Loop module allows calling LOOP_SET_FD while there are other openers of the loop device. Even exclusive ones. This can lead to weird consequences such as kernel deadlocks like: mount_bdev() lo_ioctl() udf_fill_super() udf_load_vrs() sb_set_blocksize() - sets desired block size B udf_tread() sb_bread() __bread_gfp(bdev, block, B) loop_set_fd() set_blocksize() - now __getblk_slow() indefinitely loops because B != bdev block size Fix the problem by disallowing LOOP_SET_FD ioctl when there are exclusive openers of a loop device. [Deliberately chosen not to CC stable as a user with priviledges to trigger this race has other means of taking the system down and this has a potential of breaking some weird userspace setup] Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+10007d66ca02b08f0e60@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/loop.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Hi Jens! What do you think about this patch? It fixes the problem but it also changes user visible behavior so there are chances it breaks some existing setup (although I have hard time coming up with a realistic scenario where it would matter). Alternatively we could change getblk() code handle changing block size. That would fix the particular issue syzkaller found as well but I'm not sure what else is broken when block device changes while fs driver is working with it. Honza diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index 102d79575895..f11b7dc16e9d 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -945,9 +945,20 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode, if (!file) goto out; + /* + * If we don't hold exclusive handle for the device, upgrade to it + * here to avoid changing device under exclusive owner. + */ + if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL)) { + bdgrab(bdev); + error = blkdev_get(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL, loop_set_fd); + if (error) + goto out_putf; + } + error = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex); if (error) - goto out_putf; + goto out_bdev; error = -EBUSY; if (lo->lo_state != Lo_unbound) @@ -1012,10 +1023,15 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode, mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex); if (partscan) loop_reread_partitions(lo, bdev); + if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL)) + blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL); return 0; out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex); +out_bdev: + if (!(mode & FMODE_EXCL)) + blkdev_put(bdev, mode | FMODE_EXCL); out_putf: fput(file); out: -- 2.16.4