Re: [PATCH] [RFC] nfsd: fix possible dereference of static NULL nfsd_serv pointer

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06.07.2012 21:26, J. Bruce Fields пишет:
On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 05:45:56PM +0400, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
This is a bug fix for 3.5 kernel.
In case on NFSd service start failure svc_shutdown_net() will call svc_destroy
callback and zeroize global nfsd_serv pointer, this in turn will lead to Oops
in svc_destroy().

This patch is marked as RFC, because to many lines were changed. It can be
easely simplified if requested.
Moreover, NFSd service shutdown is going to be converted into csomething on
per-net basis.
Doesn't this leave error paths in e.g. __write_ports_addfd() and
__write_ports_addxprt() unfixed?

Yes, sure it does...

I'm inclined to just submit your original fix (split up as in the last
version I sent) for 3.5 if you don't object.

Not at all.
Thanks, Bruce.

--b.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c |   14 ++++++++------
  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index ee709fc..526a4aa 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ nfsd_svc(unsigned short port, int nrservs)
  	int	error;
  	bool	nfsd_up_before;
  	struct net *net = &init_net;
+	struct svc_serv *serv = nfsd_serv;
mutex_lock(&nfsd_mutex);
  	dprintk("nfsd: creating service\n");
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ nfsd_svc(unsigned short port, int nrservs)
  	if (nrservs > NFSD_MAXSERVS)
  		nrservs = NFSD_MAXSERVS;
  	error = 0;
-	if (nrservs == 0 && nfsd_serv == NULL)
+	if (nrservs == 0 && serv == NULL)
  		goto out;
error = nfsd_create_serv();
@@ -464,23 +465,24 @@ nfsd_svc(unsigned short port, int nrservs)
  	nfsd_up_before = nfsd_up;
error = nfsd_startup(port, nrservs);
+	error = -EINVAL;
  	if (error)
  		goto out_destroy;
-	error = svc_set_num_threads(nfsd_serv, NULL, nrservs);
+	error = svc_set_num_threads(serv, NULL, nrservs);
  	if (error)
  		goto out_shutdown;
  	/* We are holding a reference to nfsd_serv which
  	 * we don't want to count in the return value,
  	 * so subtract 1
  	 */
-	error = nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads - 1;
+	error = serv->sv_nrthreads - 1;
  out_shutdown:
  	if (error < 0 && !nfsd_up_before)
  		nfsd_shutdown();
  out_destroy:
-	if (nfsd_serv->sv_nrthreads == 1)
-		svc_shutdown_net(nfsd_serv, net);
-	svc_destroy(nfsd_serv);		/* Release server */
+	if (serv->sv_nrthreads == 1)
+		svc_shutdown_net(serv, net);
+	svc_destroy(serv);		/* Release server */
  out:
  	mutex_unlock(&nfsd_mutex);
  	return error;



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