- m_start() in fs/namespace.c expects that ns->event is incremented each time a mount added or removed from ns->list. - umount_tree() removes items from the list but does not increment event counter, expecting that it's done before the function is called. - There are some codepaths that call umount_tree() without updating "event" counter. e.g. from __detach_mounts(). - When this happens m_start may reuse a cached mount structure that no longer belongs to ns->list (i.e. use after free which usually leads to infinite loop).
This change fixes the above problem by incrementing global event counter before invoking umount_tree(). Change-Id: I622c8e84dcb9fb63542372c5dbf0178ee86bb589 Signed-off-by: Andrey Ulanov <[email protected]> --- fs/namespace.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c index 4fb1691..72508d2 100644 --- a/fs/namespace.c +++ b/fs/namespace.c @@ -1562,6 +1562,7 @@ void __detach_mounts(struct dentry *dentry) goto out_unlock; lock_mount_hash(); + event++; while (!hlist_empty(&mp->m_list)) { mnt = hlist_entry(mp->m_list.first, struct mount, mnt_mp_list); if (mnt->mnt.mnt_flags & MNT_UMOUNT) { @@ -1576,7 +1577,7 @@ out_unlock: namespace_unlock(); } -/* +/* * Is the caller allowed to modify his namespace? */ static inline bool may_mount(void) -- 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
