[PATCH v2] cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()

David Howells dhowells at redhat.com
Mon Sep 16 23:05:09 AEST 2024


libaokun at huaweicloud.com wrote:

> From: Baokun Li <libaokun1 at huawei.com>
> 
> A dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent:
> 
>             P1             |             P2
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> cachefiles_lookup_cookie
>   cachefiles_look_up_object
>     lookup_one_positive_unlocked
>      // get dentry
>                             cachefiles_cull
>                               inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE;
>     cachefiles_open_file
>       cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use
>         __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use
>           can_use = false
>           if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE))
>             can_use = true
> 	  return false
>         return false
>         // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry
> 
> After that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder
> is umounted:
> 
> ==================================================================
> BUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img}  still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda]
> WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70
> CPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25
> RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70
> Call Trace:
>  <TASK>
>  d_walk+0xda/0x2b0
>  do_one_tree+0x20/0x40
>  shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90
>  generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160
>  kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40
>  ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40
>  deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80
>  cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160
> ==================================================================
> 
> Whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count
> obtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object()
> should be released.
> 
> Therefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to
> fix the above issue and simplify the code.
> 
> Fixes: 1f08c925e7a3 ("cachefiles: Implement backing file wrangling")
> Cc: stable at kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1 at huawei.com>

Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com>



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