Public bug reported: [Impact]
Currently when the client creates a cifsFileInfo structure for a newly opened file, it allocates a list of byte-range locks with a pointer to the new cfile and attaches this list to the inode's lock list. The latter happens before initializing all other fields, e.g. cfile->tlink. Thus a partially initialized cifsFileInfo structure becomes available to other threads that walk through the inode's lock list. One example of such a thread may be an oplock break worker thread that tries to push all cached byte-range locks. This causes NULL-pointer dereference in smb2_push_mandatory_locks() when accessing cfile->tlink: [598428.945633] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 ... [598428.945749] Workqueue: cifsoplockd cifs_oplock_break [cifs] [598428.945793] RIP: 0010:smb2_push_mandatory_locks+0xd6/0x5a0 [cifs] ... [598428.945834] Call Trace: [598428.945870] ? cifs_revalidate_mapping+0x45/0x90 [cifs] [598428.945901] cifs_oplock_break+0x13d/0x450 [cifs] [598428.945909] process_one_work+0x1db/0x380 [598428.945914] worker_thread+0x4d/0x400 [598428.945921] kthread+0x104/0x140 [598428.945925] ? process_one_work+0x380/0x380 [598428.945931] ? kthread_park+0x80/0x80 [598428.945937] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [Test Case] TBD. [Fix] Backport commit 6f582b273ec23332074d970a7fb25bef835df71f ("CIFS: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in smb2_push_mandatory_locks") [Regression Potential] Low. The patch is fairly simple and it's tagged for stable kernels. In fact it is already in some of the released upstream stable kernels. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Disco) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Eoan) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Eoan) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Disco) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1856949 Title: cifs: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Xenial: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Bionic: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Disco: Incomplete Status in linux source package in Eoan: Incomplete Bug description: [Impact] Currently when the client creates a cifsFileInfo structure for a newly opened file, it allocates a list of byte-range locks with a pointer to the new cfile and attaches this list to the inode's lock list. The latter happens before initializing all other fields, e.g. cfile->tlink. Thus a partially initialized cifsFileInfo structure becomes available to other threads that walk through the inode's lock list. One example of such a thread may be an oplock break worker thread that tries to push all cached byte-range locks. This causes NULL-pointer dereference in smb2_push_mandatory_locks() when accessing cfile->tlink: [598428.945633] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038 ... [598428.945749] Workqueue: cifsoplockd cifs_oplock_break [cifs] [598428.945793] RIP: 0010:smb2_push_mandatory_locks+0xd6/0x5a0 [cifs] ... [598428.945834] Call Trace: [598428.945870] ? cifs_revalidate_mapping+0x45/0x90 [cifs] [598428.945901] cifs_oplock_break+0x13d/0x450 [cifs] [598428.945909] process_one_work+0x1db/0x380 [598428.945914] worker_thread+0x4d/0x400 [598428.945921] kthread+0x104/0x140 [598428.945925] ? process_one_work+0x380/0x380 [598428.945931] ? kthread_park+0x80/0x80 [598428.945937] ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 [Test Case] TBD. [Fix] Backport commit 6f582b273ec23332074d970a7fb25bef835df71f ("CIFS: Fix NULL-pointer dereference in smb2_push_mandatory_locks") [Regression Potential] Low. The patch is fairly simple and it's tagged for stable kernels. In fact it is already in some of the released upstream stable kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1856949/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp