On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 05:44:20PM +0800, Pan Bian wrote:
> The function xfs_alloc_get_freelist calls xfs_perag_put to drop the
> reference. In this case, pag may be released. However,
> pag->pagf_btreeblks is read and write after the put operation. This may
> result in a use-after-free bug. This patch moves the put operation late.
>
The patch looks reasonable, can you detail more how did you find it? Via code
inspection of you hit this user-after-free in some way?
Cheers
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2...@163.com>
> ---
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
> index e1c0c0d..4be387d 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
> @@ -2435,7 +2435,6 @@ xfs_alloc_get_freelist(
> be32_add_cpu(&agf->agf_flcount, -1);
> xfs_trans_agflist_delta(tp, -1);
> pag->pagf_flcount--;
> - xfs_perag_put(pag);
>
> logflags = XFS_AGF_FLFIRST | XFS_AGF_FLCOUNT;
> if (btreeblk) {
> @@ -2443,6 +2442,7 @@ xfs_alloc_get_freelist(
> pag->pagf_btreeblks++;
> logflags |= XFS_AGF_BTREEBLKS;
> }
> + xfs_perag_put(pag);
>
> xfs_alloc_log_agf(tp, agbp, logflags);
> *bnop = bno;
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>
--
Carlos
