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* [PATCH 5.15] ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount
@ 2025-04-11  8:19 Xiangyu Chen
  2025-04-11  8:19 ` [PATCH 5.10] " Xiangyu Chen
  2025-04-13 16:46 ` [PATCH 5.15] " Sasha Levin
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Xiangyu Chen @ 2025-04-11  8:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: shenxiaxi26, tytso; +Cc: stable

From: Xiaxi Shen <shenxiaxi26@gmail.com>

commit 0ce160c5bdb67081a62293028dc85758a8efb22a upstream.

Syzbot has found an ODEBUG bug in ext4_fill_super

The del_timer_sync function cancels the s_err_report timer,
which reminds about filesystem errors daily. We should
guarantee the timer is no longer active before kfree(sbi).

When filesystem mounting fails, the flow goes to failed_mount3,
where an error occurs when ext4_stop_mmpd is called, causing
a read I/O failure. This triggers the ext4_handle_error function
that ultimately re-arms the timer,
leaving the s_err_report timer active before kfree(sbi) is called.

Fix the issue by canceling the s_err_report timer after calling ext4_stop_mmpd.

Signed-off-by: Xiaxi Shen <shenxiaxi26@gmail.com>
Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+59e0101c430934bc9a36@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=59e0101c430934bc9a36
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240715043336.98097-1-shenxiaxi26@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
[Minor context change fixed]
Signed-off-by: Xiangyu Chen <xiangyu.chen@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: He Zhe <zhe.he@windriver.com>
---
Verified the build test.
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 126b582d85fc..8f33b6db8aae 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5085,8 +5085,8 @@ failed_mount9: __maybe_unused
 failed_mount3:
 	/* flush s_error_work before sbi destroy */
 	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
-	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
 	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
+	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
 failed_mount2:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
-- 
2.34.1


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