Re: [PATCH 0/2] Revert "block: add single bio async direct IO helper" to avoid UAF

[Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>]

On 12/7/21 15:51, George Kennedy wrote:
> git bisect shows that commit 54a88eb838d3
> ("block: add single bio async direct IO helper")
> causes the following UAF: KASAN: use-after-free Write in io_submit_one
> 
> Tried to root-cause the issue, but need the patch submitter's help in
> coming up with a fix.

Hey George, thanks for the report. Do you have a reproducer?

One spot I don't like is how errors from bio_iov_iter_get_pages()
are handled, will test it.

diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index ad732a36f9b3..211f44974d1e 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO_async(struct kiocb *iocb,
  		if (unlikely(ret)) {
  			bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_IOERR;
  			bio_endio(bio);
-			return ret;
+			return -EIOCBQUEUED;
  		}
  	}
  	dio->size = bio->bi_iter.bi_size;


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Pavel Begunkov