nilfs2: fix potential use after free in nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data()

In nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(), brelse(bh) is called to drop the
reference count of bh when the call to nilfs_dat_translate() fails.  If
the reference count hits 0 and its owner page gets unlocked, bh may be
freed.  However, bh->b_page is dereferenced to put the page after that,
which may result in a use-after-free bug.  This patch moves the release
operation after unlocking and putting the page.

NOTE: The function in question is only called in GC, and in combination
with current userland tools, address translation using DAT does not occur
in that function, so the code path that causes this issue will not be
executed.  However, it is possible to run that code path by intentionally
modifying the userland GC library or by calling the GC ioctl directly.

[[email protected]: NOTE added to the commit log]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Fixes: a3d93f709e89 ("nilfs2: block cache for garbage collection")
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Ferry Meng <[email protected]>
Closes: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index 48fe71d309cb..8beb2730929d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ int nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 		struct the_nilfs *nilfs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 
 		err = nilfs_dat_translate(nilfs->ns_dat, vbn, &pbn);
-		if (unlikely(err)) { /* -EIO, -ENOMEM, -ENOENT */
-			brelse(bh);
+		if (unlikely(err)) /* -EIO, -ENOMEM, -ENOENT */
 			goto failed;
-		}
 	}
 
 	lock_buffer(bh);
@@ -102,6 +100,8 @@ int nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
  failed:
 	unlock_page(bh->b_page);
 	put_page(bh->b_page);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		brelse(bh);
 	return err;
 }