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    loop: access lo_backing_file only when the loop device is Lo_bound · f7c8a412
    Dongli Zhang authored
    Commit 758a58d0 ("loop: set GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN after
    blkdev_reread_part()") separates "lo->lo_backing_file = NULL" and
    "lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound" into different critical regions protected by
    loop_ctl_mutex.
    
    However, there is below race that the NULL lo->lo_backing_file would be
    accessed when the backend of a loop is another loop device, e.g., loop0's
    backend is a file, while loop1's backend is loop0.
    
    loop0's backend is file            loop1's backend is loop0
    
    __loop_clr_fd()
      mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
      lo->lo_backing_file = NULL; --> set to NULL
      mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
                                       loop_set_fd()
                                         mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
                                         loop_validate_file()
                                           f = l->lo_backing_file; --> NULL
                                             access if loop0 is not Lo_unbound
      mutex_lock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
      lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
      mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
    
    lo->lo_backing_file should be accessed only when the loop device is
    Lo_bound.
    
    In fact, the problem has been introduced already in commit 7ccd0791
    ("loop: Push loop_ctl_mutex down into loop_clr_fd()") after which
    loop_validate_file() could see devices in Lo_rundown state with which it
    did not count. It was harmless at that point but still.
    
    Fixes: 7ccd0791 ("loop: Push loop_ctl_mutex down into loop_clr_fd()")
    Reported-by: syzbot+9bdc1adc1c55e7fe765b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
    f7c8a412
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