[PATCH -next] configfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()

[PATCH -next] configfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()

[ChenXiaoSong]

When configfs_register_subsystem() or configfs_unregister_subsystem()
is executing link_group() or unlink_group(),
it is possible that two processes add or delete list concurrently.
Some unfortunate interleavings of them can cause kernel panic.

One of cases is:
A --> B --> C --> D
A <-- B <-- C <-- D

     delete list_head *B        |      delete list_head *C
--------------------------------|-----------------------------------
configfs_unregister_subsystem   |   configfs_unregister_subsystem
  unlink_group                  |     unlink_group
    unlink_obj                  |       unlink_obj
      list_del_init             |         list_del_init
        __list_del_entry        |           __list_del_entry
          __list_del            |             __list_del
            // next == C        |
            next->prev = prev   |
                                |               next->prev = prev
            prev->next = next   |
                                |                 // prev == B
                                |                 prev->next = next

Fix this by adding mutex when calling link_group() or unlink_group(),
but parent configfs_subsystem is NULL when config_item is root.
So I create a mutex configfs_subsystem_mutex.

Fixes: 7063fbf22611 ("[PATCH] configfs: User-driven configuration filesystem")
Signed-off-by: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong2@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Laibin Qiu <qiulaibin@huawei.com>
---
 fs/configfs/dir.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 688f28b0c4f8..170538639533 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
  */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(configfs_dirent_lock);
 
+/*
+ * All of link_obj/unlink_obj/link_group/unlink_group require that
+ * subsys->su_mutex is held.
+ * But parent configfs_subsystem is NULL when config_item is root.
+ * Use this mutex when config_item is root.
+ */
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(configfs_subsystem_mutex);
+
 static void configfs_d_iput(struct dentry * dentry,
 			    struct inode * inode)
 {
@@ -1927,7 +1935,9 @@ int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
 		group->cg_item.ci_name = group->cg_item.ci_namebuf;
 
 	sd = root->d_fsdata;
+	mutex_lock(&configfs_subsystem_mutex);
 	link_group(to_config_group(sd->s_element), group);
+	mutex_unlock(&configfs_subsystem_mutex);
 
 	inode_lock_nested(d_inode(root), I_MUTEX_PARENT);
 
@@ -1952,7 +1962,9 @@ int configfs_register_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
 	inode_unlock(d_inode(root));
 
 	if (err) {
+		mutex_lock(&configfs_subsystem_mutex);
 		unlink_group(group);
+		mutex_unlock(&configfs_subsystem_mutex);
 		configfs_release_fs();
 	}
 	put_fragment(frag);
@@ -1999,7 +2011,9 @@ void configfs_unregister_subsystem(struct configfs_subsystem *subsys)
 
 	dput(dentry);
 
+	mutex_lock(&configfs_subsystem_mutex);
 	unlink_group(group);
+	mutex_unlock(&configfs_subsystem_mutex);
 	configfs_release_fs();
 }
 
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH -next] configfs: fix a race in configfs_{,un}register_subsystem()

[Christoph Hellwig]

Thanks,

applied.