME_RM_TREE, &volume->flags))
> +			rb_erase(&volume->cell_node, &cell->volumes);
>   		write_sequnlock(&cell->volume_lock);
>   	}
>   }
> @@ -231,6 +237,20 @@ static void afs_destroy_volume(struct afs_net *net, struct afs_volume *volume)
>   	_leave(" [destroyed]");
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * Try to get a reference on a volume record.
> + */
> +bool afs_try_get_volume(struct afs_volume *volume, enum afs_volume_trace reason)
> +{
> +	int r;
> +
> +	if (__refcount_inc_not_zero(&volume->ref, &r)) {
> +		trace_afs_volume(volume->vid, r + 1, reason);
> +		return true;
> +	}
> +	return false;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * Get a reference on a volume record.
>    */
>
Reviewed-by: Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@...istor.com>


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