ack On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 8:13 AM Ming-Hung Tsai <mtsai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > An unexpected WARN_ON from flush_work() may occur when cache creation > fails, caused by destroying the uninitialized delayed_work waker in the > error path of cache_create(). For example, the warning appears on the > superblock checksum error. > > Reproduce steps: > > dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0" > dmsetup create cdata --table "0 65536 linear /dev/sdc 8192" > dmsetup create corig --table "0 524288 linear /dev/sdc 262144" > dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/mapper/cmeta bs=4k count=1 oflag=direct > dmsetup create cache --table "0 524288 cache /dev/mapper/cmeta \ > /dev/mapper/cdata /dev/mapper/corig 128 2 metadata2 writethrough smq 0" > > Kernel logs: > > (snip) > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 84 at kernel/workqueue.c:4178 __flush_work+0x5d4/0x890 > > Fix by pulling out the cancel_delayed_work_sync() from the constructor's > error path. This patch doesn't affect the use-after-free fix for > concurrent dm_resume and dm_destroy (commit 6a459d8edbdb ("dm cache: Fix > UAF in destroy()")) as cache_dtr is not changed. > > Signed-off-by: Ming-Hung Tsai <mtsai@xxxxxxxxxx> > Fixes: 6a459d8edbdb ("dm cache: Fix UAF in destroy()") > --- > drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c > index 90772b42c234..68e9a1abd303 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c > @@ -1905,16 +1905,13 @@ static void check_migrations(struct work_struct *ws) > * This function gets called on the error paths of the constructor, so we > * have to cope with a partially initialised struct. > */ > -static void destroy(struct cache *cache) > +static void __destroy(struct cache *cache) > { > - unsigned int i; > - > mempool_exit(&cache->migration_pool); > > if (cache->prison) > dm_bio_prison_destroy_v2(cache->prison); > > - cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cache->waker); > if (cache->wq) > destroy_workqueue(cache->wq); > > @@ -1942,13 +1939,22 @@ static void destroy(struct cache *cache) > if (cache->policy) > dm_cache_policy_destroy(cache->policy); > > + bioset_exit(&cache->bs); > + > + kfree(cache); > +} > + > +static void destroy(struct cache *cache) > +{ > + unsigned int i; > + > + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cache->waker); > + > for (i = 0; i < cache->nr_ctr_args ; i++) > kfree(cache->ctr_args[i]); > kfree(cache->ctr_args); > > - bioset_exit(&cache->bs); > - > - kfree(cache); > + __destroy(cache); > } > > static void cache_dtr(struct dm_target *ti) > @@ -2561,7 +2567,7 @@ static int cache_create(struct cache_args *ca, struct cache **result) > *result = cache; > return 0; > bad: > - destroy(cache); > + __destroy(cache); > return r; > } > > @@ -2612,7 +2618,7 @@ static int cache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv) > > r = copy_ctr_args(cache, argc - 3, (const char **)argv + 3); > if (r) { > - destroy(cache); > + __destroy(cache); > goto out; > } > > -- > 2.47.0 >