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fs: f2fs: fix kernel discard_thread NULL dereference

Message ID 20221017100437.618363-1-wuhoipok@gmail.com
State New
Headers
Series fs: f2fs: fix kernel discard_thread NULL dereference |

Commit Message

Hoi Pok Wu Oct. 17, 2022, 10:04 a.m. UTC 
  Pointer discard_thread is pointing to nowhere, using IS_ERR prevents the
situation. IS_ERR also seen being used throughout the file.

Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=9499bc6574cea5940e48199c2fd0732d9b11e5e1
Reported-by: syzbot+035a381ea1afb63f098d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Hoi Pok Wu <wuhoipok@gmail.com>
---
 fs/f2fs/segment.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Chao Yu Oct. 17, 2022, 12:23 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 2022/10/17 18:04, Hoi Pok Wu wrote:
> Pointer discard_thread is pointing to nowhere, using IS_ERR prevents the
> situation. IS_ERR also seen being used throughout the file.

I guess below patch can fix this issue from root cause?

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20221013155628.434671-1-chao@kernel.org/T/#u

Thanks,

> 
> Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=9499bc6574cea5940e48199c2fd0732d9b11e5e1
> Reported-by: syzbot+035a381ea1afb63f098d@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Hoi Pok Wu <wuhoipok@gmail.com>
> ---
>   fs/f2fs/segment.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> index acf3d3fa4363..79978b7206b5 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
> @@ -1634,7 +1634,8 @@ void f2fs_stop_discard_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
>   		struct task_struct *discard_thread = dcc->f2fs_issue_discard;
>   
>   		dcc->f2fs_issue_discard = NULL;
> -		kthread_stop(discard_thread);
> +		if (!IS_ERR(discard_thread))
> +			kthread_stop(discard_thread);
>   	}
>   }
>
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index acf3d3fa4363..79978b7206b5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -1634,7 +1634,8 @@  void f2fs_stop_discard_thread(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		struct task_struct *discard_thread = dcc->f2fs_issue_discard;
 
 		dcc->f2fs_issue_discard = NULL;
-		kthread_stop(discard_thread);
+		if (!IS_ERR(discard_thread))
+			kthread_stop(discard_thread);
 	}
 }