linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] nfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock

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Message-ID: <20250513074226.3362070-1-lilingfeng3@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 15:42:26 +0800
From: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@...wei.com>
To: <trondmy@...nel.org>, <anna@...nel.org>, <jlayton@...nel.org>,
	<bcodding@...hat.com>
CC: <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<yukuai1@...weicloud.com>, <houtao1@...wei.com>, <yi.zhang@...wei.com>,
	<yangerkun@...wei.com>, <lilingfeng@...weicloud.com>,
	<lilingfeng3@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] nfs: handle failure of nfs_get_lock_context in unlock path

When memory is insufficient, the allocation of nfs_lock_context in
nfs_get_lock_context() fails and returns -ENOMEM. If we mistakenly treat
an nfs4_unlockdata structure (whose l_ctx member has been set to -ENOMEM)
as valid and proceed to execute rpc_run_task(), this will trigger a NULL
pointer dereference in nfs4_locku_prepare. For example:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000000c
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 15 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u64:0 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc2-dirty #60
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40
Workqueue: rpciod rpc_async_schedule
RIP: 0010:nfs4_locku_prepare+0x35/0xc2
Code: 89 f2 48 89 fd 48 c7 c7 68 69 ef b5 53 48 8b 8e 90 00 00 00 48 89 f3
RSP: 0018:ffffbbafc006bdb8 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: 000000000000004b RBX: ffff9b964fc1fa00 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: fffffffffffffff4 RDI: ffff9ba53fddbf40
RBP: ffff9ba539934000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffbbafc006bc38
R10: ffffffffb6b689c8 R11: 0000000000000003 R12: ffff9ba539934030
R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 0000000004248060 R15: ffffffffb56d1c30
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9ba5881f0000(0000) knlGS:00000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000000000000000c CR3: 000000093f244000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __rpc_execute+0xbc/0x480
 rpc_async_schedule+0x2f/0x40
 process_one_work+0x232/0x5d0
 worker_thread+0x1da/0x3d0
 ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
 kthread+0x10d/0x240
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork+0x34/0x50
 ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
 </TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 000000000000000c
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Free the allocated nfs4_unlockdata when nfs_get_lock_context() fails and
return NULL to terminate subsequent rpc_run_task, preventing NULL pointer
dereference.

Fixes: f30cb757f680 ("NFS: Always wait for I/O completion before unlock")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/21817f2c-2971-4568-9ae4-1ccc25f7f1ef@huawei.com/
Signed-off-by: Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@...wei.com>
---
Changes in v2:
  Add a comment explaining that error handling for ctx acquisition failure
  is unnecessary.

 fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 970f28dbf253..e52e2ac1ab39 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -7074,18 +7074,29 @@ static struct nfs4_unlockdata *nfs4_alloc_unlockdata(struct file_lock *fl,
 	struct nfs4_unlockdata *p;
 	struct nfs4_state *state = lsp->ls_state;
 	struct inode *inode = state->inode;
+	struct nfs_lock_context *l_ctx;
 
 	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (p == NULL)
 		return NULL;
+	l_ctx = nfs_get_lock_context(ctx);
+	if (!IS_ERR(l_ctx)) {
+		p->l_ctx = l_ctx;
+	} else {
+		kfree(p);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	p->arg.fh = NFS_FH(inode);
 	p->arg.fl = &p->fl;
 	p->arg.seqid = seqid;
 	p->res.seqid = seqid;
 	p->lsp = lsp;
 	/* Ensure we don't close file until we're done freeing locks! */
+	/*
+	 * Since the caller holds a reference to ctx, the refcount must be non-zero.
+	 * Therefore, error handling for failed ctx acquisition is unnecessary here.
+	 */
 	p->ctx = get_nfs_open_context(ctx);
-	p->l_ctx = nfs_get_lock_context(ctx);
 	locks_init_lock(&p->fl);
 	locks_copy_lock(&p->fl, fl);
 	p->server = NFS_SERVER(inode);
-- 
2.31.1