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authorSahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org>2017-02-01 20:49:35 -0500
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2017-02-01 20:49:35 -0500
commitdbfcef6b0f4012c57bc0b6e0e660d5ed12a5eaed (patch)
tree950d1f2d0e4293122c0c78564aee3dc44ff43daf /fs/jbd2
parent3b136499e906460919f0d21a49db1aaccf0ae963 (diff)
downloadlinux-dbfcef6b0f4012c57bc0b6e0e660d5ed12a5eaed.tar.gz
jbd2: fix use after free in kjournald2()
Below is the synchronization issue between unmount and kjournald2
contexts, which results into use after free issue in kjournald2().
Fix this issue by using journal->j_state_lock to synchronize the
wait_event() done in journal_kill_thread() and the wake_up() done
in kjournald2().

TASK 1:
umount cmd:
   |--jbd2_journal_destroy() {
       |--journal_kill_thread() {
            write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
	    journal->j_flags |= JBD2_UNMOUNT;
	    ...
	    write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
	    wake_up(&journal->j_wait_commit);	   TASK 2 wakes up here:
	    					   kjournald2() {
						     ...
						     checks JBD2_UNMOUNT flag and calls goto end-loop;
						     ...
						     end_loop:
						       write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
						       journal->j_task = NULL; --> If this thread gets
						       pre-empted here, then TASK 1 wait_event will
						       exit even before this thread is completely
						       done.
	    wait_event(journal->j_wait_done_commit, journal->j_task == NULL);
	    ...
	    write_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
	    write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
	  }
       |--kfree(journal);
     }
}
						       wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit); --> this step
						       now results into use after free issue.
						   }

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/jbd2')
-rw-r--r--fs/jbd2/journal.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index a097048ed1a3..85d1483939b2 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ loop:
 	goto loop;
 
 end_loop:
-	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	del_timer_sync(&journal->j_commit_timer);
 	journal->j_task = NULL;
 	wake_up(&journal->j_wait_done_commit);
 	jbd_debug(1, "Journal thread exiting.\n");
+	write_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return 0;
 }