Re: [PATCH V2] fs: perform the check when page without mapping but page->mapping contains junk or random bitscribble

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:16:18 +0100 Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 09:45:02AM +0800, xiaosong.ma wrote:
> > perform the check in dump_mapping() to print warning info and avoid crash with invalid non-NULL page->mapping.
> > For example, a panic with following backtraces show dump_page will show wrong info and panic when the bad page
> > is non-NULL mapping and page->mapping is 0x80000000000.
> > 
> >     crash_arm64> bt
> >     PID: 232    TASK: ffffff80e8c2c340  CPU: 0   COMMAND: "Binder:232_2"
> >      #0 [ffffffc013e5b080] sysdump_panic_event$b2bce43a479f4f7762201bfee02d7889 at ffffffc0108d7c2c
> >      #1 [ffffffc013e5b0c0] atomic_notifier_call_chain at ffffffc010300228
> >      #2 [ffffffc013e5b2c0] panic at ffffffc0102c926c
> >      #3 [ffffffc013e5b370] die at ffffffc010267670
> >      #4 [ffffffc013e5b3a0] die_kernel_fault at ffffffc0102808a4
> >      #5 [ffffffc013e5b3d0] __do_kernel_fault at ffffffc010280820
> >      #6 [ffffffc013e5b410] do_bad_area at ffffffc01028059c
> >      #7 [ffffffc013e5b440] do_translation_fault$4df5decbea5d08a63349aa36f07426b2 at ffffffc0111149c8
> >      #8 [ffffffc013e5b470] do_mem_abort at ffffffc0100a4488
> >      #9 [ffffffc013e5b5e0] el1_ia at ffffffc0100a6c00
> >      #10 [ffffffc013e5b5f0] __dump_page at ffffffc0104beecc
> 
> This doesn't show a crash in dump_mapping(), it shows a crash in
> __dump_page().

um, yes.

But if page->mapping is corrupted, where does __dump_page() dereference it?

The initial patch
(https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1680587425-4683-1-git-send-email-Xiaosong.Ma@unisoc.com)
prevented __dump_page() from calling dump_mapping() if page->mapping is
bad, and that presumably fixed things.


> > diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
> > index f453eb5..c9021e5 100644
> > --- a/fs/inode.c
> > +++ b/fs/inode.c
> > @@ -564,7 +564,8 @@ void dump_mapping(const struct address_space *mapping)
> >  	 * If mapping is an invalid pointer, we don't want to crash
> >  	 * accessing it, so probe everything depending on it carefully.
> >  	 */
> > -	if (get_kernel_nofault(host, &mapping->host) ||
> > +	if (get_kernel_nofault(mapping, &mapping) ||
> > +	    get_kernel_nofault(host, &mapping->host) ||
> 
> This patch makes no sense.  Essentially, you're saying
> 	mapping = &mapping
> which is obviously wrong.

We're checking for mapping==junk, so this could be 

	get_kernel_nofault(tmp, mapping)

or go direct to copy_from_kernel_nofault().  We used to have a
probe_kernel_address() for this...

So confusion reigns.  I think making dump_mapping() tolerant of a wild
mapping pointer makes sense, but I don't think we actually know why the
reporter's kernel crashed.