mount.mnt_hash is RCU-protected. However, list_move() breaks RCU
protection: when one thread walks the linked list while another calls
list_move(), it may "redirect" the first thread into the new list,
making it loop endlessly in __lookup_mnt(), because the list head is
never found.
The right way to delete items from a RCU-protected list is
list_del_rcu(). Before the item is inserted into another list
(completing the list_move), synchronize_rcu() must be called.
umount_tree() has code to implement this kind of protection; it moves
the "mount" object to the global list "unmounted", to be cleaned up by
namespace_unlock() after a synchronize_rcu() call. This however did
not work because umount_tree() reused the "mnt_hash" attribute for the
"unmounted" list.
In the presence of user+mount namespaces, this bug can be exploited by
any unprivileged user to stall the kernel (denial of service by soft
lockup).
The fix is to avoid reusing "mnt_hash". This patch adds a new
list_head attribute dedicated for umounting. This avoids clobbering
mnt_hash.next, allowing all rcu_locked threads to continue walk the
list until namespace_unlock() is called.
This regression was caused by commit 48a066e7 ("RCU'd vfsmounts").
All releases since 3.12-rc5 are affected.
Signed-off-by: Max Kellermann <m...@cm4all.com>
---
fs/mount.h | 1 +
fs/namespace.c | 12 +++++++-----
fs/pnode.c | 8 +++++---
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/mount.h b/fs/mount.h
index a17458c..9cfdf94 100644
--- a/fs/mount.h
+++ b/fs/mount.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct mount {
int mnt_count;
int mnt_writers;
#endif
+ struct list_head mnt_unmounted; /* list of mounts being unmounted */
struct list_head mnt_mounts; /* list of children, anchored here */
struct list_head mnt_child; /* and going through their mnt_child */
struct list_head mnt_instance; /* mount instance on sb->s_mounts */
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 338ccc2..2aa0a14 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -1171,8 +1171,8 @@ static void namespace_unlock(void)
synchronize_rcu();
while (!list_empty(&head)) {
- mnt = list_first_entry(&head, struct mount, mnt_hash);
- list_del_init(&mnt->mnt_hash);
+ mnt = list_first_entry(&head, struct mount, mnt_unmounted);
+ list_del_init(&mnt->mnt_unmounted);
if (mnt->mnt_ex_mountpoint.mnt)
path_put(&mnt->mnt_ex_mountpoint);
mntput(&mnt->mnt);
@@ -1196,13 +1196,15 @@ void umount_tree(struct mount *mnt, int how)
LIST_HEAD(tmp_list);
struct mount *p;
- for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt))
- list_move(&p->mnt_hash, &tmp_list);
+ for (p = mnt; p; p = next_mnt(p, mnt)) {
+ list_del_rcu(&p->mnt_hash);
+ list_add(&p->mnt_unmounted, &tmp_list);
+ }
if (how)
propagate_umount(&tmp_list);
- list_for_each_entry(p, &tmp_list, mnt_hash) {
+ list_for_each_entry(p, &tmp_list, mnt_unmounted) {
list_del_init(&p->mnt_expire);
list_del_init(&p->mnt_list);
__touch_mnt_namespace(p->mnt_ns);
diff --git a/fs/pnode.c b/fs/pnode.c
index c7221bb..c16c5d64 100644
--- a/fs/pnode.c
+++ b/fs/pnode.c
@@ -338,8 +338,10 @@ static void __propagate_umount(struct mount *mnt)
* umount the child only if the child has no
* other children
*/
- if (child && list_empty(&child->mnt_mounts))
- list_move_tail(&child->mnt_hash, &mnt->mnt_hash);
+ if (child && list_empty(&child->mnt_mounts)) {
+ list_del_rcu(&child->mnt_hash);
+ list_add(&child->mnt_unmounted, &mnt->mnt_unmounted);
+ }
}
}
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ int propagate_umount(struct list_head *list)
{
struct mount *mnt;
- list_for_each_entry(mnt, list, mnt_hash)
+ list_for_each_entry(mnt, list, mnt_unmounted)
__propagate_umount(mnt);
return 0;
}
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