[PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

syzbot reported memory leak in ext4 subsyetem.
The problem appears, when thread_stop() call happens
before wake_up_process().

Normally, this data will be freed by
created thread, but if kthread_stop()
returned -EINTR, this data should be freed manually

Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Tested-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b9693680463a..9c33e97bd5c5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5156,8 +5156,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 failed_mount3:
 	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
 	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
-	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
+		if (kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk) == -EINTR)
+			kfree(kthread_data(sbi->s_mmp_tsk));
+	}
 failed_mount2:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Vegard Nossum]

On 2021-04-28 19:28, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> syzbot reported memory leak in ext4 subsyetem.
> The problem appears, when thread_stop() call happens
> before wake_up_process().
> 
> Normally, this data will be freed by
> created thread, but if kthread_stop()
> returned -EINTR, this data should be freed manually
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Tested-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> ---
>   fs/ext4/super.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index b9693680463a..9c33e97bd5c5 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -5156,8 +5156,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
>   failed_mount3:
>   	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
>   	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
> -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> +	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> +		if (kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk) == -EINTR)
> +			kfree(kthread_data(sbi->s_mmp_tsk));
> +	}
>   failed_mount2:
>   	rcu_read_lock();
>   	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
> 

So I've looked at this, and the puzzling thing is that ext4 uses
kthread_run() which immediately calls wake_up_process() -- according to
the kerneldoc for kthread_stop(), it shouldn't return -EINTR in this
case:

  * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
  * was never called.
  */
int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)

So it really looks like kthread_stop() can return -EINTR even when
wake_up_process() has been called but the thread hasn't had a chance to
run yet?

If this is true, then we either have to fix kthread_create() to make
sure it respects the behaviour that is claimed by the comment OR we have
to audit every single kthread_stop() in the kernel which does not check
for -EINTR.


Vegard

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:01:46 +0200
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> wrote:

> 
> On 2021-04-28 19:28, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > syzbot reported memory leak in ext4 subsyetem.
> > The problem appears, when thread_stop() call happens
> > before wake_up_process().
> > 
> > Normally, this data will be freed by
> > created thread, but if kthread_stop()
> > returned -EINTR, this data should be freed manually
> > 
> > Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Tested-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   fs/ext4/super.c | 6 ++++--
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > index b9693680463a..9c33e97bd5c5 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > @@ -5156,8 +5156,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct
> > super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) failed_mount3:
> >   	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
> >   	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
> > -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > +	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> > +		if (kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk) == -EINTR)
> > +			kfree(kthread_data(sbi->s_mmp_tsk));
> > +	}
> >   failed_mount2:
> >   	rcu_read_lock();
> >   	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
> > 
> 
> So I've looked at this, and the puzzling thing is that ext4 uses
> kthread_run() which immediately calls wake_up_process() -- according
> to the kerneldoc for kthread_stop(), it shouldn't return -EINTR in
> this case:
> 
>   * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
>   * was never called.
>   */
> int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
> 
> So it really looks like kthread_stop() can return -EINTR even when
> wake_up_process() has been called but the thread hasn't had a chance
> to run yet?
> 
> If this is true, then we either have to fix kthread_create() to make
> sure it respects the behaviour that is claimed by the comment OR we
> have to audit every single kthread_stop() in the kernel which does
> not check for -EINTR.
> 

Me and Vegard found the root case of this bug:

static int kthread(void *_create) 
{
	....
	ret = -EINTR;
	if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self->flags)) {
		cgroup_kthread_ready();
		__kthread_parkme(self);
		ret = threadfn(data);
	}
	
	do_exit(ret);
}

There is a change, that kthread_stop() call will happen before this
. It means, that all kthread_stop() return value must be checked
everywhere

Vegard wrote code snippet, which reproduces this behavior:

#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>

static int test_thread(void *data)
{
        printk(KERN_ERR "test_thread()\n");
        return 0;
}

static int test_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *data)
{
        struct task_struct *t = kthread_run(test_thread, NULL, "test");
        if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
                int ret = kthread_stop(t);
                printk(KERN_ERR "kthread_stop() = %d\n", ret);
        }

        return 0;
}

static void __init init_test(void)
{
        proc_create_single("test", 0444, NULL, &test_show);
}

late_initcall(init_test);


> 
> Vegard



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 12:01:46 +0200
Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@oracle.com> wrote:

> 
> On 2021-04-28 19:28, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > syzbot reported memory leak in ext4 subsyetem.
> > The problem appears, when thread_stop() call happens
> > before wake_up_process().
> > 
> > Normally, this data will be freed by
> > created thread, but if kthread_stop()
> > returned -EINTR, this data should be freed manually
> > 
> > Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Tested-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   fs/ext4/super.c | 6 ++++--
> >   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > index b9693680463a..9c33e97bd5c5 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > @@ -5156,8 +5156,10 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct
> > super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) failed_mount3:
> >   	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
> >   	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
> > -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > +	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> > +		if (kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk) == -EINTR)
> > +			kfree(kthread_data(sbi->s_mmp_tsk));
> > +	}
> >   failed_mount2:
> >   	rcu_read_lock();
> >   	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
> > 
> 
> So I've looked at this, and the puzzling thing is that ext4 uses
> kthread_run() which immediately calls wake_up_process() -- according
> to the kerneldoc for kthread_stop(), it shouldn't return -EINTR in
> this case:
> 
>   * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
>   * was never called.
>   */
> int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
> 
> So it really looks like kthread_stop() can return -EINTR even when
> wake_up_process() has been called but the thread hasn't had a chance
> to run yet?
> 
> If this is true, then we either have to fix kthread_create() to make
> sure it respects the behaviour that is claimed by the comment OR we
> have to audit every single kthread_stop() in the kernel which does
> not check for -EINTR.
> 
> 
> Vegard

I am sorry for my complitely broken mail client :(

Me and Vegard found the root case of this bug:

static int kthread(void *_create) 
{
	....
	ret = -EINTR;
	if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_STOP, &self->flags)) {
		cgroup_kthread_ready();
		__kthread_parkme(self);
		ret = threadfn(data);
	}
	
	do_exit(ret);
}

There is a chance, that kthread_stop() call will happen before
threadfn call. It means, that kthread_stop() return value must be checked everywhere,
isn't it? Otherwise, there are a lot of potential memory leaks,
because some developers rely on the fact, that data allocated for the thread will
be freed _inside_ thread function.

Vegard wrote the code snippet, which reproduces this behavior:

#include <linux/printk.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>

static int test_thread(void *data)
{
        printk(KERN_ERR "test_thread()\n");
        return 0;
}

static int test_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *data)
{
        struct task_struct *t = kthread_run(test_thread, NULL, "test");
        if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
                int ret = kthread_stop(t);
                printk(KERN_ERR "kthread_stop() = %d\n", ret);
        }

        return 0;
}

static void __init init_test(void)
{
        proc_create_single("test", 0444, NULL, &test_show);
}

late_initcall(init_test);

So, is this behavior is expected or not? Should maintainers rewrite
code, which doesn't check kthread_stop() return value?


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 02:33:54PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> 
> There is a chance, that kthread_stop() call will happen before
> threadfn call. It means, that kthread_stop() return value must be checked everywhere,
> isn't it? Otherwise, there are a lot of potential memory leaks,
> because some developers rely on the fact, that data allocated for the thread will
> be freed _inside_ thread function.

That's not the only potential way that we could leak memory.  Earlier
in kthread(), if this memory allocation fails,

	self = kzalloc(sizeof(*self), GFP_KERNEL);

we will exit with -ENOMEM.  So at the very least all callers of
kthread_stop() also need to check for -ENOMEM as well as -EINTR ---
or, be somehow sure that the thread function was successfully called
and started.  In this particular case, the ext4 mount code had just
started the kmmpd thread, and then detected that something else had
gone wrong, and failed the mount before the kmmpd thread ever had a
chance to run.

I think if we want to fix this more generally across the whole kernel,
we would need to have a variant of kthread_run which supplies two
functions --- one which is the thread function, and the other which is
a cleanup function.  The cleanup function could just be kfree, but
there will be other cases where the cleanup function will need to do
other work before freeing the data structure (e.g., brelse((struct
mmpd_data *)data->bh)).

Is it worth it to provide such a cleanup function, which if present
would be called any time the thread exits or is killed?  I dunno.
It's probably simpler to just strongly recommend that the cleanup work
should never be done in the thread function, but after kthread_stop()
is called, whether it returns an error or not.  That's probably the
right fix for ext4, I think.

(Although note that kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_task) is called in
multiple places in fs/ext4/super.c, not just in the single location
which this patch touches.)

						- Ted

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

Hi! Thanks for your reply.

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:05:01 -0400
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 02:33:54PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > 
> > There is a chance, that kthread_stop() call will happen before
> > threadfn call. It means, that kthread_stop() return value must be
> > checked everywhere, isn't it? Otherwise, there are a lot of
> > potential memory leaks, because some developers rely on the fact,
> > that data allocated for the thread will be freed _inside_ thread
> > function.
> 
> That's not the only potential way that we could leak memory.  Earlier
> in kthread(), if this memory allocation fails,
> 
> 	self = kzalloc(sizeof(*self), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> we will exit with -ENOMEM.  So at the very least all callers of
> kthread_stop() also need to check for -ENOMEM as well as -EINTR ---
> or, be somehow sure that the thread function was successfully called
> and started.  In this particular case, the ext4 mount code had just
> started the kmmpd thread, and then detected that something else had
> gone wrong, and failed the mount before the kmmpd thread ever had a
> chance to run.
> 
> I think if we want to fix this more generally across the whole kernel,
> we would need to have a variant of kthread_run which supplies two
> functions --- one which is the thread function, and the other which is
> a cleanup function.  The cleanup function could just be kfree, but
> there will be other cases where the cleanup function will need to do
> other work before freeing the data structure (e.g., brelse((struct
> mmpd_data *)data->bh)).

I skimmed through kernel code and I didn't find any code
examples, except ext4, where kthread is freeing something. Maybe, this
API isn't required, but, as Vegard said, comment over
kthread_stop() should be changed, because it's confusing.

I have already added kthread.c developers (I hope, I chose
the right emails) to CC. Maybe, they will think about this API. 

> 
> Is it worth it to provide such a cleanup function, which if present
> would be called any time the thread exits or is killed?  I dunno.
> It's probably simpler to just strongly recommend that the cleanup work
> should never be done in the thread function, but after kthread_stop()
> is called, whether it returns an error or not.  That's probably the
> right fix for ext4, I think.
> 
> (Although note that kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_task) is called in
> multiple places in fs/ext4/super.c, not just in the single location
> which this patch touches.)
> 

Good point, I'll add this and -ENOMEM checks and will send v2.

Thanks!

> 						- Ted



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 13:05:01 -0400
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 02:33:54PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > 
> > There is a chance, that kthread_stop() call will happen before
> > threadfn call. It means, that kthread_stop() return value must be
> > checked everywhere, isn't it? Otherwise, there are a lot of
> > potential memory leaks, because some developers rely on the fact,
> > that data allocated for the thread will be freed _inside_ thread
> > function.
> 
> That's not the only potential way that we could leak memory.  Earlier
> in kthread(), if this memory allocation fails,
> 
> 	self = kzalloc(sizeof(*self), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> we will exit with -ENOMEM.  So at the very least all callers of
> kthread_stop() also need to check for -ENOMEM as well as -EINTR ---
> or, be somehow sure that the thread function was successfully called
> and started.  In this particular case, the ext4 mount code had just
> started the kmmpd thread, and then detected that something else had
> gone wrong, and failed the mount before the kmmpd thread ever had a
> chance to run.

There is a small problem about -ENOMEM:

static int kmmpd(void *data)
{
...
			retval = read_mmp_block(sb, &bh_check, mmp_block);
			if (retval) {
				ext4_error_err(sb, -retval,
					       "error reading MMP data: %d",
					       retval);
				goto exit_thread;
			}
...

exit_thread:
	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
	kfree(data);
	brelse(bh);
	return retval;
}

read_mmp_block can return -ENOMEM. In this case double free will happen.
I believe, we can change `return retval;` to `return 0;`, because
kthread return value isn't checked anywhere.

What do You think about it? 


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 11:09:56PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > we will exit with -ENOMEM.  So at the very least all callers of
> > kthread_stop() also need to check for -ENOMEM as well as -EINTR ---
> > or, be somehow sure that the thread function was successfully called
> > and started.  In this particular case, the ext4 mount code had just
> > started the kmmpd thread, and then detected that something else had
> > gone wrong, and failed the mount before the kmmpd thread ever had a
> > chance to run.
> 
> There is a small problem about -ENOMEM...

What I'd suggest is that we simply move

> exit_thread:
> 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> 	kfree(data);
> 	brelse(bh);
> 	return retval;
> }

out of the thread function.  That means hanging struct mmpd_data off
the struct ext4_sb_info structure, and then adding a function like
this to fs/ext4/mmp.c

static void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
{
	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_data->bh);
		kfree(sbi->s_mmp_data);
		sbi->s_mmp_data = NULL;
		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
	}
}

Basically, just move all of the cleanup so it is done after the
kthread is stopped, so we don't have to do any fancy error checking.
We just do it unconditionally.

					- Ted

P.S.  Actually, we could drop the struct mmpd_data altogether, and
just hang the buffer head as sbi->s_mmp_bh.  Then we can just pass the
struct super * as the private pointer to kmmpd().

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:41:12 -0400
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 11:09:56PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > > we will exit with -ENOMEM.  So at the very least all callers of
> > > kthread_stop() also need to check for -ENOMEM as well as -EINTR
> > > --- or, be somehow sure that the thread function was successfully
> > > called and started.  In this particular case, the ext4 mount code
> > > had just started the kmmpd thread, and then detected that
> > > something else had gone wrong, and failed the mount before the
> > > kmmpd thread ever had a chance to run.
> > 
> > There is a small problem about -ENOMEM...
> 
> What I'd suggest is that we simply move
> 
> > exit_thread:
> > 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > 	kfree(data);
> > 	brelse(bh);
> > 	return retval;
> > }
> 
> out of the thread function.  That means hanging struct mmpd_data off
> the struct ext4_sb_info structure, and then adding a function like
> this to fs/ext4/mmp.c
> 
> static void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
> {
> 	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> 		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> 		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_data->bh);
> 		kfree(sbi->s_mmp_data);
> 		sbi->s_mmp_data = NULL;
> 		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> 	}
> }
> 
> Basically, just move all of the cleanup so it is done after the
> kthread is stopped, so we don't have to do any fancy error checking.
> We just do it unconditionally.

This sound much better than my idea. Will do it in v2.

Thanks!

> 
> 					- Ted
> 
> P.S.  Actually, we could drop the struct mmpd_data altogether, and
> just hang the buffer head as sbi->s_mmp_bh.  Then we can just pass the
> struct super * as the private pointer to kmmpd().
> 



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 01:05:47AM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> > out of the thread function.  That means hanging struct mmpd_data off
> > the struct ext4_sb_info structure, and then adding a function like
> > this to fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > 
> > static void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)

That should "extern void ...", since it will be called from
fs/ext4/super.c.  I had originally was thinking to put this function
in fs/ext4/super.c, but from the perspective of keeping the MMP code
in the same source file, it probably makes sense to keep this function
with the other MMP functions.

> > {
> > 	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> > 		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > 		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_data->bh);
> > 		kfree(sbi->s_mmp_data);
> > 		sbi->s_mmp_data = NULL;
> > 		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > 	}
> > }
> > 
> > Basically, just move all of the cleanup so it is done after the
> > kthread is stopped, so we don't have to do any fancy error checking.
> > We just do it unconditionally.

Cheers,

						- Ted
						

[PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

static int kthread(void *_create) will return -ENOMEM
or -EINTR in case of internal failure or
kthread_stop() call happens before threadfn call.

To prevent fancy error checking and make code
more straightforward we moved all cleanup code out
of kmmpd threadfn.

Also, dropped struct mmpd_data at all. Now struct super_block
is a threadfn data and struct buffer_head embedded into
struct ext4_sb_info.

Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  4 ++++
 fs/ext4/mmp.c   | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
 fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ++++------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 826a56e3bbd2..62210cbea84b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	struct kobject s_kobj;
 	struct completion s_kobj_unregister;
 	struct super_block *s_sb;
+	struct buffer_head *s_mmp_bh;
 
 	/* Journaling */
 	struct journal_s *s_journal;
@@ -3663,6 +3664,9 @@ extern struct ext4_io_end_vec *ext4_last_io_end_vec(ext4_io_end_t *io_end);
 /* mmp.c */
 extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *, ext4_fsblk_t);
 
+/* mmp.c */
+extern void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi);
+
 /* verity.c */
 extern const struct fsverity_operations ext4_verityops;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index 795c3ff2907c..623bad399612 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *sb, struct mmp_struct *mmp,
  */
 static int kmmpd(void *data)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
-	struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
+	struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) data;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh;
 	struct mmp_struct *mmp;
 	ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
 	u32 seq = 0;
@@ -245,12 +245,18 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
 	retval = write_mmp_block(sb, bh);
 
 exit_thread:
-	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
-	kfree(data);
-	brelse(bh);
 	return retval;
 }
 
+void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
+		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_bh);
+		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater than
  * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
@@ -275,7 +281,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
-	struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
 	u32 seq;
 	unsigned int mmp_check_interval = le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval);
 	unsigned int wait_time = 0;
@@ -364,24 +369,17 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mmpd_data) {
-		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
-		goto failed;
-	}
-	mmpd_data->sb = sb;
-	mmpd_data->bh = bh;
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh = bh;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block periodically.
 	 */
-	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data, "kmmpd-%.*s",
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, sb, "kmmpd-%.*s",
 					     (int)sizeof(mmp->mmp_bdevname),
 					     bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
 						      mmp->mmp_bdevname));
 	if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
 		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
-		kfree(mmpd_data);
 		ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for %s.",
 			     sb->s_id);
 		goto failed;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b9693680463a..539f89c5431f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	ext4_xattr_destroy_cache(sbi->s_ea_block_cache);
 	sbi->s_ea_block_cache = NULL;
 
-	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
+
 	brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	/*
@@ -5156,8 +5156,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 failed_mount3:
 	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
 	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
-	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
 failed_mount2:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
@@ -5952,8 +5951,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 				 */
 				ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
 			}
-			if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-				kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+			ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
 		} else {
 			/* Make sure we can mount this feature set readwrite */
 			if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

Hi!

Is all ok with this one, or I should send v3? :)

With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:50:46 +0300
Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> static int kthread(void *_create) will return -ENOMEM
> or -EINTR in case of internal failure or
> kthread_stop() call happens before threadfn call.
> 
> To prevent fancy error checking and make code
> more straightforward we moved all cleanup code out
> of kmmpd threadfn.
> 
> Also, dropped struct mmpd_data at all. Now struct super_block
> is a threadfn data and struct buffer_head embedded into
> struct ext4_sb_info.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  4 ++++
>  fs/ext4/mmp.c   | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
>  fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ++++------
>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 826a56e3bbd2..62210cbea84b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
>  	struct kobject s_kobj;
>  	struct completion s_kobj_unregister;
>  	struct super_block *s_sb;
> +	struct buffer_head *s_mmp_bh;
>  
>  	/* Journaling */
>  	struct journal_s *s_journal;
> @@ -3663,6 +3664,9 @@ extern struct ext4_io_end_vec
> *ext4_last_io_end_vec(ext4_io_end_t *io_end); /* mmp.c */
>  extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *,
> ext4_fsblk_t); 
> +/* mmp.c */
> +extern void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi);
> +
>  /* verity.c */
>  extern const struct fsverity_operations ext4_verityops;
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> index 795c3ff2907c..623bad399612 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> @@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *sb,
> struct mmp_struct *mmp, */
>  static int kmmpd(void *data)
>  {
> -	struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
> -	struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
> +	struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) data;
>  	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
> +	struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh;
>  	struct mmp_struct *mmp;
>  	ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
>  	u32 seq = 0;
> @@ -245,12 +245,18 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
>  	retval = write_mmp_block(sb, bh);
>  
>  exit_thread:
> -	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> -	kfree(data);
> -	brelse(bh);
>  	return retval;
>  }
>  
> +void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
> +{
> +	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> +		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> +		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_bh);
> +		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater
> than
>   * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
> @@ -275,7 +281,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block
> *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
>  	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
>  	struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
> -	struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
>  	u32 seq;
>  	unsigned int mmp_check_interval =
> le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval); unsigned int wait_time = 0;
> @@ -364,24 +369,17 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block
> *sb, goto failed;
>  	}
>  
> -	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!mmpd_data) {
> -		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
> -		goto failed;
> -	}
> -	mmpd_data->sb = sb;
> -	mmpd_data->bh = bh;
> +	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh = bh;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block
> periodically. */
> -	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data,
> "kmmpd-%.*s",
> +	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, sb, "kmmpd-%.*s",
>  					     (int)sizeof(mmp->mmp_bdevname),
>  					     bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
>  						      mmp->mmp_bdevname));
>  	if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
>  		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> -		kfree(mmpd_data);
>  		ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for
> %s.", sb->s_id);
>  		goto failed;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index b9693680463a..539f89c5431f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block
> *sb) ext4_xattr_destroy_cache(sbi->s_ea_block_cache);
>  	sbi->s_ea_block_cache = NULL;
>  
> -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> +	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> +
>  	brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
>  	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
>  	/*
> @@ -5156,8 +5156,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block
> *sb, void *data, int silent) failed_mount3:
>  	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
>  	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
> -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> +	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
>  failed_mount2:
>  	rcu_read_lock();
>  	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
> @@ -5952,8 +5951,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb,
> int *flags, char *data) */
>  				ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
>  			}
> -			if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> -				kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> +			ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
>  		} else {
>  			/* Make sure we can mount this feature set
> readwrite */ if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||

Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

On Mon, 17 May 2021 16:40:34 +0300
Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is all ok with this one, or I should send v3? :)
> 

BTW, this patch fixes this bug as well
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=e2765a883959fd094e6a1c40f3502114fa17c550


With regards,
Pavel Skripkin

> With regards,
> Pavel Skripkin
> 
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:50:46 +0300
> Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > static int kthread(void *_create) will return -ENOMEM
> > or -EINTR in case of internal failure or
> > kthread_stop() call happens before threadfn call.
> > 
> > To prevent fancy error checking and make code
> > more straightforward we moved all cleanup code out
> > of kmmpd threadfn.
> > 
> > Also, dropped struct mmpd_data at all. Now struct super_block
> > is a threadfn data and struct buffer_head embedded into
> > struct ext4_sb_info.
> > 
> > Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  4 ++++
> >  fs/ext4/mmp.c   | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
> >  fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ++++------
> >  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > index 826a56e3bbd2..62210cbea84b 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> > @@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
> >  	struct kobject s_kobj;
> >  	struct completion s_kobj_unregister;
> >  	struct super_block *s_sb;
> > +	struct buffer_head *s_mmp_bh;
> >  
> >  	/* Journaling */
> >  	struct journal_s *s_journal;
> > @@ -3663,6 +3664,9 @@ extern struct ext4_io_end_vec
> > *ext4_last_io_end_vec(ext4_io_end_t *io_end); /* mmp.c */
> >  extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *,
> > ext4_fsblk_t); 
> > +/* mmp.c */
> > +extern void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi);
> > +
> >  /* verity.c */
> >  extern const struct fsverity_operations ext4_verityops;
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > index 795c3ff2907c..623bad399612 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
> > @@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *sb,
> > struct mmp_struct *mmp, */
> >  static int kmmpd(void *data)
> >  {
> > -	struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
> > -	struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
> > +	struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) data;
> >  	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
> > +	struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh;
> >  	struct mmp_struct *mmp;
> >  	ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
> >  	u32 seq = 0;
> > @@ -245,12 +245,18 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
> >  	retval = write_mmp_block(sb, bh);
> >  
> >  exit_thread:
> > -	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > -	kfree(data);
> > -	brelse(bh);
> >  	return retval;
> >  }
> >  
> > +void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
> > +{
> > +	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
> > +		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > +		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_bh);
> > +		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> >  /*
> >   * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater
> > than
> >   * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
> > @@ -275,7 +281,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block
> > *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
> >  	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
> >  	struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
> > -	struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
> >  	u32 seq;
> >  	unsigned int mmp_check_interval =
> > le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval); unsigned int wait_time = 0;
> > @@ -364,24 +369,17 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct
> > super_block *sb, goto failed;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	if (!mmpd_data) {
> > -		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for
> > mmpd_data");
> > -		goto failed;
> > -	}
> > -	mmpd_data->sb = sb;
> > -	mmpd_data->bh = bh;
> > +	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh = bh;
> >  
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block
> > periodically. */
> > -	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data,
> > "kmmpd-%.*s",
> > +	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, sb,
> > "kmmpd-%.*s", (int)sizeof(mmp->mmp_bdevname),
> >  					     bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
> >  						      mmp->mmp_bdevname));
> >  	if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
> >  		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
> > -		kfree(mmpd_data);
> >  		ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for
> > %s.", sb->s_id);
> >  		goto failed;
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > index b9693680463a..539f89c5431f 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > @@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block
> > *sb) ext4_xattr_destroy_cache(sbi->s_ea_block_cache);
> >  	sbi->s_ea_block_cache = NULL;
> >  
> > -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > +	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> > +
> >  	brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
> >  	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
> >  	/*
> > @@ -5156,8 +5156,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block
> > *sb, void *data, int silent) failed_mount3:
> >  	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
> >  	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
> > -	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > -		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > +	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> >  failed_mount2:
> >  	rcu_read_lock();
> >  	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
> > @@ -5952,8 +5951,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block
> > *sb, int *flags, char *data) */
> >  				ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb,
> > es); }
> > -			if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
> > -				kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
> > +			ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
> >  		} else {
> >  			/* Make sure we can mount this feature set
> > readwrite */ if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||
> 

[RESEND PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Pavel Skripkin]

static int kthread(void *_create) will return -ENOMEM
or -EINTR in case of internal failure or
kthread_stop() call happens before threadfn call.

To prevent fancy error checking and make code
more straightforward we moved all cleanup code out
of kmmpd threadfn.

Also, dropped struct mmpd_data at all. Now struct super_block
is a threadfn data and struct buffer_head embedded into
struct ext4_sb_info.

Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  4 ++++
 fs/ext4/mmp.c   | 28 +++++++++++++---------------
 fs/ext4/super.c | 10 ++++------
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 826a56e3bbd2..62210cbea84b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1490,6 +1490,7 @@ struct ext4_sb_info {
 	struct kobject s_kobj;
 	struct completion s_kobj_unregister;
 	struct super_block *s_sb;
+	struct buffer_head *s_mmp_bh;
 
 	/* Journaling */
 	struct journal_s *s_journal;
@@ -3663,6 +3664,9 @@ extern struct ext4_io_end_vec *ext4_last_io_end_vec(ext4_io_end_t *io_end);
 /* mmp.c */
 extern int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *, ext4_fsblk_t);
 
+/* mmp.c */
+extern void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi);
+
 /* verity.c */
 extern const struct fsverity_operations ext4_verityops;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index 795c3ff2907c..623bad399612 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ void __dump_mmp_msg(struct super_block *sb, struct mmp_struct *mmp,
  */
 static int kmmpd(void *data)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->sb;
-	struct buffer_head *bh = ((struct mmpd_data *) data)->bh;
+	struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) data;
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
+	struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh;
 	struct mmp_struct *mmp;
 	ext4_fsblk_t mmp_block;
 	u32 seq = 0;
@@ -245,12 +245,18 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data)
 	retval = write_mmp_block(sb, bh);
 
 exit_thread:
-	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
-	kfree(data);
-	brelse(bh);
 	return retval;
 }
 
+void ext4_stop_mmpd(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
+{
+	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk) {
+		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+		brelse(sbi->s_mmp_bh);
+		sbi->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Get a random new sequence number but make sure it is not greater than
  * EXT4_MMP_SEQ_MAX.
@@ -275,7 +281,6 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
 	struct mmp_struct *mmp = NULL;
-	struct mmpd_data *mmpd_data;
 	u32 seq;
 	unsigned int mmp_check_interval = le16_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_update_interval);
 	unsigned int wait_time = 0;
@@ -364,24 +369,17 @@ int ext4_multi_mount_protect(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto failed;
 	}
 
-	mmpd_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*mmpd_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mmpd_data) {
-		ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for mmpd_data");
-		goto failed;
-	}
-	mmpd_data->sb = sb;
-	mmpd_data->bh = bh;
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_bh = bh;
 
 	/*
 	 * Start a kernel thread to update the MMP block periodically.
 	 */
-	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, mmpd_data, "kmmpd-%.*s",
+	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = kthread_run(kmmpd, sb, "kmmpd-%.*s",
 					     (int)sizeof(mmp->mmp_bdevname),
 					     bdevname(bh->b_bdev,
 						      mmp->mmp_bdevname));
 	if (IS_ERR(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk)) {
 		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mmp_tsk = NULL;
-		kfree(mmpd_data);
 		ext4_warning(sb, "Unable to create kmmpd thread for %s.",
 			     sb->s_id);
 		goto failed;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index b9693680463a..539f89c5431f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1244,8 +1244,8 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	ext4_xattr_destroy_cache(sbi->s_ea_block_cache);
 	sbi->s_ea_block_cache = NULL;
 
-	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
+
 	brelse(sbi->s_sbh);
 	sb->s_fs_info = NULL;
 	/*
@@ -5156,8 +5156,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 failed_mount3:
 	flush_work(&sbi->s_error_work);
 	del_timer_sync(&sbi->s_err_report);
-	if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-		kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+	ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
 failed_mount2:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
@@ -5952,8 +5951,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 				 */
 				ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
 			}
-			if (sbi->s_mmp_tsk)
-				kthread_stop(sbi->s_mmp_tsk);
+			ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);
 		} else {
 			/* Make sure we can mount this feature set readwrite */
 			if (ext4_has_feature_readonly(sb) ||
-- 
2.31.1

Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 09:50:46PM +0300, Pavel Skripkin wrote:
> static int kthread(void *_create) will return -ENOMEM
> or -EINTR in case of internal failure or
> kthread_stop() call happens before threadfn call.
> 
> To prevent fancy error checking and make code
> more straightforward we moved all cleanup code out
> of kmmpd threadfn.
> 
> Also, dropped struct mmpd_data at all. Now struct super_block
> is a threadfn data and struct buffer_head embedded into
> struct ext4_sb_info.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+d9e482e303930fa4f6ff@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Skripkin <paskripkin@gmail.com>

Applied, thanks!  (And apologies for the delay)

						- Ted