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authorMike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>2024-10-03 15:34:58 -0400
committerAnna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>2024-10-03 16:19:43 -0400
commit65f2a5c366353da6fa724c68347e1de954928143 (patch)
tree3dbc942931e5b9c55c54519e9fcf846b841cd8be /include/linux
parenta848c29e3486189aaabd5663bc11aea50c5bd144 (diff)
nfs_common: fix race in NFS calls to nfsd_file_put_local() and nfsd_serv_put()
Add nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local() interface to fix race with nfsd module unload. Similarly, use RCU around nfs_open_local_fh()'s error path call to nfs_to->nfsd_serv_put(). Holding RCU ensures that NFS will safely _call and return_ from its nfs_to calls into the NFSD functions nfsd_file_put_local() and nfsd_serv_put(). Otherwise, if RCU isn't used then there is a narrow window when NFS's reference for the nfsd_file and nfsd_serv are dropped and the NFSD module could be unloaded, which could result in a crash from the return instruction for either nfs_to->nfsd_file_put_local() or nfs_to->nfsd_serv_put(). Reported-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@oracle.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/nfslocalio.h15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/nfslocalio.h b/include/linux/nfslocalio.h
index b353abe00357..b0dd9b1eef4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfslocalio.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfslocalio.h
@@ -65,10 +65,25 @@ struct nfsd_file *nfs_open_local_fh(nfs_uuid_t *,
struct rpc_clnt *, const struct cred *,
const struct nfs_fh *, const fmode_t);
+static inline void nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local(struct nfsd_file *localio)
+{
+ /*
+ * Once reference to nfsd_serv is dropped, NFSD could be
+ * unloaded, so ensure safe return from nfsd_file_put_local()
+ * by always taking RCU.
+ */
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ nfs_to->nfsd_file_put_local(localio);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
#else /* CONFIG_NFS_LOCALIO */
static inline void nfsd_localio_ops_init(void)
{
}
+static inline void nfs_to_nfsd_file_put_local(struct nfsd_file *localio)
+{
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_LOCALIO */
#endif /* __LINUX_NFSLOCALIO_H */