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Message-ID: <Z7d3bY2EoScBIk4k@bender.morinfr.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:41:49 +0100
From: Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>
To: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>
Cc: song@...nel.org, yukuai3@...wei.com, hare@...e.de, axboe@...nel.dk,
	logang@...tatee.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhang@...wei.com,
	yangerkun@...wei.com, hch@....de, guillaume@...infr.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] md: fix mddev uaf while iterating all_mddevs list

On 20 Feb 20:43, Yu Kuai wrote:
>
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> 
> While iterating all_mddevs list from md_notify_reboot() and md_exit(),
> list_for_each_entry_safe is used, and this can race with deletint the
> next mddev, causing UAF:
> 
> t1:
> spin_lock
> //list_for_each_entry_safe(mddev, n, ...)
>  mddev_get(mddev1)
>  // assume mddev2 is the next entry
>  spin_unlock
>             t2:
>             //remove mddev2
>             ...
>             mddev_free
>             spin_lock
>             list_del
>             spin_unlock
>             kfree(mddev2)
>  mddev_put(mddev1)
>  spin_lock
>  //continue dereference mddev2->all_mddevs
> 
> The old helper for_each_mddev() actually grab the reference of mddev2
> while holding the lock, to prevent from being freed. This problem can be
> fixed the same way, however, the code will be complex.
> 
> Hence switch to use list_for_each_entry, in this case mddev_put() can free
> the mddev1 and it's not safe as well. Refer to md_seq_show(), also factor
> out a helper mddev_put_locked() to fix this problem.
> 
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Fixes: f26514342255 ("md: stop using for_each_mddev in md_notify_reboot")
> Fixes: 16648bac862f ("md: stop using for_each_mddev in md_exit")
> Reported-by: Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z7Y0SURoA8xwg7vn@bender.morinfr.org/
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/md/md.c | 22 +++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> index 827646b3eb59..f501bc5f68f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> @@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ static void __mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev)
>  	queue_work(md_misc_wq, &mddev->del_work);
>  }
>  
> +static void mddev_put_locked(struct mddev *mddev)
> +{
> +	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->active))
> +		__mddev_put(mddev);
> +}
> +
>  void mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev)
>  {
>  	if (!atomic_dec_and_lock(&mddev->active, &all_mddevs_lock))
> @@ -8461,9 +8467,7 @@ static int md_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
>  	if (mddev == list_last_entry(&all_mddevs, struct mddev, all_mddevs))
>  		status_unused(seq);
>  
> -	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->active))
> -		__mddev_put(mddev);
> -
> +	mddev_put_locked(mddev);
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -9895,11 +9899,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rdev_clear_badblocks);
>  static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
>  			    unsigned long code, void *x)
>  {
> -	struct mddev *mddev, *n;
> +	struct mddev *mddev;
>  	int need_delay = 0;
>  
>  	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> -	list_for_each_entry_safe(mddev, n, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
> +	list_for_each_entry(mddev, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
>  		if (!mddev_get(mddev))
>  			continue;
>  		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> @@ -9911,8 +9915,8 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
>  			mddev_unlock(mddev);
>  		}
>  		need_delay = 1;
> -		mddev_put(mddev);
>  		spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> +		mddev_put_locked(mddev);
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
>  
> @@ -10245,7 +10249,7 @@ void md_autostart_arrays(int part)
>  
>  static __exit void md_exit(void)
>  {
> -	struct mddev *mddev, *n;
> +	struct mddev *mddev;
>  	int delay = 1;
>  
>  	unregister_blkdev(MD_MAJOR,"md");
> @@ -10266,7 +10270,7 @@ static __exit void md_exit(void)
>  	remove_proc_entry("mdstat", NULL);
>  
>  	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> -	list_for_each_entry_safe(mddev, n, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
> +	list_for_each_entry(mddev, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
>  		if (!mddev_get(mddev))
>  			continue;
>  		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> @@ -10278,8 +10282,8 @@ static __exit void md_exit(void)
>  		 * the mddev for destruction by a workqueue, and the
>  		 * destroy_workqueue() below will wait for that to complete.
>  		 */
> -		mddev_put(mddev);
>  		spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> +		mddev_put_locked(mddev);
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
>  
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 

I confirm that this patch fixes our reproducer for the GPF

Thanks

Tested-by: Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>

-- 
Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>