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Message-ID: <i5xuxe6prso72euxxo4jludbb5fb2juh2ofbgf32ts7aruyesc@na6btym6jats>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 11:07:06 +0100
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault <rpthibeault@...il.com>
Cc: axboe@...nel.dk, linux-block@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz, cascardo@...lia.com, 
	linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev, skhan@...uxfoundation.org, 
	syzbot+3ee481e21fd75e14c397@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] loop: don't change loop device under exclusive opener in
 loop_set_status

On Fri 14-11-25 09:42:05, Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault wrote:
> loop_set_status() is allowed to change the loop device while there
> are other openers of the device, even exclusive ones.
> 
> In this case, it causes a KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in
> ext4_search_dir(), since when looking for an entry in an inlined
> directory, e_value_offs is changed underneath the filesystem by
> loop_set_status().
> 
> Fix the problem by forbidding loop_set_status() from modifying the loop
> device while there are exclusive openers of the device. This is similar
> to the fix in loop_configure() by commit 33ec3e53e7b1 ("loop: Don't
> change loop device under exclusive opener") alongside commit ecbe6bc0003b
> ("block: use bd_prepare_to_claim directly in the loop driver").
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+3ee481e21fd75e14c397@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3ee481e21fd75e14c397
> Tested-by: syzbot+3ee481e21fd75e14c397@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault <rpthibeault@...il.com>

This patch looks mostly good to me. Just one comment:

> -loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
> +loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
> +		struct block_device *bdev, const struct loop_info64 *info)
>  {
>  	int err;
>  	bool partscan = false;
>  	bool size_changed = false;
>  	unsigned int memflags;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * If we don't hold exclusive handle for the device, upgrade to it
> +	 * here to avoid changing device under exclusive owner.
> +	 */
> +	if (!(mode & BLK_OPEN_EXCL)) {
> +		err = bd_prepare_to_claim(bdev, loop_set_status, NULL);
> +		if (err)
> +			goto out_reread_partitions;
> +	}
> +

So now any LOOP_SET_STATUS call will fail for device that is already
exclusively open. There are some operations (like modifying the AUTOCLEAR
flag or loop device name) that are safe even for a device with a mounted
filesystem. I wouldn't probably bother with that now but I wanted to note
that there may be valid uses of LOOP_SET_STATUS even for an exclusively
open loop device and if there are users of that out there we might need to
refine this a bit. Anyway for now feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza


>  	err = mutex_lock_killable(&lo->lo_mutex);
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
> @@ -1270,6 +1281,9 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
>  	}
>  out_unlock:
>  	mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_mutex);
> +	if (!(mode & BLK_OPEN_EXCL))
> +		bd_abort_claiming(bdev, loop_set_status);
> +out_reread_partitions:
>  	if (partscan)
>  		loop_reread_partitions(lo);
>  
> @@ -1349,7 +1363,9 @@ loop_info64_to_old(const struct loop_info64 *info64, struct loop_info *info)
>  }
>  
>  static int
> -loop_set_status_old(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info __user *arg)
> +loop_set_status_old(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
> +		    struct block_device *bdev,
> +		    const struct loop_info __user *arg)
>  {
>  	struct loop_info info;
>  	struct loop_info64 info64;
> @@ -1357,17 +1373,19 @@ loop_set_status_old(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info __user *arg)
>  	if (copy_from_user(&info, arg, sizeof (struct loop_info)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
>  	loop_info64_from_old(&info, &info64);
> -	return loop_set_status(lo, &info64);
> +	return loop_set_status(lo, mode, bdev, &info64);
>  }
>  
>  static int
> -loop_set_status64(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 __user *arg)
> +loop_set_status64(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
> +		  struct block_device *bdev,
> +		  const struct loop_info64 __user *arg)
>  {
>  	struct loop_info64 info64;
>  
>  	if (copy_from_user(&info64, arg, sizeof (struct loop_info64)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
> -	return loop_set_status(lo, &info64);
> +	return loop_set_status(lo, mode, bdev, &info64);
>  }
>  
>  static int
> @@ -1546,14 +1564,14 @@ static int lo_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
>  	case LOOP_SET_STATUS:
>  		err = -EPERM;
>  		if ((mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -			err = loop_set_status_old(lo, argp);
> +			err = loop_set_status_old(lo, mode, bdev, argp);
>  		break;
>  	case LOOP_GET_STATUS:
>  		return loop_get_status_old(lo, argp);
>  	case LOOP_SET_STATUS64:
>  		err = -EPERM;
>  		if ((mode & BLK_OPEN_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> -			err = loop_set_status64(lo, argp);
> +			err = loop_set_status64(lo, mode, bdev, argp);
>  		break;
>  	case LOOP_GET_STATUS64:
>  		return loop_get_status64(lo, argp);
> @@ -1647,8 +1665,9 @@ loop_info64_to_compat(const struct loop_info64 *info64,
>  }
>  
>  static int
> -loop_set_status_compat(struct loop_device *lo,
> -		       const struct compat_loop_info __user *arg)
> +loop_set_status_compat(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
> +		    struct block_device *bdev,
> +		    const struct compat_loop_info __user *arg)
>  {
>  	struct loop_info64 info64;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -1656,7 +1675,7 @@ loop_set_status_compat(struct loop_device *lo,
>  	ret = loop_info64_from_compat(arg, &info64);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;
> -	return loop_set_status(lo, &info64);
> +	return loop_set_status(lo, mode, bdev, &info64);
>  }
>  
>  static int
> @@ -1682,7 +1701,7 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
>  
>  	switch(cmd) {
>  	case LOOP_SET_STATUS:
> -		err = loop_set_status_compat(lo,
> +		err = loop_set_status_compat(lo, mode, bdev,
>  			     (const struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg);
>  		break;
>  	case LOOP_GET_STATUS:
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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