I was looking at this patch in more detail, and it does look important
but I wanted to clarify a few things. In your detailed description
you mention that the retry on port 139 is missing a call put_net(0
> ip_connect
> generic_ip_connect /* Try port 445 */
> get_net()
> ->connect() /* Failed */
> put_net()
> generic_ip_connect /* Try port 139 */
> get_net() /* Missing matching put_net() for this get_net().*/
but I found this confusing because generic_ip_connect() doesn't seem
to treat the port 445 vs. port 139 differently (there are only two
places the function does put_net() and the latter on line 3421 looks
like the only one that matters for your example). Here is the snippet
from generic_ip_connect(). Could you explain why the retry on port
139 example is different here?
rc = kernel_connect(socket, saddr, slen,
server->noblockcnt ? O_NONBLOCK : 0);
/*
* When mounting SMB root file systems, we do not want to block in
* connect. Otherwise bail out and then let cifs_reconnect() perform
* reconnect failover - if possible.
*/
if (server->noblockcnt && rc == -EINPROGRESS)
rc = 0;
if (rc < 0) {
cifs_dbg(FYI, "Error %d connecting to server\n", rc);
trace_smb3_connect_err(server->hostname,
server->conn_id, &server->dstaddr, rc);
put_net(cifs_net_ns(server));
sock_release(socket);
server->ssocket = NULL;
return rc;
}
On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM Wang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Commit ef7134c7fc48 ("smb: client: Fix use-after-free of network
> namespace.") attempted to fix a netns use-after-free issue by manually
> adjusting reference counts via sk->sk_net_refcnt and sock_inuse_add().
>
> However, a later commit e9f2517a3e18 ("smb: client: fix TCP timers deadlock
> after rmmod") pointed out that the approach of manually setting
> sk->sk_net_refcnt in the first commit was technically incorrect, as
> sk->sk_net_refcnt should only be set for user sockets. It led to issues
> like TCP timers not being cleared properly on close. The second commit
> moved to a model of just holding an extra netns reference for
> server->ssocket using get_net(), and dropping it when the server is torn
> down.
>
> But there remain some gaps in the get_net()/put_net() balancing added by
> these commits. The incomplete reference handling in these fixes results
> in two issues:
>
> 1. Netns refcount leaks[1]
>
> The problem process is as follows:
>
> ```
> mount.cifs cifsd
>
> cifs_do_mount
> cifs_mount
> cifs_mount_get_session
> cifs_get_tcp_session
> get_net() /* First get net. */
> ip_connect
> generic_ip_connect /* Try port 445 */
> get_net()
> ->connect() /* Failed */
> put_net()
> generic_ip_connect /* Try port 139 */
> get_net() /* Missing matching put_net() for this get_net().*/
> cifs_get_smb_ses
> cifs_negotiate_protocol
> smb2_negotiate
> SMB2_negotiate
> cifs_send_recv
> wait_for_response
> cifs_demultiplex_thread
> cifs_read_from_socket
> cifs_readv_from_socket
> cifs_reconnect
> cifs_abort_connection
> sock_release();
> server->ssocket = NULL;
> /* Missing put_net() here. */
> generic_ip_connect
> get_net()
> ->connect() /* Failed */
> put_net()
> sock_release();
> server->ssocket = NULL;
> free_rsp_buf
> ...
> clean_demultiplex_info
> /* It's only called once here. */
> put_net()
> ```
>
> When cifs_reconnect() is triggered, the server->ssocket is released
> without a corresponding put_net() for the reference acquired in
> generic_ip_connect() before. it ends up calling generic_ip_connect()
> again to retry get_net(). After that, server->ssocket is set to NULL
> in the error path of generic_ip_connect(), and the net count cannot be
> released in the final clean_demultiplex_info() function.
>
> 2. Potential use-after-free
>
> The current refcounting scheme can lead to a potential use-after-free issue
> in the following scenario:
>
> ```
> cifs_do_mount
> cifs_mount
> cifs_mount_get_session
> cifs_get_tcp_session
> get_net() /* First get net */
> ip_connect
> generic_ip_connect
> get_net()
> bind_socket
> kernel_bind /* failed */
> put_net()
> /* after out_err_crypto_release label */
> put_net()
> /* after out_err label */
> put_net()
> ```
>
> In the exception handling process where binding the socket fails, the
> get_net() and put_net() calls are unbalanced, which may cause the
> server->net reference count to drop to zero and be prematurely released.
>
> To address both issues, this patch ties the netns reference counting to
> the server->ssocket and server lifecycles. The extra reference is now
> acquired when the server or socket is created, and released when the
> socket is destroyed or the server is torn down.
>
> [1]: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219792
>
> Fixes: ef7134c7fc48 ("smb: client: Fix use-after-free of network namespace.")
> Fixes: e9f2517a3e18 ("smb: client: fix TCP timers deadlock after rmmod")
> Signed-off-by: Wang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/smb/client/connect.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
> index f917de020dd5..0d454149f3b4 100644
> --- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
> +++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
> @@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ cifs_abort_connection(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
> server->ssocket->flags);
> sock_release(server->ssocket);
> server->ssocket = NULL;
> + put_net(cifs_net_ns(server));
> }
> server->sequence_number = 0;
> server->session_estab = false;
> @@ -3115,8 +3116,12 @@ generic_ip_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
> /*
> * Grab netns reference for the socket.
> *
> - * It'll be released here, on error, or in clean_demultiplex_info() upon server
> - * teardown.
> + * This reference will be released in several situations:
> + * - In the failure path before the cifsd thread is started.
> + * - In the all place where server->socket is released, it is
> + * also set to NULL.
> + * - Ultimately in clean_demultiplex_info(), during the final
> + * teardown.
> */
> get_net(net);
>
> @@ -3132,10 +3137,8 @@ generic_ip_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
> }
>
> rc = bind_socket(server);
> - if (rc < 0) {
> - put_net(cifs_net_ns(server));
> + if (rc < 0)
> return rc;
> - }
>
> /*
> * Eventually check for other socket options to change from
> @@ -3181,9 +3184,6 @@ generic_ip_connect(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
> if (sport == htons(RFC1001_PORT))
> rc = ip_rfc1001_connect(server);
>
> - if (rc < 0)
> - put_net(cifs_net_ns(server));
> -
> return rc;
> }
>
> --
> 2.34.3
>
>
--
Thanks,
Steve
