nilfs2: fix use-after-free of timer for log writer thread

Patch series "nilfs2: fix log writer related issues".

This bug fix series covers three nilfs2 log writer-related issues,
including a timer use-after-free issue and potential deadlock issue on
unmount, and a potential freeze issue in event synchronization found
during their analysis. Details are described in each commit log.


This patch (of 3):

A use-after-free issue has been reported regarding the timer sc_timer on
the nilfs_sc_info structure.

The problem is that even though it is used to wake up a sleeping log
writer thread, sc_timer is not shut down until the nilfs_sc_info structure
is about to be freed, and is used regardless of the thread's lifetime.

Fix this issue by limiting the use of sc_timer only while the log writer
thread is alive.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[e-mail]
Fixes: fdce895ea5dd ("nilfs2: change sc_timer from a pointer to an embedded one in struct nilfs_sc_info")
Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <[e-mail]>
Reported-by: "Bai, Shuangpeng" <[e-mail]>
Closes: https://groups.google.com/g/syzkaller/c/MK_LYqtt8ko/m/8rgdWeseAwAJ
Tested-by: Ryusuke Konishi <[e-mail]>
Cc: <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[e-mail]>

fs/nilfs2/segment.c

···
 {
 	spin_lock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 	if (!(sci->sc_state & NILFS_SEGCTOR_COMMIT)) {
-		sci->sc_timer.expires = jiffies + sci->sc_interval;
-		add_timer(&sci->sc_timer);
+		if (sci->sc_task) {
+			sci->sc_timer.expires = jiffies + sci->sc_interval;
+			add_timer(&sci->sc_timer);
+		}
 		sci->sc_state |= NILFS_SEGCTOR_COMMIT;
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
···
  */
 static void nilfs_segctor_accept(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 {
+	bool thread_is_alive;
+
 	spin_lock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 	sci->sc_seq_accepted = sci->sc_seq_request;
+	thread_is_alive = (bool)sci->sc_task;
 	spin_unlock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
-	del_timer_sync(&sci->sc_timer);
+
+	/*
+	 * This function does not race with the log writer thread's
+	 * termination.  Therefore, deleting sc_timer, which should not be
+	 * done after the log writer thread exits, can be done safely outside
+	 * the area protected by sc_state_lock.
+	 */
+	if (thread_is_alive)
+		del_timer_sync(&sci->sc_timer);
 }
 
 /**
···
 			sci->sc_flush_request &= ~FLUSH_DAT_BIT;
 
 		/* re-enable timer if checkpoint creation was not done */
-		if ((sci->sc_state & NILFS_SEGCTOR_COMMIT) &&
+		if ((sci->sc_state & NILFS_SEGCTOR_COMMIT) && sci->sc_task &&
 		    time_before(jiffies, sci->sc_timer.expires))
 			add_timer(&sci->sc_timer);
 	}
···
 	int timeout = 0;
 
 	sci->sc_timer_task = current;
+	timer_setup(&sci->sc_timer, nilfs_construction_timeout, 0);
 
 	/* start sync. */
 	sci->sc_task = current;
···
  end_thread:
 	/* end sync. */
 	sci->sc_task = NULL;
+	timer_shutdown_sync(&sci->sc_timer);
 	wake_up(&sci->sc_wait_task); /* for nilfs_segctor_kill_thread() */
 	spin_unlock(&sci->sc_state_lock);
 	return 0;
···
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sci->sc_gc_inodes);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sci->sc_iput_queue);
 	INIT_WORK(&sci->sc_iput_work, nilfs_iput_work_func);
-	timer_setup(&sci->sc_timer, nilfs_construction_timeout, 0);
 
 	sci->sc_interval = HZ * NILFS_SC_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 	sci->sc_mjcp_freq = HZ * NILFS_SC_DEFAULT_SR_FREQ;
···
 
 	down_write(&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem);
 
-	timer_shutdown_sync(&sci->sc_timer);
 	kfree(sci);
 }