Re: [PATCH v7 0/8] blktrace: fix debugfs use after free

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On 6/19/20 2:47 PM, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
> Its been a fun ride, but all patch series come to an end. My hope is
> that this is it. The simplification of the fix is considerable now,
> with only a few lines of code and with no data structure changes.
> 
> We were only creating the debugfs_dir upon initialization only if
> you had CONFIG_BLK_DEBUG_FS for for make_request block drivers
> (multiqueue). That's where the UAF bug could happen. Folks liked
> the idea of open coding the debugfs initialization even if
> CONFIG_BLK_DEBUG_FS was disabled, given that debugfs code will
> simply ignore that code if debugfs is disabled, but to make
> the fix easier to backport, that shift is done now in another
> patch. Likewise, although we were only creating the debugfs_dir
> only for make_request block drivers (multiqueue), the same new
> additional patch also creates the debugfs_dir for request-based
> block drivers. That *begged* us to just rename the mutex to
> clarify its for the debugfs_dir, blktrace then just becomes
> its biggest user.
> 
> The only patches changed here is the last one from the last series,
> which actually fixed the UAF oops, and that one is now split in 3
> patches, which makes a secondary fix much clearer.
> 
> I've waited a while to post these, to let 0-day give me its blessings,
> both for Linus' tree and linux-next. No issues have been found. I've
> also taken time to run blktests prior and after this series and I have
> found no regressions. In fact, I think I should just extend blktests
> with the break-blktrace tests, I'll do that later.
> 
> Luis Chamberlain (8):
>   block: add docs for gendisk / request_queue refcount helpers
>   block: clarify context for refcount increment helpers
>   block: revert back to synchronous request_queue removal
>   blktrace: annotate required lock on do_blk_trace_setup()
>   loop: be paranoid on exit and prevent new additions / removals
>   blktrace: fix debugfs use after free
>   blktrace: ensure our debugfs dir exists
>   block: create the request_queue debugfs_dir on registration

Applied for 5.9, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe




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