Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix UBSAN null-ptr-deref in xfs_sysfs_init

[Eiichi Tsukata <devel@etsukata.com>]

Thanks, I sent it to linux-xfs ML. I had some trouble with gmail server.

Eiichi

On 2020/08/07 0:13, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 12:05:27AM +0900, Eiichi Tsukata wrote:
>> If xfs_sysfs_init is called with parent_kobj == NULL, UBSAN
>> shows the following warning:
> 
> This needs to be sent to the xfs mailing list, per get_maintainers.pl.
> 
> --D
> 
>>   UBSAN: null-ptr-deref in ./fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.h:37:23
>>   member access within null pointer of type 'struct xfs_kobj'
>>   Call Trace:
>>    dump_stack+0x10e/0x195
>>    ubsan_type_mismatch_common+0x241/0x280
>>    __ubsan_handle_type_mismatch_v1+0x32/0x40
>>    init_xfs_fs+0x12b/0x28f
>>    do_one_initcall+0xdd/0x1d0
>>    do_initcall_level+0x151/0x1b6
>>    do_initcalls+0x50/0x8f
>>    do_basic_setup+0x29/0x2b
>>    kernel_init_freeable+0x19f/0x20b
>>    kernel_init+0x11/0x1e0
>>    ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
>>
>> Fix it by checking parent_kobj before the code accesses its member.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eiichi Tsukata <devel@etsukata.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.h | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.h
>> index e9f810fc6731..aad67dc4ab5b 100644
>> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.h
>> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_sysfs.h
>> @@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ xfs_sysfs_init(
>>  	struct xfs_kobj		*parent_kobj,
>>  	const char		*name)
>>  {
>> +	struct kobject *parent = parent_kobj ? &parent_kobj->kobject : NULL;
>>  	init_completion(&kobj->complete);
>> -	return kobject_init_and_add(&kobj->kobject, ktype,
>> -				    &parent_kobj->kobject, "%s", name);
>> +	return kobject_init_and_add(&kobj->kobject, ktype, parent, "%s", name);
>>  }
>>  
>>  static inline void
>> -- 
>> 2.26.2
>>