From: Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault <rpthibeault@gmail.com>
To: axboe@kernel.dk
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
jack@suse.cz, cascardo@igalia.com,
linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev, skhan@linuxfoundation.org,
syzbot+3ee481e21fd75e14c397@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault <rpthibeault@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] loop: don't change loop device under exclusive opener in loop_set_status
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:42:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251114144204.2402336-2-rpthibeault@gmail.com> (raw)
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@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3ee481e21fd75e14c397
Tested-by: syzbot+3ee481e21fd75e14c397@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault <rpthibeault@gmail.com>
---
ML thread for previous, misguided patch idea:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251112185712.2031993-2-rpthibeault@gmail.com/t/
drivers/block/loop.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 053a086d547e..756ee682e767 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1222,13 +1222,24 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo)
}
static int
-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;
+ }
+
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
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-14 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-14 14:42 Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault [this message]
2025-11-18 7:10 ` [PATCH] loop: don't change loop device under exclusive opener in loop_set_status Yongpeng Yang
2025-12-01 12:38 ` Jan Kara
2025-12-02 9:03 ` Yongpeng Yang
2025-12-02 10:07 ` Jan Kara
2025-12-17 17:48 ` Jan Kara
2025-12-17 19:00 ` [PATCH v2] " Raphael Pinsonneault-Thibeault
2026-01-06 12:08 ` Jan Kara
2026-01-06 12:31 ` Jens Axboe
2026-01-06 12:30 ` Jens Axboe
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