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* [PATCH] ext4: fix possible use after free in ext4_quota_enable
@ 2018-11-26  3:21 Pan Bian
  2018-11-27  9:14 ` Jan Kara
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pan Bian @ 2018-11-26  3:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Theodore Ts'o, Andreas Dilger; +Cc: linux-ext4, linux-kernel, Pan Bian

The function frees qf_inode via iput but then pass qf_inode to
lockdep_set_quota_inode on the failure path. This may result in a
use-after-free bug. The patch frees df_inode only when it is never used.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Fixes: daf647d2dd5("ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem")
---
 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 53ff6c2..35689eb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5690,9 +5690,9 @@ static int ext4_quota_enable(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
 	qf_inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
 	lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_QUOTA);
 	err = dquot_enable(qf_inode, type, format_id, flags);
-	iput(qf_inode);
 	if (err)
 		lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_NORMAL);
+	iput(qf_inode);
 
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.7.4



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* Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix possible use after free in ext4_quota_enable
  2018-11-26  3:21 [PATCH] ext4: fix possible use after free in ext4_quota_enable Pan Bian
@ 2018-11-27  9:14 ` Jan Kara
  2018-12-04  4:33   ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2018-11-27  9:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pan Bian; +Cc: Theodore Ts'o, Andreas Dilger, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Mon 26-11-18 11:21:06, Pan Bian wrote:
> The function frees qf_inode via iput but then pass qf_inode to
> lockdep_set_quota_inode on the failure path. This may result in a
> use-after-free bug. The patch frees df_inode only when it is never used.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
> Fixes: daf647d2dd5("ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem")

Thanks for the fix! The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  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 53ff6c2..35689eb 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -5690,9 +5690,9 @@ static int ext4_quota_enable(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id,
>  	qf_inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
>  	lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_QUOTA);
>  	err = dquot_enable(qf_inode, type, format_id, flags);
> -	iput(qf_inode);
>  	if (err)
>  		lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_NORMAL);
> +	iput(qf_inode);
>  
>  	return err;
>  }
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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* Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix possible use after free in ext4_quota_enable
  2018-11-27  9:14 ` Jan Kara
@ 2018-12-04  4:33   ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Theodore Y. Ts'o @ 2018-12-04  4:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara; +Cc: Pan Bian, Andreas Dilger, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:14:53AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 26-11-18 11:21:06, Pan Bian wrote:
> > The function frees qf_inode via iput but then pass qf_inode to
> > lockdep_set_quota_inode on the failure path. This may result in a
> > use-after-free bug. The patch frees df_inode only when it is never used.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
> > Fixes: daf647d2dd5("ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem")
> 
> Thanks for the fix! The patch looks good. You can add:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted

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