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-rw-r--r--block/genhd.c19
-rw-r--r--block/partition-generic.c7
-rw-r--r--include/linux/genhd.h1
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 1d0d25f7b0fe..83f5c33d1e80 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -531,6 +531,18 @@ void blk_free_devt(dev_t devt)
}
}
+/**
+ * We invalidate devt by assigning NULL pointer for devt in idr.
+ */
+void blk_invalidate_devt(dev_t devt)
+{
+ if (MAJOR(devt) == BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR) {
+ spin_lock_bh(&ext_devt_lock);
+ idr_replace(&ext_devt_idr, NULL, blk_mangle_minor(MINOR(devt)));
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ext_devt_lock);
+ }
+}
+
static char *bdevt_str(dev_t devt, char *buf)
{
if (MAJOR(devt) <= 0xff && MINOR(devt) <= 0xff) {
@@ -793,6 +805,13 @@ void del_gendisk(struct gendisk *disk)
if (!(disk->flags & GENHD_FL_HIDDEN))
blk_unregister_region(disk_devt(disk), disk->minors);
+ /*
+ * Remove gendisk pointer from idr so that it cannot be looked up
+ * while RCU period before freeing gendisk is running to prevent
+ * use-after-free issues. Note that the device number stays
+ * "in-use" until we really free the gendisk.
+ */
+ blk_invalidate_devt(disk_devt(disk));
kobject_put(disk->part0.holder_dir);
kobject_put(disk->slave_dir);
diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c
index 8e596a8dff32..aee643ce13d1 100644
--- a/block/partition-generic.c
+++ b/block/partition-generic.c
@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
kobject_put(part->holder_dir);
device_del(part_to_dev(part));
+ /*
+ * Remove gendisk pointer from idr so that it cannot be looked up
+ * while RCU period before freeing gendisk is running to prevent
+ * use-after-free issues. Note that the device number stays
+ * "in-use" until we really free the gendisk.
+ */
+ blk_invalidate_devt(part_devt(part));
hd_struct_kill(part);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 6547c9256d5c..8b5330dd5ac0 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ struct unixware_disklabel {
extern int blk_alloc_devt(struct hd_struct *part, dev_t *devt);
extern void blk_free_devt(dev_t devt);
+extern void blk_invalidate_devt(dev_t devt);
extern dev_t blk_lookup_devt(const char *name, int partno);
extern char *disk_name (struct gendisk *hd, int partno, char *buf);