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authorTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2010-03-19 15:36:22 -0400
committerTrond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>2010-03-22 05:32:44 -0400
commitc9acb42ef1904d15d0fb315061cefbe638f67f3a (patch)
tree7c94dff168dfc90a279990cb2860cce626ae76a3 /net
parentcdead7cf12896c0e50a8be2e52de52c364603095 (diff)
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SUNRPC: Fix a use after free bug with the NFSv4.1 backchannel
The ->release_request() callback was designed to allow the transport layer to do housekeeping after the RPC call is done. It cannot be used to free the request itself, and doing so leads to a use-after-free bug in xprt_release(). Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c15
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/xprt.c22
-rw-r--r--net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c3
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c b/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
index 13f214f53120..f0c05d3311c1 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/bc_svc.c
@@ -37,21 +37,6 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#define RPCDBG_FACILITY RPCDBG_SVCDSP
-void bc_release_request(struct rpc_task *task)
-{
- struct rpc_rqst *req = task->tk_rqstp;
-
- dprintk("RPC: bc_release_request: task= %p\n", task);
-
- /*
- * Release this request only if it's a backchannel
- * preallocated request
- */
- if (!bc_prealloc(req))
- return;
- xprt_free_bc_request(req);
-}
-
/* Empty callback ops */
static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs41_callback_ops = {
};
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
index 469de292c23c..42f09ade0044 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprt.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#include <linux/sunrpc/clnt.h>
#include <linux/sunrpc/metrics.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/bc_xprt.h>
#include "sunrpc.h"
@@ -1032,21 +1033,16 @@ void xprt_release(struct rpc_task *task)
if (req->rq_release_snd_buf)
req->rq_release_snd_buf(req);
- /*
- * Early exit if this is a backchannel preallocated request.
- * There is no need to have it added to the RPC slot list.
- */
- if (is_bc_request)
- return;
-
- memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req)); /* mark unused */
-
dprintk("RPC: %5u release request %p\n", task->tk_pid, req);
+ if (likely(!is_bc_request)) {
+ memset(req, 0, sizeof(*req)); /* mark unused */
- spin_lock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
- list_add(&req->rq_list, &xprt->free);
- rpc_wake_up_next(&xprt->backlog);
- spin_unlock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
+ spin_lock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
+ list_add(&req->rq_list, &xprt->free);
+ rpc_wake_up_next(&xprt->backlog);
+ spin_unlock(&xprt->reserve_lock);
+ } else
+ xprt_free_bc_request(req);
}
/**
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index e4839c07c913..9847c30b5001 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2251,9 +2251,6 @@ static struct rpc_xprt_ops xs_tcp_ops = {
.buf_free = rpc_free,
.send_request = xs_tcp_send_request,
.set_retrans_timeout = xprt_set_retrans_timeout_def,
-#if defined(CONFIG_NFS_V4_1)
- .release_request = bc_release_request,
-#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
.close = xs_tcp_close,
.destroy = xs_destroy,
.print_stats = xs_tcp_print_stats,
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