The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From d124b2c53c7bee6569d2a2d0b18b4a1afde00134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:40:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] FS-Cache: fix dereference of NULL user_key_payload
When the file /proc/fs/fscache/objects (available with
CONFIG_FSCACHE_OBJECT_LIST=y) is opened, we request a user key with
description "fscache:objlist", then access its payload. However, a
revoked key has a NULL payload, and we failed to check for this.
request_key() *does* skip revoked keys, but there is still a window
where the key can be revoked before we access its payload.
Fix it by checking for a NULL payload, treating it like a key which was
already revoked at the time it was requested.
Fixes: 4fbf4291aa15 ("FS-Cache: Allow the current state of all objects to be dumped")
Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [v2.6.32+]
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/fscache/object-list.c b/fs/fscache/object-list.c
index b5ab06fabc60..0438d4cd91ef 100644
--- a/fs/fscache/object-list.c
+++ b/fs/fscache/object-list.c
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ static void fscache_objlist_config(struct fscache_objlist_data *data)
rcu_read_lock();
confkey = user_key_payload_rcu(key);
+ if (!confkey) {
+ /* key was revoked */
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ key_put(key);
+ goto no_config;
+ }
+
buf = confkey->data;
for (len = confkey->datalen - 1; len >= 0; len--) {