2022-07-06 08:25:45

by Jianglei Nie

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Subject: [PATCH] xfs: fix potential memory leak in xfs_bmap_add_attrfork()

xfs_bmap_add_attrfork() allocates a memory chunk for ip->i_afp with
xfs_ifork_alloc(). When some error occurs, the function goto trans_cancel;
without releasing the ip->i_afp, which will lead to a memory leak.

We should release the ip->i_afp with kmem_cache_free() and set "ip->i_afp
= NULL" if ip->i_afp is not NULL pointer.

Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <[email protected]>
---
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
index 6833110d1bd4..0c99726c0968 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,10 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
trans_cancel:
xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
+ if (ip->i_afp) {
+ kmem_cache_free(xfs_ifork_cache, ip->i_afp);
+ ip->a_afp = NULL;
+ }
return error;
}

--
2.25.1


2022-07-06 18:19:13

by Darrick J. Wong

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix potential memory leak in xfs_bmap_add_attrfork()

On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 04:22:37PM +0800, Jianglei Nie wrote:
> xfs_bmap_add_attrfork() allocates a memory chunk for ip->i_afp with
> xfs_ifork_alloc(). When some error occurs, the function goto trans_cancel;
> without releasing the ip->i_afp, which will lead to a memory leak.
>
> We should release the ip->i_afp with kmem_cache_free() and set "ip->i_afp
> = NULL" if ip->i_afp is not NULL pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> index 6833110d1bd4..0c99726c0968 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> @@ -1088,6 +1088,10 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
> trans_cancel:
> xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
> xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
> + if (ip->i_afp) {
> + kmem_cache_free(xfs_ifork_cache, ip->i_afp);
> + ip->a_afp = NULL;
> + }

I don't think this is correct. If xfs_bmap_add_attrfork_* fail without
dirtying the transaction, this function cancels the transaction without
shutting down the filesystem, and return the error code to the caller.
However, i_forkoff is not reset to zero, which means that the inode
still has an attr fork, so i_afp must not be freed.

Freeing the memory and nulling out the pointer without resetting
i_forkoff results in inconsistent incore state, which will probably lead
to a crash somewhere. In the end, inode reclaim will free i_afp.

I think this is mooted by[1], right?

--D

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/165705898555.2826746.14913566803667615290.stgit@magnolia/T/#u

> return error;
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>

2022-07-06 22:23:06

by Dave Chinner

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: fix potential memory leak in xfs_bmap_add_attrfork()

On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 04:22:37PM +0800, Jianglei Nie wrote:
> xfs_bmap_add_attrfork() allocates a memory chunk for ip->i_afp with
> xfs_ifork_alloc(). When some error occurs, the function goto trans_cancel;
> without releasing the ip->i_afp, which will lead to a memory leak.

Where does it leak? Do you ahve a KASAN report?

> We should release the ip->i_afp with kmem_cache_free() and set "ip->i_afp
> = NULL" if ip->i_afp is not NULL pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> index 6833110d1bd4..0c99726c0968 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c
> @@ -1088,6 +1088,10 @@ xfs_bmap_add_attrfork(
> trans_cancel:
> xfs_trans_cancel(tp);
> xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
> + if (ip->i_afp) {
> + kmem_cache_free(xfs_ifork_cache, ip->i_afp);
> + ip->a_afp = NULL;
^^^^^

Please compile and test your changes before proposing them for
inclusion.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
[email protected]