[PATCH] f2fs: fix to avoid NULL pointer dereference in f2fs_issue_flush()

From: Chao Yu
Date: Fri Dec 30 2022 - 10:43:51 EST


With below two cases, it will cause NULL pointer dereference when
accessing SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info in f2fs_issue_flush().

a) If kthread_run() fails in f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control(), it will
release SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info,

- mount -o noflush_merge /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs
- mount -o remount,flush_merge /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs -- kthread_run() fails
- dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/file bs=4k count=1 conv=fsync

b) we will never allocate memory for SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info w/ below
testcase,

- mount -o ro /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs
- mount -o rw,remount /dev/vda /mnt/f2fs
- dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/f2fs/file bs=4k count=1 conv=fsync

In order to fix this issue, let change as below:
- fix error path handling in f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control().
- allocate SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info even if readonly is on.

Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/segment.c | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 2646575f43de..16f60c646cc2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -663,8 +663,7 @@ int f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
if (IS_ERR(fcc->f2fs_issue_flush)) {
int err = PTR_ERR(fcc->f2fs_issue_flush);

- kfree(fcc);
- SM_I(sbi)->fcc_info = NULL;
+ fcc->f2fs_issue_flush = NULL;
return err;
}

@@ -5137,11 +5136,9 @@ int f2fs_build_segment_manager(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)

init_f2fs_rwsem(&sm_info->curseg_lock);

- if (!f2fs_readonly(sbi->sb)) {
- err = f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control(sbi);
- if (err)
- return err;
- }
+ err = f2fs_create_flush_cmd_control(sbi);
+ if (err)
+ return err;

err = create_discard_cmd_control(sbi);
if (err)
--
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