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authorTetsuo Handa2019-03-17 14:02:31 +0900
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman2019-04-01 07:37:12 +0200
commitc03a0fd0b609e2f5c669c2b7f27c8e1928e9196e (patch)
treed33b4bb8e7e1336bb6def5e5ed9449d5e74fd1e9 /lib/kobject_uevent.c
parent1be01d4a57142ded23bdb9e0c8d9369e693b26cc (diff)
kobject: Don't trigger kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) twice.
syzbot is hitting use-after-free bug in uinput module [1]. This is because kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) is called again due to commit 0f4dafc0563c6c49 ("Kobject: auto-cleanup on final unref") after memory allocation fault injection made kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) from device_del() from input_unregister_device() fail, while uinput_destroy_device() is expecting that kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) is not called after device_del() from input_unregister_device() completed. That commit intended to catch cases where nobody even attempted to send "remove" uevents. But there is no guarantee that an event will ultimately be sent. We are at the point of no return as far as the rest of the kernel is concerned; there are no repeats or do-overs. Also, it is not clear whether some subsystem depends on that commit. If no subsystem depends on that commit, it will be better to remove the state_{add,remove}_uevent_sent logic. But we don't want to risk a regression (in a patch which will be backported) by trying to remove that logic. Therefore, as a first step, let's avoid the use-after-free bug by making sure that kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) won't be triggered twice. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=8b17c134fe938bbddd75a45afaa9e68af43a362d Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+f648cfb7e0b52bf7ae32@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Analyzed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> Fixes: 0f4dafc0563c6c49 ("Kobject: auto-cleanup on final unref") Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/kobject_uevent.c')
-rw-r--r--lib/kobject_uevent.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index f05802687ba4..7998affa45d4 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -466,6 +466,13 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
int i = 0;
int retval = 0;
+ /*
+ * Mark "remove" event done regardless of result, for some subsystems
+ * do not want to re-trigger "remove" event via automatic cleanup.
+ */
+ if (action == KOBJ_REMOVE)
+ kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 1;
+
pr_debug("kobject: '%s' (%p): %s\n",
kobject_name(kobj), kobj, __func__);
@@ -567,10 +574,6 @@ int kobject_uevent_env(struct kobject *kobj, enum kobject_action action,
kobj->state_add_uevent_sent = 1;
break;
- case KOBJ_REMOVE:
- kobj->state_remove_uevent_sent = 1;
- break;
-
case KOBJ_UNBIND:
zap_modalias_env(env);
break;