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Eric W. Biederman 12b24ba6ce proc: Use new_inode not new_inode_pseudo
commit ef1548adada51a2f32ed7faef50aa465e1b4c5da upstream.

Recently syzbot reported that unmounting proc when there is an ongoing
inotify watch on the root directory of proc could result in a use
after free when the watch is removed after the unmount of proc
when the watcher exits.

Commit 69879c01a0c3 ("proc: Remove the now unnecessary internal mount
of proc") made it easier to unmount proc and allowed syzbot to see the
problem, but looking at the code it has been around for a long time.

Looking at the code the fsnotify watch should have been removed by
fsnotify_sb_delete in generic_shutdown_super.  Unfortunately the inode
was allocated with new_inode_pseudo instead of new_inode so the inode
was not on the sb->s_inodes list.  Which prevented
fsnotify_unmount_inodes from finding the inode and removing the watch
as well as made it so the "VFS: Busy inodes after unmount" warning
could not find the inodes to warn about them.

Make all of the inodes in proc visible to generic_shutdown_super,
and fsnotify_sb_delete by using new_inode instead of new_inode_pseudo.
The only functional difference is that new_inode places the inodes
on the sb->s_inodes list.

I wrote a small test program and I can verify that without changes it
can trigger this issue, and by replacing new_inode_pseudo with
new_inode the issues goes away.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/000000000000d788c905a7dfa3f4@google.com
Reported-by: syzbot+7d2debdcdb3cb93c1e5e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 0097875bd4 ("proc: Implement /proc/thread-self to point at the directory of the current thread")
Fixes: 021ada7dff ("procfs: switch /proc/self away from proc_dir_entry")
Fixes: 51f0885e54 ("vfs,proc: guarantee unique inodes in /proc")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2020-06-17 16:40:33 +02:00
Documentation lib/lzo: fix ambiguous encoding bug in lzo-rle 2020-06-17 16:40:28 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Rename other to deprecated 2019-05-03 06:34:32 -06:00
arch x86/{mce,mm}: Unmap the entire page if the whole page is affected and poisoned 2020-06-17 16:40:31 +02:00
block Revert "block: end bio with BLK_STS_AGAIN in case of non-mq devs and REQ_NOWAIT" 2020-06-03 08:21:27 +02:00
certs PKCS#7: Refactor verify_pkcs7_signature() 2019-08-05 18:40:18 -04:00
crypto crypto: drbg - fix error return code in drbg_alloc_state() 2020-06-17 16:40:31 +02:00
drivers net/mlx5e: Fix repeated XSK usage on one channel 2020-06-17 16:40:32 +02:00
fs proc: Use new_inode not new_inode_pseudo 2020-06-17 16:40:33 +02:00
include dccp: Fix possible memleak in dccp_init and dccp_fini 2020-06-17 16:40:32 +02:00
init x86: Fix early boot crash on gcc-10, third try 2020-05-20 08:20:34 +02:00
ipc ipc/util.c: sysvipc_find_ipc() incorrectly updates position index 2020-05-20 08:20:16 +02:00
kernel padata: add separate cpuhp node for CPUHP_PADATA_DEAD 2020-06-17 16:40:22 +02:00
lib lib/lzo: fix ambiguous encoding bug in lzo-rle 2020-06-17 16:40:28 +02:00
mm gup: document and work around "COW can break either way" issue 2020-06-17 16:40:30 +02:00
net dccp: Fix possible memleak in dccp_init and dccp_fini 2020-06-17 16:40:32 +02:00
samples samples: bpf: Fix build error 2020-06-03 08:21:15 +02:00
scripts bpf: Support llvm-objcopy for vmlinux BTF 2020-06-17 16:40:20 +02:00
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sound ALSA: usb-audio: Add vendor, product and profile name for HP Thunderbolt Dock 2020-06-17 16:40:28 +02:00
tools selftests/net: in rxtimestamp getopt_long needs terminating null entry 2020-06-17 16:40:32 +02:00
usr initramfs: restore default compression behavior 2020-04-08 09:08:38 +02:00
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README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.