Re: [PATCH RESEND] null_blk: fix null-ptr-dereference while configuring 'power' and 'submit_queues'

[Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@linux.dev>]

On 23.05.24 16:45, Yu Kuai wrote:
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
>
> Writing 'power' and 'submit_queues' concurrently will trigger kernel
> panic:
>
> Test script:
>
> modprobe null_blk nr_devices=0
> mkdir -p /sys/kernel/config/nullb/nullb0
> while true; do echo 1 > submit_queues; echo 4 > submit_queues; done &
> while true; do echo 1 > power; echo 0 > power; done
>
> Test result:
>
> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000148
> Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
> RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x41d/0x28f0
> Call Trace:
>   <TASK>
>   lock_acquire+0x121/0x450
>   down_write+0x5f/0x1d0
>   simple_recursive_removal+0x12f/0x5c0
>   blk_mq_debugfs_unregister_hctxs+0x7c/0x100
>   blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues+0x4a3/0x720
>   nullb_update_nr_hw_queues+0x71/0xf0 [null_blk]
>   nullb_device_submit_queues_store+0x79/0xf0 [null_blk]
>   configfs_write_iter+0x119/0x1e0
>   vfs_write+0x326/0x730
>   ksys_write+0x74/0x150
>
> This is because del_gendisk() can concurrent with
> blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues():
>
> nullb_device_power_store	nullb_apply_submit_queues
>   null_del_dev
>   del_gendisk
> 				 nullb_update_nr_hw_queues
> 				  if (!dev->nullb)
> 				  // still set while gendisk is deleted
> 				   return 0
> 				  blk_mq_update_nr_hw_queues
>   dev->nullb = NULL
>
> Fix this problem by resuing the global mutex to protect
> nullb_device_power_store() and nullb_update_nr_hw_queues() from configs.
>
> Fixes: 45919fbfe1c4 ("null_blk: Enable modifying 'submit_queues' after an instance has been configured")
> Reported-and-tested-by: Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@redhat.com>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHj4cs9LgsHLnjg8z06LQ3Pr5cax-+Ps+xT7AP7TPnEjStuwZA@mail.gmail.com/
> Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
> ---
>   drivers/block/loop.c          |  2 +-
>   drivers/block/null_blk/main.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>   2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index 28a95fd366fe..3e1c4f5ef714 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ static int loop_control_remove(int idx)
>   		pr_warn_once("deleting an unspecified loop device is not supported.\n");
>   		return -EINVAL;
>   	}
> -		
> +

This snippet changes nothing. Can we remove it?

Zhu Yanjun

>   	/* Hide this loop device for serialization. */
>   	ret = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
>   	if (ret)
> diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
> index 5d56ad4ce01a..eb023d267369 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
> @@ -413,13 +413,25 @@ static int nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(struct nullb_device *dev,
>   static int nullb_apply_submit_queues(struct nullb_device *dev,
>   				     unsigned int submit_queues)
>   {
> -	return nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, submit_queues, dev->poll_queues);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&lock);
> +	ret = nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, submit_queues, dev->poll_queues);
> +	mutex_unlock(&lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
>   }
>   
>   static int nullb_apply_poll_queues(struct nullb_device *dev,
>   				   unsigned int poll_queues)
>   {
> -	return nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, dev->submit_queues, poll_queues);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	mutex_lock(&lock);
> +	ret = nullb_update_nr_hw_queues(dev, dev->submit_queues, poll_queues);
> +	mutex_unlock(&lock);
> +
> +	return ret;
>   }
>   
>   NULLB_DEVICE_ATTR(size, ulong, NULL);
> @@ -468,28 +480,31 @@ static ssize_t nullb_device_power_store(struct config_item *item,
>   	if (ret < 0)
>   		return ret;
>   
> +	ret = count;
> +	mutex_lock(&lock);
>   	if (!dev->power && newp) {
>   		if (test_and_set_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_UP, &dev->flags))
> -			return count;
> +			goto out;
> +
>   		ret = null_add_dev(dev);
>   		if (ret) {
>   			clear_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_UP, &dev->flags);
> -			return ret;
> +			goto out;
>   		}
>   
>   		set_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_CONFIGURED, &dev->flags);
>   		dev->power = newp;
>   	} else if (dev->power && !newp) {
>   		if (test_and_clear_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_UP, &dev->flags)) {
> -			mutex_lock(&lock);
>   			dev->power = newp;
>   			null_del_dev(dev->nullb);
> -			mutex_unlock(&lock);
>   		}
>   		clear_bit(NULLB_DEV_FL_CONFIGURED, &dev->flags);
>   	}
>   
> -	return count;
> +out:
> +	mutex_unlock(&lock);
> +	return ret;
>   }
>   
>   CONFIGFS_ATTR(nullb_device_, power);
> @@ -1932,15 +1947,12 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
>   	nullb->q->queuedata = nullb;
>   	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, nullb->q);
>   
> -	mutex_lock(&lock);
>   	rv = ida_alloc(&nullb_indexes, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (rv < 0) {
> -		mutex_unlock(&lock);
> +	if (rv < 0)
>   		goto out_cleanup_disk;
> -	}
> +
>   	nullb->index = rv;
>   	dev->index = rv;
> -	mutex_unlock(&lock);
>   
>   	if (config_item_name(&dev->group.cg_item)) {
>   		/* Use configfs dir name as the device name */
> @@ -1969,9 +1981,7 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
>   	if (rv)
>   		goto out_ida_free;
>   
> -	mutex_lock(&lock);
>   	list_add_tail(&nullb->list, &nullb_list);
> -	mutex_unlock(&lock);
>   
>   	pr_info("disk %s created\n", nullb->disk_name);
>   
> @@ -2020,7 +2030,9 @@ static int null_create_dev(void)
>   	if (!dev)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> +	mutex_lock(&lock);
>   	ret = null_add_dev(dev);
> +	mutex_unlock(&lock);
>   	if (ret) {
>   		null_free_dev(dev);
>   		return ret;

-- 
Best Regards,
Yanjun.Zhu