This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
pty: make sure super_block is still valid in final /dev/tty close
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
pty-make-sure-super_block-is-still-valid-in-final-dev-tty-close.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 1f55c718c290616889c04946864a13ef30f64929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Herton R. Krzesinski" <herton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:56:58 -0200
Subject: pty: make sure super_block is still valid in final /dev/tty close
From: Herton R. Krzesinski <herton@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit 1f55c718c290616889c04946864a13ef30f64929 upstream.
Considering current pty code and multiple devpts instances, it's possible
to umount a devpts file system while a program still has /dev/tty opened
pointing to a previosuly closed pty pair in that instance. In the case all
ptmx and pts/N files are closed, umount can be done. If the program closes
/dev/tty after umount is done, devpts_kill_index will use now an invalid
super_block, which was already destroyed in the umount operation after
running ->kill_sb. This is another "use after free" type of issue, but now
related to the allocated super_block instance.
To avoid the problem (warning at ida_remove and potential crashes) for
this specific case, I added two functions in devpts which grabs additional
references to the super_block, which pty code now uses so it makes sure
the super block structure is still valid until pty shutdown is done.
I also moved the additional inode references to the same functions, which
also covered similar case with inode being freed before /dev/tty final
close/shutdown.
Signed-off-by: Herton R. Krzesinski <herton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/pty.c | 9 ++++++---
fs/devpts/inode.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/devpts_fs.h | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static void pty_unix98_shutdown(struct t
else
ptmx_inode = tty->link->driver_data;
devpts_kill_index(ptmx_inode, tty->index);
- iput(ptmx_inode); /* drop reference we acquired at ptmx_open */
+ devpts_del_ref(ptmx_inode);
}
static const struct tty_operations ptm_unix98_ops = {
@@ -785,9 +785,12 @@ static int ptmx_open(struct inode *inode
* still have /dev/tty opened pointing to the master/slave pair (ptmx
* is closed/released before /dev/tty), we must make sure that the inode
* is still valid when we call the final pty_unix98_shutdown, thus we
- * hold an additional reference to the ptmx inode
+ * hold an additional reference to the ptmx inode. For the same /dev/tty
+ * last close case, we also need to make sure the super_block isn't
+ * destroyed (devpts instance unmounted), before /dev/tty is closed and
+ * on its release devpts_kill_index is called.
*/
- ihold(inode);
+ devpts_add_ref(inode);
tty_add_file(tty, filp);
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -575,6 +575,26 @@ void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptm
mutex_unlock(&allocated_ptys_lock);
}
+/*
+ * pty code needs to hold extra references in case of last /dev/tty close
+ */
+
+void devpts_add_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode)
+{
+ struct super_block *sb = pts_sb_from_inode(ptmx_inode);
+
+ atomic_inc(&sb->s_active);
+ ihold(ptmx_inode);
+}
+
+void devpts_del_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode)
+{
+ struct super_block *sb = pts_sb_from_inode(ptmx_inode);
+
+ iput(ptmx_inode);
+ deactivate_super(sb);
+}
+
/**
* devpts_pty_new -- create a new inode in /dev/pts/
* @ptmx_inode: inode of the master
--- a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
int devpts_new_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode);
void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode, int idx);
+void devpts_add_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode);
+void devpts_del_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode);
/* mknod in devpts */
struct inode *devpts_pty_new(struct inode *ptmx_inode, dev_t device, int index,
void *priv);
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ void devpts_pty_kill(struct inode *inode
/* Dummy stubs in the no-pty case */
static inline int devpts_new_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode) { return -EINVAL; }
static inline void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode, int idx) { }
+static inline void devpts_add_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode) { }
+static inline void devpts_del_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode) { }
static inline struct inode *devpts_pty_new(struct inode *ptmx_inode,
dev_t device, int index, void *priv)
{
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from herton@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/pty-make-sure-super_block-is-still-valid-in-final-dev-tty-close.patch
queue-4.4/pty-fix-possible-use-after-free-of-tty-driver_data.patch
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