[PATCH] md: check command validity early in md_ioctl().

From: Nicolas Schichan
Date: Wed Jan 15 2014 - 10:59:16 EST


Verify that the cmd parameter passed to md_ioctl() is valid before
doing anything.

This fixes mddev->hold_active being set to 0 when an invalid ioctl
command is passed to md_ioctl() before the array has been configured.

Clearing mddev->hold_active in that case can lead to a livelock
situation when an invalid ioctl number is given to md_ioctl() by a
process when the mddev is currently being opened by another process:

Process 1 Process 2
--------- ---------

md_alloc()
mddev_find()
-> returns a new mddev with
hold_active == UNTIL_IOCTL
add_disk()
-> sends KOBJ_ADD uevent

(sees KOBJ_ADD uevent for device)
md_open()
md_ioctl(INVALID_IOCTL)
-> returns ENODEV and clears
mddev->hold_active
md_release()
md_put()
-> deletes the mddev as
hold_active is 0

md_open()
mddev_find()
-> returns a newly
allocated mddev with
mddev->gendisk == NULL
-> returns with ERESTARTSYS
(kernel restarts the open syscall)

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schichan <nschichan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

A couple of notes:

This patch is based on linux 3.13-rc8.

The following MD ioctl constants are defined in md_u.h but not used
anywhere else, so are not accepted as valid ioctl commands:

CLEAR_ARRAY
SET_DISK_INFO
WRITE_RAID_INFO
UNPROTECT_ARRAY
PROTECT_ARRAY


drivers/md/md.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 21f4d7f..941ac65 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6328,6 +6328,32 @@ static int md_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
return 0;
}

+static inline bool md_ioctl_valid(unsigned int cmd)
+{
+ switch (cmd) {
+ case ADD_NEW_DISK:
+ case BLKROSET:
+ case GET_ARRAY_INFO:
+ case GET_BITMAP_FILE:
+ case GET_DISK_INFO:
+ case HOT_ADD_DISK:
+ case HOT_REMOVE_DISK:
+ case PRINT_RAID_DEBUG:
+ case RAID_AUTORUN:
+ case RAID_VERSION:
+ case RESTART_ARRAY_RW:
+ case RUN_ARRAY:
+ case SET_ARRAY_INFO:
+ case SET_BITMAP_FILE:
+ case SET_DISK_FAULTY:
+ case STOP_ARRAY:
+ case STOP_ARRAY_RO:
+ return true;
+ default:
+ return false;
+ }
+}
+
static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
@@ -6336,6 +6362,9 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
struct mddev *mddev = NULL;
int ro;

+ if (!md_ioctl_valid(cmd))
+ return -ENOTTY;
+
switch (cmd) {
case RAID_VERSION:
case GET_ARRAY_INFO:
--
1.8.3.2

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