From 1f55c718c290616889c04946864a13ef30f64929 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Herton R. Krzesinski" Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 17:56:58 -0200 Subject: pty: make sure super_block is still valid in final /dev/tty close Considering current pty code and multiple devpts instances, it's possible to umount a devpts file system while a program still has /dev/tty opened pointing to a previosuly closed pty pair in that instance. In the case all ptmx and pts/N files are closed, umount can be done. If the program closes /dev/tty after umount is done, devpts_kill_index will use now an invalid super_block, which was already destroyed in the umount operation after running ->kill_sb. This is another "use after free" type of issue, but now related to the allocated super_block instance. To avoid the problem (warning at ida_remove and potential crashes) for this specific case, I added two functions in devpts which grabs additional references to the super_block, which pty code now uses so it makes sure the super block structure is still valid until pty shutdown is done. I also moved the additional inode references to the same functions, which also covered similar case with inode being freed before /dev/tty final close/shutdown. Signed-off-by: Herton R. Krzesinski Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.29+ Reviewed-by: Peter Hurley Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/devpts/inode.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/devpts') diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c index 1f107fd51328..655f21f99160 100644 --- a/fs/devpts/inode.c +++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c @@ -575,6 +575,26 @@ void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode, int idx) mutex_unlock(&allocated_ptys_lock); } +/* + * pty code needs to hold extra references in case of last /dev/tty close + */ + +void devpts_add_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode) +{ + struct super_block *sb = pts_sb_from_inode(ptmx_inode); + + atomic_inc(&sb->s_active); + ihold(ptmx_inode); +} + +void devpts_del_ref(struct inode *ptmx_inode) +{ + struct super_block *sb = pts_sb_from_inode(ptmx_inode); + + iput(ptmx_inode); + deactivate_super(sb); +} + /** * devpts_pty_new -- create a new inode in /dev/pts/ * @ptmx_inode: inode of the master -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b