[PATCH v2] ubi: gluebi: Fix NULL pointer dereference caused by ftl notifier

Zhihao Cheng chengzhihao1 at huawei.com
Wed Oct 18 18:57:18 PDT 2023


在 2023/10/18 20:16, ZhaoLong Wang 写道:
> If both flt.ko and gluebi.ko are loaded, the notiier of ftl
> triggers NULL pointer dereference when trying to access
> ‘gluebi->desc’ in gluebi_read().
> 
> ubi_gluebi_init
>    ubi_register_volume_notifier
>      ubi_enumerate_volumes
>        ubi_notify_all
>          gluebi_notify    nb->notifier_call()
>            gluebi_create
>              mtd_device_register
>                mtd_device_parse_register
>                  add_mtd_device
>                    blktrans_notify_add   not->add()
>                      ftl_add_mtd         tr->add_mtd()
>                        scan_header
>                          mtd_read
>                            mtd_read
>                              mtd_read_oob
>                                gluebi_read   mtd->read()
>                                  gluebi->desc - NULL
> 
> Detailed reproduction information available at the link[1],
> 
> In the normal case, obtain gluebi->desc in the gluebi_get_device(),
> and accesses gluebi->desc in the gluebi_read(). However,
> gluebi_get_device() is not executed in advance in the
> ftl_add_mtd() process, which leads to NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> The value of gluebi->desc may also be a negative error code, which
> triggers the page fault error.
> 
> This patch has the following modifications:
> 
> 1. Do not assign gluebi->desc to the error code. Use the NULL instead.
> 
> 2. Always check the validity of gluebi->desc in gluebi_read() If the
>     gluebi->desc is NULL, try to get MTD device.
> 
> Such a modification currently works because the mutex "mtd_table_mutex"
> is held on all necessary paths, including the ftl_add_mtd() call path,
> open and close paths. Therefore, many race condition can be avoided.
> 
> Fixes: 2ba3d76a1e29 ("UBI: make gluebi a separate module")
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217992 [1]
> Signed-off-by: ZhaoLong Wang <wangzhaolong1 at huawei.com>
> ---
>   drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1 at huawei.com>

> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
> index 1b980d15d9fb..0ca7f104adbf 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static int gluebi_get_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>   {
>   	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
>   	int ubi_mode = UBI_READONLY;
> +	struct ubi_volume_desc *vdesc;
>   
>   	if (mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE)
>   		ubi_mode = UBI_READWRITE;
> @@ -109,12 +110,14 @@ static int gluebi_get_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>   	 * This is the first reference to this UBI volume via the MTD device
>   	 * interface. Open the corresponding volume in read-write mode.
>   	 */
> -	gluebi->desc = ubi_open_volume(gluebi->ubi_num, gluebi->vol_id,
> +	vdesc = ubi_open_volume(gluebi->ubi_num, gluebi->vol_id,
>   				       ubi_mode);
> -	if (IS_ERR(gluebi->desc)) {
> +	if (IS_ERR(vdesc)) {
> +		gluebi->desc = NULL;
>   		mutex_unlock(&devices_mutex);
> -		return PTR_ERR(gluebi->desc);
> +		return PTR_ERR(vdesc);
>   	}
> +	gluebi->desc = vdesc;
>   	gluebi->refcnt += 1;
>   	mutex_unlock(&devices_mutex);
>   	return 0;
> @@ -134,8 +137,10 @@ static void gluebi_put_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
>   	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
>   	mutex_lock(&devices_mutex);
>   	gluebi->refcnt -= 1;
> -	if (gluebi->refcnt == 0)
> +	if (gluebi->refcnt == 0) {
>   		ubi_close_volume(gluebi->desc);
> +		gluebi->desc = NULL;
> +	}
>   	mutex_unlock(&devices_mutex);
>   }
>   
> @@ -154,9 +159,26 @@ static int gluebi_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
>   		       size_t *retlen, unsigned char *buf)
>   {
>   	int err = 0, lnum, offs, bytes_left;
> -	struct gluebi_device *gluebi;
> +	struct gluebi_device *gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device,
> +						    mtd);
> +	int no_desc = gluebi->desc == NULL ? 1 : 0;
> +
> +	/**
> +	 * In normal case, the UBI volume desc has been initialized by
> +	 * ->_get_device(). However, in the ftl notifier process, the
> +	 * ->_get_device() is not executed in advance and the MTD device
> +	 * is directly scanned which cause NULL pointer dereference.
> +	 * Therefore, try to get the MTD device here.
> +	 */
> +	if (unlikely(no_desc)) {
> +		err = __get_mtd_device(mtd);
> +		if (err) {
> +			err_msg("cannot get MTD device %d, UBI device %d, volume %d, error %d",
> +				mtd->index, gluebi->ubi_num, gluebi->vol_id, err);
> +			return err;
> +		}
> +	}
>   
> -	gluebi = container_of(mtd, struct gluebi_device, mtd);
>   	lnum = div_u64_rem(from, mtd->erasesize, &offs);
>   	bytes_left = len;
>   	while (bytes_left) {
> @@ -176,6 +198,9 @@ static int gluebi_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
>   	}
>   
>   	*retlen = len - bytes_left;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(no_desc))
> +		__put_mtd_device(mtd);
>   	return err;
>   }
>   
> 




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