[PATCH 1/4] block: fix use-after-free on cached last_lookup partition

Ming Lei
2020-05-07T08:53:02Z

delete_partition() clears the cached last_lookup partition. However the
.last_lookup cache may be overwritten by one IO path after it is cleared
from delete_partition(). Then another IO path may use the cached deleting
partition after hd_struct_free() is called, then use-after-free is triggered
on the cached partition.

Fixes the issue by the following approach:

1) always get the partition's refcount via hd_struct_try_get() before
setting .last_lookup

2) move clearing .last_lookup from delete_partition() to hd_struct_free()
which is the release handle of the partition's percpu-refcount, so that no
IO path can overwrite .last_lookup after it is cleared in hd_struct_free().

It is one candidate approach of Yufen's patch[1] which adds overhead
in fast path by indirect lookup which may introduce one extra cacheline
in IO path. Also this patch relies on percpu-refcount's protection, and
it is easier to understand and verify.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20200109013551.GB9655@ming.t460p/T/#t

Reported-by: Yufen Yu <yuyufen@huawei.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Hou Tao <houtao1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
---
block/blk-core.c | 12 ------------
block/genhd.c | 6 +++++-
block/partitions/core.c | 12 +++++++++++-
include/linux/genhd.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index ec50d7e6be21..826a8980997d 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1363,18 +1363,6 @@ void blk_account_io_start(struct request *rq, bool new_io)
part_stat_inc(part, merges[rw]);
} else {
part = disk_map_sector_rcu(rq->rq_disk, blk_rq_pos(rq));
- if (!hd_struct_try_get(part)) {
- /*
- * The partition is already being removed,
- * the request will be accounted on the disk only
- *
- * We take a reference on disk->part0 although that
- * partition will never be deleted, so we can treat
- * it as any other partition.
- */
- part = &rq->rq_disk->part0;
- hd_struct_get(part);
- }
part_inc_in_flight(rq->q, part, rw);
rq->part = part;
}
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index c05d509877fa..8b33f0e54356 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -359,17 +359,21 @@ struct hd_struct *disk_map_sector_rcu(struct gendisk *disk, sector_t sector)
ptbl = rcu_dereference(disk->part_tbl);

part = rcu_dereference(ptbl->last_lookup);
- if (part && sector_in_part(part, sector))
+ if (part && sector_in_part(part, sector) && hd_struct_try_get(part))
return part;

for (i = 1; i < ptbl->len; i++) {
part = rcu_dereference(ptbl->part[i]);

if (part && sector_in_part(part, sector)) {
+ if (!hd_struct_try_get(part))
+ goto exit;
rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, part);
return part;
}
}
+ exit:
+ hd_struct_get(&disk->part0);
return &disk->part0;
}

diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index c085bf85509b..b6cbc9b98426 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@ static void hd_struct_free_work(struct work_struct *work)
static void hd_struct_free(struct percpu_ref *ref)
{
struct hd_struct *part = container_of(ref, struct hd_struct, ref);
+ struct disk_part_tbl *ptbl =
+ rcu_dereference_protected(part->disk->part_tbl, 1);
+
+ rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
+ put_device(disk_to_dev(part->disk));

INIT_RCU_WORK(&part->rcu_work, hd_struct_free_work);
queue_rcu_work(system_wq, &part->rcu_work);
@@ -309,8 +314,12 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, struct hd_struct *part)
struct disk_part_tbl *ptbl =
rcu_dereference_protected(disk->part_tbl, 1);

+ /*
+ * make sure disk won't be gone because ->part_tbl is referenced in
+ * this part's release handler
+ */
+ get_device(disk_to_dev(disk));
rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->part[part->partno], NULL);
- rcu_assign_pointer(ptbl->last_lookup, NULL);
kobject_put(part->holder_dir);
device_del(part_to_dev(part));

@@ -393,6 +402,7 @@ static struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
p->nr_sects = len;
p->partno = partno;
p->policy = get_disk_ro(disk);
+ p->disk = disk;

if (info) {
struct partition_meta_info *pinfo;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index f9c226f9546a..c28d1d9bfa72 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
struct disk_stats dkstats;
#endif
struct percpu_ref ref;
+ struct gendisk *disk;
struct rcu_work rcu_work;
};

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