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[v2] ovl: fix null pointer when filesystem doesn't support direct IO

Message ID 20210922034700.15666-1-huangjianan@oppo.com (mailing list archive)
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Series [v2] ovl: fix null pointer when filesystem doesn't support direct IO | expand

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Huang Jianan Sept. 22, 2021, 3:47 a.m. UTC
At present, overlayfs provides overlayfs inode to users. Overlayfs
inode provides ovl_aops with noop_direct_IO to avoid open failure
with O_DIRECT. But some compressed filesystems, such as erofs and
squashfs, don't support direct_IO.

Users who use f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO to check O_DIRECT support,
will read file through this way. This will cause overlayfs to access
a non-existent direct_IO function and cause panic due to null pointer:

Kernel panic - not syncing: CFI failure (target: 0x0)
CPU: 6 PID: 247 Comm: loop0
Call Trace:
 panic+0x188/0x45c
 __cfi_slowpath+0x0/0x254
 __cfi_slowpath+0x200/0x254
 generic_file_read_iter+0x14c/0x150
 vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x164
 ovl_read_iter+0x13c/0x2fc
 lo_rw_aio+0x2bc/0x458
 loop_queue_work+0x4a4/0xbc0
 kthread_worker_fn+0xf8/0x1d0
 loop_kthread_worker_fn+0x24/0x38
 kthread+0x29c/0x310
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30

The filesystem may only support direct_IO for some file types. For
example, erofs supports direct_IO for uncompressed files. So reset
f_mapping->a_ops to NULL when the file doesn't support direct_IO to
fix this problem.

Fixes: 5b910bd615ba ("ovl: fix GPF in swapfile_activate of file from overlayfs over xfs")
Signed-off-by: Huang Jianan <huangjianan@oppo.com>
---
Change since v1:
 - Return error to user rather than fall back to buffered io. (Chengguang Xu)

 fs/overlayfs/file.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Chengguang Xu Sept. 22, 2021, 5:09 a.m. UTC | #1
在 2021/9/22 11:47, Huang Jianan 写道:
> At present, overlayfs provides overlayfs inode to users. Overlayfs
> inode provides ovl_aops with noop_direct_IO to avoid open failure
> with O_DIRECT. But some compressed filesystems, such as erofs and
> squashfs, don't support direct_IO.
>
> Users who use f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO to check O_DIRECT support,
> will read file through this way. This will cause overlayfs to access
> a non-existent direct_IO function and cause panic due to null pointer:
>
> Kernel panic - not syncing: CFI failure (target: 0x0)
> CPU: 6 PID: 247 Comm: loop0
> Call Trace:
>   panic+0x188/0x45c
>   __cfi_slowpath+0x0/0x254
>   __cfi_slowpath+0x200/0x254
>   generic_file_read_iter+0x14c/0x150
>   vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x164
>   ovl_read_iter+0x13c/0x2fc
>   lo_rw_aio+0x2bc/0x458
>   loop_queue_work+0x4a4/0xbc0
>   kthread_worker_fn+0xf8/0x1d0
>   loop_kthread_worker_fn+0x24/0x38
>   kthread+0x29c/0x310
>   ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30
>
> The filesystem may only support direct_IO for some file types. For
> example, erofs supports direct_IO for uncompressed files. So reset
> f_mapping->a_ops to NULL when the file doesn't support direct_IO to
> fix this problem.
>
> Fixes: 5b910bd615ba ("ovl: fix GPF in swapfile_activate of file from overlayfs over xfs")
> Signed-off-by: Huang Jianan <huangjianan@oppo.com>
> ---
> Change since v1:
>   - Return error to user rather than fall back to buffered io. (Chengguang Xu)
>
>   fs/overlayfs/file.c | 4 ++++
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> index d081faa55e83..38118d3b46f8 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> @@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ static int ovl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>   	if (IS_ERR(realfile))
>   		return PTR_ERR(realfile);
>   
> +	if ((f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) && (!realfile->f_mapping->a_ops ||
> +		!realfile->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO))
> +		file->f_mapping->a_ops = NULL;


There are many other functions in a_ops and also address_space struct 
will be shared

between files which belong to same inode. Although overlayfs currently 
only defines

->direct_IO in a_ops, it will be extended in the future. (like 
containerized sycnfs [1])


It seems the simplest solution is directly return error to upper layer.


Thanks,

Chengguang


[1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-unionfs/msg08569.html



> +
>   	file->private_data = realfile;
>   
>   	return 0;
Huang Jianan Sept. 22, 2021, 7:18 a.m. UTC | #2
在 2021/9/22 13:09, Chengguang Xu 写道:
> 在 2021/9/22 11:47, Huang Jianan 写道:
>> At present, overlayfs provides overlayfs inode to users. Overlayfs
>> inode provides ovl_aops with noop_direct_IO to avoid open failure
>> with O_DIRECT. But some compressed filesystems, such as erofs and
>> squashfs, don't support direct_IO.
>>
>> Users who use f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO to check O_DIRECT support,
>> will read file through this way. This will cause overlayfs to access
>> a non-existent direct_IO function and cause panic due to null pointer:
>>
>> Kernel panic - not syncing: CFI failure (target: 0x0)
>> CPU: 6 PID: 247 Comm: loop0
>> Call Trace:
>>   panic+0x188/0x45c
>>   __cfi_slowpath+0x0/0x254
>>   __cfi_slowpath+0x200/0x254
>>   generic_file_read_iter+0x14c/0x150
>>   vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x164
>>   ovl_read_iter+0x13c/0x2fc
>>   lo_rw_aio+0x2bc/0x458
>>   loop_queue_work+0x4a4/0xbc0
>>   kthread_worker_fn+0xf8/0x1d0
>>   loop_kthread_worker_fn+0x24/0x38
>>   kthread+0x29c/0x310
>>   ret_from_fork+0x10/0x30
>>
>> The filesystem may only support direct_IO for some file types. For
>> example, erofs supports direct_IO for uncompressed files. So reset
>> f_mapping->a_ops to NULL when the file doesn't support direct_IO to
>> fix this problem.
>>
>> Fixes: 5b910bd615ba ("ovl: fix GPF in swapfile_activate of file from 
>> overlayfs over xfs")
>> Signed-off-by: Huang Jianan <huangjianan@oppo.com>
>> ---
>> Change since v1:
>>   - Return error to user rather than fall back to buffered io. 
>> (Chengguang Xu)
>>
>>   fs/overlayfs/file.c | 4 ++++
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
>> index d081faa55e83..38118d3b46f8 100644
>> --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
>> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
>> @@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ static int ovl_open(struct inode *inode, struct 
>> file *file)
>>       if (IS_ERR(realfile))
>>           return PTR_ERR(realfile);
>>   +    if ((f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) && (!realfile->f_mapping->a_ops ||
>> +        !realfile->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO))
>> +        file->f_mapping->a_ops = NULL;
>
>
> There are many other functions in a_ops and also address_space struct 
> will be shared
>
> between files which belong to same inode. Although overlayfs currently 
> only defines
>
> ->direct_IO in a_ops, it will be extended in the future. (like 
> containerized sycnfs [1])
>
>
> It seems the simplest solution is directly return error to upper layer.
>

I think that after reset a_ops, do_dentry_open will check 
f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO
and return error. But return error directly in ovl_open seems to be a 
better solution, and
won't affect future extend of ovl_aops. Thanks for pointing this out.

Thanks,
Jianan

>
> Thanks,
>
> Chengguang
>
>
> [1] 
> https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spinics.net%2Flists%2Flinux-unionfs%2Fmsg08569.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7Chuangjianan%40oppo.com%7Ce01c8bb9ad4e4ac2670008d97d87321c%7Cf1905eb1c35341c5951662b4a54b5ee6%7C0%7C0%7C637678842352759179%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=Wo2uMfbYhqDOzDPSwHci2AVtM9y9nNstmayb741gspQ%3D&amp;reserved=0
>
>
>
>> +
>>       file->private_data = realfile;
>>         return 0;
>
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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
index d081faa55e83..38118d3b46f8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@  static int ovl_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (IS_ERR(realfile))
 		return PTR_ERR(realfile);
 
+	if ((f->f_flags & O_DIRECT) && (!realfile->f_mapping->a_ops ||
+		!realfile->f_mapping->a_ops->direct_IO))
+		file->f_mapping->a_ops = NULL;
+
 	file->private_data = realfile;
 
 	return 0;