2020-08-31 18:28:17

by Qian Cai

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Subject: [PATCH v4] iomap: fix WARN_ON_ONCE() from unprivileged users

It is trivial to trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE(1) in iomap_dio_actor() by
unprivileged users which would taint the kernel, or worse - panic if
panic_on_warn or panic_on_taint is set. Hence, just convert it to
pr_warn_ratelimited() to let users know their workloads are racing.
Thank Dave Chinner for the initial analysis of the racing reproducers.

Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <[email protected]>
---
v4: use %pD4.
v3: Keep the default case and update the message.
v2: Record the path, pid and command as well.

fs/iomap/direct-io.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index c1aafb2ab990..9519113ebc35 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -388,6 +388,16 @@ iomap_dio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
return iomap_dio_bio_actor(inode, pos, length, dio, iomap);
case IOMAP_INLINE:
return iomap_dio_inline_actor(inode, pos, length, dio, iomap);
+ case IOMAP_DELALLOC:
+ /*
+ * DIO is not serialised against mmap() access at all, and so
+ * if the page_mkwrite occurs between the writeback and the
+ * iomap_apply() call in the DIO path, then it will see the
+ * DELALLOC block that the page-mkwrite allocated.
+ */
+ pr_warn_ratelimited("Direct I/O collision with buffered writes! File: %pD4 Comm: %.20s\n",
+ dio->iocb->ki_filp, current->comm);
+ return -EIO;
default:
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
return -EIO;
--
2.18.4


2020-09-01 05:22:36

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] iomap: fix WARN_ON_ONCE() from unprivileged users

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 02:23:53PM -0400, Qian Cai wrote:
> It is trivial to trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE(1) in iomap_dio_actor() by
> unprivileged users which would taint the kernel, or worse - panic if
> panic_on_warn or panic_on_taint is set. Hence, just convert it to
> pr_warn_ratelimited() to let users know their workloads are racing.
> Thank Dave Chinner for the initial analysis of the racing reproducers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <[email protected]>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>

2020-09-01 17:22:26

by Darrick J. Wong

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] iomap: fix WARN_ON_ONCE() from unprivileged users

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 02:23:53PM -0400, Qian Cai wrote:
> It is trivial to trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE(1) in iomap_dio_actor() by
> unprivileged users which would taint the kernel, or worse - panic if
> panic_on_warn or panic_on_taint is set. Hence, just convert it to
> pr_warn_ratelimited() to let users know their workloads are racing.
> Thank Dave Chinner for the initial analysis of the racing reproducers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <[email protected]>

Looks ok to me too.
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>

--D

> ---
> v4: use %pD4.
> v3: Keep the default case and update the message.
> v2: Record the path, pid and command as well.
>
> fs/iomap/direct-io.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> index c1aafb2ab990..9519113ebc35 100644
> --- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> +++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
> @@ -388,6 +388,16 @@ iomap_dio_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
> return iomap_dio_bio_actor(inode, pos, length, dio, iomap);
> case IOMAP_INLINE:
> return iomap_dio_inline_actor(inode, pos, length, dio, iomap);
> + case IOMAP_DELALLOC:
> + /*
> + * DIO is not serialised against mmap() access at all, and so
> + * if the page_mkwrite occurs between the writeback and the
> + * iomap_apply() call in the DIO path, then it will see the
> + * DELALLOC block that the page-mkwrite allocated.
> + */
> + pr_warn_ratelimited("Direct I/O collision with buffered writes! File: %pD4 Comm: %.20s\n",
> + dio->iocb->ki_filp, current->comm);
> + return -EIO;
> default:
> WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> return -EIO;
> --
> 2.18.4
>