fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
xfs_buf_item_done() frees the buf_item via xfs_buf_item_relse() but
does not remove the item from the CIL log_items list (li_cil). When the
item is freed through an error/shutdown/abort path before the CIL push
worker processes it, the freed memory remains linked in ctx->log_items.
The CIL push worker in xlog_cil_build_lv_chain() then dereferences
the freed object via item->li_lv, triggering a KASAN slab-use-after-free.
For details, see Link[1].
Add down_read() on xc_ctx_lock before list_del_init() in
xfs_buf_item_done() to safely remove the item from the CIL list. This
uses the same lock that protects CIL list operations: insertions are
done under xc_ctx_lock read-side (xlog_cil_insert_items) and removals
under write-side (xlog_cil_build_lv_chain). The read lock is safe here
because xfs_buf_item_done() is always called in process context (workqueue
or direct I/O wait) and cannot deadlock with the CIL push worker which
holds the write lock during xlog_cil_build_lv_chain - the worker does not
trigger metadata buffer I/O that would call xfs_buf_item_done().
Reported-by: syzbot+598a791b31c498b63c6b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a069a95.050a0220.2921a.0006.GAE@google.com/T/ [1]
Fixes: 816c330b605c ("xfs: factor out stale buffer item completion")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Zhan Jun <zhanjun@uniontech.com>
Signed-off-by: Gou Hao <gouhao@uniontech.com>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 8487635579e5..75529dfd1170 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,11 @@ void
xfs_buf_item_done(
struct xfs_buf *bp)
{
+ if (bp->b_log_item->bli_item.li_log->l_cilp) {
+ down_read(&bp->b_log_item->bli_item.li_log->l_cilp->xc_ctx_lock);
+ list_del_init(&bp->b_log_item->bli_item.li_cil);
+ up_read(&bp->b_log_item->bli_item.li_log->l_cilp->xc_ctx_lock);
+ }
/*
* If we are forcibly shutting down, this may well be off the AIL
* already. That's because we simulate the log-committed callbacks to
--
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