From 6fcc44d1d77fea3c7230e4d109b37f6977aa675a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yufen Yu Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 20:06:34 +0800 Subject: block: fix use-after-free on gendisk commit 2da78092dda "block: Fix dev_t minor allocation lifetime" specifically moved blk_free_devt(dev->devt) call to part_release() to avoid reallocating device number before the device is fully shutdown. However, it can cause use-after-free on gendisk in get_gendisk(). We use md device as example to show the race scenes: Process1 Worker Process2 md_free blkdev_open del_gendisk add delete_partition_work_fn() to wq __blkdev_get get_gendisk put_disk disk_release kfree(disk) find part from ext_devt_idr get_disk_and_module(disk) cause use after free delete_partition_work_fn put_device(part) part_release remove part from ext_devt_idr Before is removed from ext_devt_idr by delete_partition_work_fn(), we can find the devt and then access gendisk by hd_struct pointer. But, if we access the gendisk after it have been freed, it can cause in use-after-freeon gendisk in get_gendisk(). We fix this by adding a new helper blk_invalidate_devt() in delete_partition() and del_gendisk(). It replaces hd_struct pointer in idr with value 'NULL', and deletes the entry from idr in part_release() as we do now. Thanks to Jan Kara for providing the solution and more clear comments for the code. Fixes: 2da78092dda1 ("block: Fix dev_t minor allocation lifetime") Cc: Al Viro Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Reviewed-by: Keith Busch Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Suggested-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Yufen Yu Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- block/partition-generic.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'block/partition-generic.c') 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); } -- cgit