From: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
To: kexec@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com>,
Baoquan He <baoquan.he@linux.dev>,
Dave Young <ruirui.yang@linux.dev>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>, Coiby Xu <coxu@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/9] crash_dump: Disallow writing to dm-crypt configfs during kexec_file_load syscall
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 07:43:32 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260501234342.2518281-4-coiby.xu@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260501234342.2518281-1-coiby.xu@gmail.com>
If writing to the configfs group happens concurrently during
kexec_file_load syscall, it may lead to the following issues,
- buffer overflow if dm-crypt keys are added after allocation
- stale total_keys if dm-crypt keys are removed during iteration
- keys_header will not be freed if config/crash_dm_crypt_key/reuse is
set true
So hold config_keys_subsys.su_mutex for the entire sequence during the
kexec_file_load syscall to ensure a consistent snapshot.
Fixes: 479e58549b0f ("crash_dump: store dm crypt keys in kdump reserved memory")
Signed-off-by: Coiby Xu <coiby.xu@gmail.com>
---
kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
index 4d8a3331bbe7..6377ee86ec50 100644
--- a/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
+++ b/kernel/crash_dump_dm_crypt.c
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ int crash_load_dm_crypt_keys(struct kimage *image)
};
int r = 0;
+ mutex_lock(&config_keys_subsys.su_mutex);
if (key_count <= 0) {
kexec_dprintk("No dm-crypt keys\n");
@@ -479,6 +480,9 @@ void kexec_file_post_load_cleanup_dm_crypt(struct kimage *image)
kfree_sensitive(keys_header);
keys_header = NULL;
}
+
+ if (mutex_is_locked(&config_keys_subsys.su_mutex))
+ mutex_unlock(&config_keys_subsys.su_mutex);
}
static int __init configfs_dmcrypt_keys_init(void)
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-01 23:44 UTC|newest]
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2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] crash_dump: Release reference to a keyring at correct time Coiby Xu
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] crash_dump: Fix potential double free and UAF of keys_header Coiby Xu
2026-05-06 12:28 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-05-01 23:43 ` Coiby Xu [this message]
2026-05-06 13:56 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] crash_dump: Disallow writing to dm-crypt configfs during kexec_file_load syscall Sourabh Jain
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] crash_dump: Read the number of dm-crypt keys from reserved memory Coiby Xu
2026-05-06 14:18 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] crash_dump: Free temporary dm-crypt keys_header buffer in kdump kernel Coiby Xu
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] crash_dump: Only use kexec_dprintk during the kexec_file_load syscall Coiby Xu
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] crash_dump: Improve readability of config_keys_restore_store Coiby Xu
2026-05-06 14:33 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] crash_dump: Disallow configfs/crash_dm_crypt_key/reuse if CONFIG_CRASH_HOTPLUG enabled Coiby Xu
2026-05-06 16:09 ` Sourabh Jain
2026-05-01 23:43 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] Documentation: kdump: Add arm64 and ppc64le to encrypted dump target support list Coiby Xu
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