Hi, I haven't seen any response to this patch which fixes an Oops in d_revalidate. I hit this using NFS, but various other file systems look to be likewise vulnerable, hence the broadness of the patch. The sequence leading to the Oops is: lookup_one_len() [fs/namei.c] calls __lookup_hash() [fs/namei.c] with nd == NULL, which can then call the file system specific d_revalidate(), passing in nd == NULL which will then Oops if nd is used without checking Any suggestions on how to better bring this to the attention of the relevant people? E.g. be patient, and/or provide separate patches for each file system, and/or provide a better explanation of the issue in the patch? Note: in the patch version provided I missed the d_revalidate for NFSv4, I'll respin that once I can get an idea of how to better provide the patches. Cheers, Chris. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:36:48PM +1100, Chris Dunlop wrote: > can't blindly check nd->flags in ->d_revalidate() > > Has been previously done for various other file systems: > > git blame -L 1768,+1 fs/proc/base.c > 34286d66 (Nick Piggin 2011-01-07 17:49:57 +1100 1768) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > git blame -L 645,+1 fs/cifs/dir.c > 3ca30d40 (Pavel Shilovsky 2011-07-25 17:59:10 +0400 645) if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) > git blame -L 46,+1 fs/fat/namei_vfat.c > 9177ada9 (Al Viro 2011-03-10 03:45:49 -0500 46) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > git blame -L 57,+1 fs/fat/namei_vfat.c > 9177ada9 (Al Viro 2011-03-10 03:45:49 -0500 57) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > git blame -L 177,+1 fs/fuse/dir.c > d2433905 (Miklos Szeredi 2011-05-10 17:35:58 +0200 177) if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) > git blame -L 1036,+1 fs/ceph/dir.c > 0eb980e3 (Al Viro 2011-03-10 03:44:05 -0500 1036) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > git blame -L 47,+1 fs/gfs2/dentry.c > 53fe9241 (Al Viro 2011-03-10 03:44:48 -0500 47) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > git blame -L 53,+1 fs/ecryptfs/dentry.c > 70b89021 (Tyler Hicks 2011-02-17 17:35:20 -0600 53) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > git blame -L 59,+1 fs/ocfs2/dcache.c > 4714e637 (Al Viro 2011-03-10 03:45:07 -0500 59) if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > > Signed-off-by: Chris Dunlop <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c | 2 +- > fs/afs/dir.c | 2 +- > fs/coda/dir.c | 2 +- > fs/hfs/sysdep.c | 2 +- > fs/jfs/namei.c | 3 +++ > fs/ncpfs/dir.c | 2 +- > fs/nfs/dir.c | 2 +- > fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c | 2 +- > fs/sysfs/dir.c | 2 +- > 9 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c > index e022890..2be4b91 100644 > --- a/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c > +++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dentry.c > @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ static int v9fs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > struct inode *inode; > struct v9fs_inode *v9inode; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > inode = dentry->d_inode; > diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c > index 1b0b195..4112d68 100644 > --- a/fs/afs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/afs/dir.c > @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int afs_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > void *dir_version; > int ret; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > vnode = AFS_FS_I(dentry->d_inode); > diff --git a/fs/coda/dir.c b/fs/coda/dir.c > index 28e7e13..0cf4a68 100644 > --- a/fs/coda/dir.c > +++ b/fs/coda/dir.c > @@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int coda_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *de, struct nameidata *nd) > struct inode *inode; > struct coda_inode_info *cii; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > inode = de->d_inode; > diff --git a/fs/hfs/sysdep.c b/fs/hfs/sysdep.c > index 19cf291..1127ea3 100644 > --- a/fs/hfs/sysdep.c > +++ b/fs/hfs/sysdep.c > @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static int hfs_revalidate_dentry(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > struct inode *inode; > int diff; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > inode = dentry->d_inode; > diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c > index a112ad9..e3b65d6 100644 > --- a/fs/jfs/namei.c > +++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c > @@ -1585,6 +1585,9 @@ out: > > static int jfs_ci_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > { > + if (nd && (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU)) > + return -ECHILD; > + > /* > * This is not negative dentry. Always valid. > * > diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c > index 9c51f62..1fb3de3 100644 > --- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c > @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ ncp_lookup_validate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > if (dentry == dentry->d_sb->s_root) > return 1; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > parent = dget_parent(dentry); > diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c > index b238d95..88c0f6e 100644 > --- a/fs/nfs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c > @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ static int nfs_lookup_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > struct nfs_fattr *fattr = NULL; > int error; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > parent = dget_parent(dentry); > diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c > index a6b6217..0437e4a 100644 > --- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c > +++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c > @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations proc_sys_dir_operations = { > > static int proc_sys_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > { > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > return !PROC_I(dentry->d_inode)->sysctl->unregistering; > } > diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c > index 7fdf6a7..8f36a13 100644 > --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c > @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static int sysfs_dentry_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) > struct sysfs_dirent *sd; > int is_dir; > > - if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > + if (nd && nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) > return -ECHILD; > > sd = dentry->d_fsdata; > -- > 1.7.0.4 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html