The bug is here:
	if (!rdev || rdev->desc_nr != nr) {

The list iterator value 'rdev' will *always* be set and non-NULL
by rdev_for_each_rcu(), so it is incorrect to assume that the
iterator value will be NULL if the list is empty or no element
found (In fact, it will be a bogus pointer to an invalid struct
object containing the HEAD). Otherwise it will bypass the check
and lead to invalid memory access passing the check.

To fix the bug, use a new variable 'iter' as the list iterator,
while using the original variable 'pdev' as a dedicated pointer to
point to the found element.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 70bcecdb1534 ("md-cluster: Improve md_reload_sb to be less error prone")
Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>
---

changes from v2:
 - fix typo (Song Liu)

changes from v1:
 - rephrase the subject (Guoqing Jiang)

v2:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220328080559.25984-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/
v1:https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220327080111.12028-1-xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com/

---
 drivers/md/md.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7476fc204172..f156678c08bc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9794,16 +9794,18 @@ static int read_rdev(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 
 void md_reload_sb(struct mddev *mddev, int nr)
 {
-	struct md_rdev *rdev;
+	struct md_rdev *rdev = NULL, *iter;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Find the rdev */
-	rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev) {
-		if (rdev->desc_nr == nr)
+	rdev_for_each_rcu(iter, mddev) {
+		if (iter->desc_nr == nr) {
+			rdev = iter;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (!rdev || rdev->desc_nr != nr) {
+	if (!rdev) {
 		pr_warn("%s: %d Could not find rdev with nr %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, nr);
 		return;
 	}
-- 
2.17.1

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 1:47 AM Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The bug is here:
>         if (!rdev || rdev->desc_nr != nr) {
>
> The list iterator value 'rdev' will *always* be set and non-NULL
> by rdev_for_each_rcu(), so it is incorrect to assume that the
> iterator value will be NULL if the list is empty or no element
> found (In fact, it will be a bogus pointer to an invalid struct
> object containing the HEAD). Otherwise it will bypass the check
> and lead to invalid memory access passing the check.
>
> To fix the bug, use a new variable 'iter' as the list iterator,
> while using the original variable 'pdev' as a dedicated pointer to
> point to the found element.
>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: 70bcecdb1534 ("md-cluster: Improve md_reload_sb to be less error prone")
> Signed-off-by: Xiaomeng Tong <xiam0nd.tong@gmail.com>

Applied to md-next. Thanks!