From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@chenxiaosong.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>,
Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org>,
Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, v9fs@lists.linux.dev,
linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v10 04/35] cachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:40:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824144130.759997-5-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824144130.759997-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Currently, trace_cachefiles_coherency() is being passed a pointer to a
__be64 lain over the coherency data in struct cachefiles_xattr so that it
can display the first 8 bytes. However, the data is of variable length and
could even be 0 bytes. This could lead to a UAF or KASAN warning.
Fix this by making sure the buffer has room for at least 8 bytes and that
those 8 bytes are pre-cleared.
Further, those bytes are not 8-byte aligned, so fix the tracepoint to
extract the data as four 2-byte words (they are 2-byte aligned) and
reassemble the __be64. The compiler will convert this into a single 8-byte
load where the CPU supports it.
Fixes: 229105e5cfd9 ("cachefiles: Add auxiliary data trace")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260810144746.574036-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
fs/cachefiles/xattr.c | 16 ++++++++--------
include/trace/events/cachefiles.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
index f8ae78b3f7b6..92990cfdcca7 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/quotaops.h>
#include <linux/xattr.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
#include "internal.h"
#define CACHEFILES_COOKIE_TYPE_DATA 1
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
_enter("%x,#%d", object->debug_id, len);
- buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + min(len, sizeof(__be64)), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
buf->content = object->content_info;
if (test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_LOCAL_WRITE, &object->cookie->flags))
buf->content = CACHEFILES_CONTENT_DIRTY;
+ put_unaligned_be64(0, (__be64 *)buf->data);
if (len > 0)
memcpy(buf->data, fscache_get_aux(object->cookie), len);
@@ -77,8 +79,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
trace_cachefiles_vfs_error(object, file_inode(file), ret,
cachefiles_trace_setxattr_error);
trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, file_inode(file)->i_ino,
- be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)buf->data),
- buf->content,
+ buf->data, buf->content,
cachefiles_coherency_set_fail);
if (ret != -ENOMEM)
cachefiles_io_error_obj(
@@ -86,8 +87,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
"Failed to set xattr with error %d", ret);
} else {
trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, file_inode(file)->i_ino,
- be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)buf->data),
- buf->content,
+ buf->data, buf->content,
cachefiles_coherency_set_ok);
}
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object, struct file *file
int ret = -ESTALE;
tlen = sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + len;
- buf = kmalloc(tlen, GFP_KERNEL);
+ buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + min(len, sizeof(__be64)), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!buf)
return -ENOMEM;
+ put_unaligned_be64(0, (__be64 *)buf->data);
xlen = cachefiles_inject_read_error();
if (xlen == 0)
@@ -148,8 +149,7 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object, struct file *file
out:
trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, file_inode(file)->i_ino,
- be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)buf->data),
- buf->content, why);
+ buf->data, buf->content, why);
kfree(buf);
return ret;
}
diff --git a/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h b/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
index 9259bc71049e..927338f8fe85 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_rename,
TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_coherency,
TP_PROTO(struct cachefiles_object *obj,
ino_t ino,
- u64 disk_aux,
+ const void *disk_aux,
enum cachefiles_content content,
enum cachefiles_coherency_trace why),
@@ -389,12 +389,27 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_coherency,
),
TP_fast_assign(
+ union {
+ __be16 s[4];
+ __be64 ll;
+ } x;
+
__entry->obj = obj->debug_id;
__entry->why = why;
__entry->content = content;
__entry->ino = ino;
__entry->aux = be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)obj->cookie->inline_aux);
- __entry->disk_aux = disk_aux;
+
+ /* cachefiles_xattr::data is not 64-byte aligned. */
+ if (disk_aux) {
+ x.s[0] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[0];
+ x.s[1] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[1];
+ x.s[2] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[2];
+ x.s[3] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[3];
+ __entry->disk_aux = be64_to_cpu(x.ll);
+ } else {
+ __entry->disk_aux = 0;
+ }
),
TP_printk("o=%08x %s B=%llx c=%u aux=%llx dsk=%llx",
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 14:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-24 14:40 [PATCH v10 00/35] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
2026-08-24 14:40 ` [PATCH v10 01/35] netfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write() David Howells
2026-08-24 14:40 ` [PATCH v10 02/35] netfs: Fix read progress reporting David Howells
2026-08-24 14:40 ` [PATCH v10 03/35] cachefiles,netfs: sunset ondemand mode David Howells
2026-08-24 14:40 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-08-24 14:40 ` [PATCH v10 05/35] netfs: Use uoff_t instead of unsigned long long and loff_t David Howells
2026-08-24 14:40 ` [PATCH v10 06/35] mm: Make readahead store folio count in readahead_control David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 07/35] netfs: Bulk load the readahead-provided folios up front David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 08/35] Add a function to kmap one page of a multipage bio_vec David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 09/35] iov_iter: Make iov_iter_get_pages*() wrap iov_iter_extract_pages() David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 10/35] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[] David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 11/35] netfs: Add some tools for managing bvecq chains David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 12/35] netfs: Make mempool available for bvecq David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 13/35] netfs: Add a function to extract from an iter into a bvecq David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 14/35] afs: Use a bvecq to hold dir content rather than folioq David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 15/35] cifs: Use a bvecq for buffering instead of a folioq David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 16/35] smbdirect: Support ITER_BVECQ in smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter() David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 17/35] netfs: Remove the writethrough code David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 18/35] netfs: trace: Change the "clear" folio traces to "endwb" David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 19/35] netfs: trace: Rejig a couple of the tracepoints David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 20/35] netfs: Add some functions to wrap the all-queued handling David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 21/35] netfs: Make deprecated PG_private_2 support optional David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 22/35] cachefiles: Don't rely on backing fs storage map for most use cases David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 23/35] netfs: Add the cache object ID to netfs_read/write tracepoints David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 24/35] netfs: Switch to using bvecq rather than folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 25/35] smbdirect: Remove support for ITER_FOLIOQ from smbdirect_map_sges_from_iter() David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 26/35] netfs: Remove netfs_alloc/free_folioq_buffer() David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 27/35] netfs: Remove netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 28/35] iov_iter: Remove ITER_FOLIOQ David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 29/35] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 30/35] netfs: Simplify read abandonment David Howells
2026-08-24 15:39 ` READ_PLUS in NetFS? " Aurélien Couderc
2026-08-24 19:47 ` David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 31/35] netfs: Check for too much data being read David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 32/35] netfs: Add a method to get an estimate of the amount that can be written David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 33/35] netfs: Rework writeback to use a separate list of regions to be unlocked David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 34/35] netfs: Combine prepare and issue ops and grab the buffers on request David Howells
2026-08-24 14:41 ` [PATCH v10 35/35] netfs: Clean up now-unused code David Howells
2026-08-24 15:01 ` [PATCH v10 36/35] cachefiles: Preset the state xattr when creating a new file David Howells
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