Re: [PATCH] ext4: init error handle resource before init group descriptors

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On Thu 19-01-23 09:37:11, Ye Bin wrote:
> From: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Now, 's_err_report' timer is init after ext4_group_desc_init() when fill
> super. Theoretically, ext4_group_desc_init() may access to error handle
> as follows:
> __ext4_fill_super
>   ext4_group_desc_init
>     ext4_check_descriptors
>       ext4_get_group_desc
>         ext4_error
>           ext4_handle_error
>             ext4_commit_super
>               ext4_update_super
>                 if (!es->s_error_count)
>                   mod_timer(&sbi->s_err_report, jiffies + 24*60*60*HZ);
> 		  --> Accessing Uninitialized Variables
> timer_setup(&sbi->s_err_report, print_daily_error_info, 0);
> 
> Maybe above issue is just theoretical, as ext4_check_descriptors() didn't
> judge 'gpd' which get from ext4_get_group_desc(), if access to error handle
> ext4_get_group_desc() will return NULL, then will trigger null-ptr-deref in
> ext4_check_descriptors().
> However, from the perspective of pure code, it is better to initialize
> resource that may need to be used first.

Looks good to me. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

								Honza

>  fs/ext4/super.c | 19 +++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index b31db521d6bf..dc3907dff13a 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -4738,7 +4738,6 @@ static int ext4_group_desc_init(struct super_block *sb,
>  	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
>  	unsigned int db_count;
>  	ext4_fsblk_t block;
> -	int ret;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	db_count = (sbi->s_groups_count + EXT4_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) /
> @@ -4778,8 +4777,7 @@ static int ext4_group_desc_init(struct super_block *sb,
>  			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
>  			       "can't read group descriptor %d", i);
>  			sbi->s_gdb_count = i;
> -			ret = PTR_ERR(bh);
> -			goto out;
> +			return PTR_ERR(bh);
>  		}
>  		rcu_read_lock();
>  		rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc)[i] = bh;
> @@ -4788,13 +4786,10 @@ static int ext4_group_desc_init(struct super_block *sb,
>  	sbi->s_gdb_count = db_count;
>  	if (!ext4_check_descriptors(sb, logical_sb_block, first_not_zeroed)) {
>  		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "group descriptors corrupted!");
> -		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> -		goto out;
> +		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
>  	}
> +
>  	return 0;
> -out:
> -	ext4_group_desc_free(sbi);
> -	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int ext4_load_and_init_journal(struct super_block *sb,
> @@ -5220,14 +5215,14 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
>  	if (ext4_geometry_check(sb, es))
>  		goto failed_mount;
>  
> -	err = ext4_group_desc_init(sb, es, logical_sb_block, &first_not_zeroed);
> -	if (err)
> -		goto failed_mount;
> -
>  	timer_setup(&sbi->s_err_report, print_daily_error_info, 0);
>  	spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_error_lock);
>  	INIT_WORK(&sbi->s_error_work, flush_stashed_error_work);
>  
> +	err = ext4_group_desc_init(sb, es, logical_sb_block, &first_not_zeroed);
> +	if (err)
> +		goto failed_mount3;
> +
>  	/* Register extent status tree shrinker */
>  	if (ext4_es_register_shrinker(sbi))
>  		goto failed_mount3;
> -- 
> 2.31.1
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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