Re: [PATCH 6.6 00/28] fix CVE-2024-46701

[Yu Kuai <yukuai1@huaweicloud.com>]

Hi,

在 2024/11/06 22:43, Lorenzo Stoakes 写道:
> NACK.
> 
> Do this some other way that isn't a terrible mess.
> 
> You've reverted my CRITICAL fix, then didn't cc- me so I'm grumpy.
> 
> Even if you bizarrely brought it back later.
> 
> Don't fail to cc- people you revert in future, please, especially in
> stable. It's not only discourteous it's also an actual security risk.

ok, that's my fault.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Also this commit log is ridiculous, you don't even explain WHAT ON EARTH
> YOU ARE DOING HERE. It's not just good enough to reference a CVE and expect
> us to go research this for you, especially one you've 'addressed' in this
> totally bizarre fashion.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 09:19:41PM +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
>> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
>>
>> Fix patch is patch 27, relied patches are from:
>>
>>   - patches from set [1] to add helpers to maple_tree, the last patch to
>> improve fork() performance is not backported;
>>   - patches from set [2] to change maple_tree, and follow up fixes;
>>   - patches from set [3] to convert offset_ctx from xarray to maple_tree;
>>
>> Please notice that I'm not an expert in this area, and I'm afraid to
>> make manual changes. That's why patch 16 revert the commit that is
>> different from mainline and will cause conflict backporting new patches.
>> patch 28 pick the original mainline patch again.
> 
> This is... what? :/
> 
> You have to fix conflicts, that's part of what backporting involves.

So, that's the best I can do in this area. I agree that this is
unacceptable now. So I'll just ignore this cve for v6.6, unless
some expert in this area will try to fix conflicts for patch 27 in
a better way.

Thanks,
Kuai

> 
> Yeah, rethink your whole approach, thanks.
> 
>>
>> (And this is what we did to fix the CVE in downstream kernels).
>>
>> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231027033845.90608-1-zhangpeng.00@bytedance.com/
>> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231101171629.3612299-2-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com/T/
>> [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/170820083431.6328.16233178852085891453.stgit@91.116.238.104.host.secureserver.net/
>>
>> Andrew Morton (1):
>>    lib/maple_tree.c: fix build error due to hotfix alteration
>>
>> Chuck Lever (5):
>>    libfs: Re-arrange locking in offset_iterate_dir()
>>    libfs: Define a minimum directory offset
>>    libfs: Add simple_offset_empty()
>>    maple_tree: Add mtree_alloc_cyclic()
>>    libfs: Convert simple directory offsets to use a Maple Tree
>>
>> Liam R. Howlett (12):
>>    maple_tree: remove unnecessary default labels from switch statements
>>    maple_tree: make mas_erase() more robust
>>    maple_tree: move debug check to __mas_set_range()
>>    maple_tree: add end of node tracking to the maple state
>>    maple_tree: use cached node end in mas_next()
>>    maple_tree: use cached node end in mas_destroy()
>>    maple_tree: clean up inlines for some functions
>>    maple_tree: separate ma_state node from status
>>    maple_tree: remove mas_searchable()
>>    maple_tree: use maple state end for write operations
>>    maple_tree: don't find node end in mtree_lookup_walk()
>>    maple_tree: mtree_range_walk() clean up
>>
>> Lorenzo Stoakes (1):
>>    maple_tree: correct tree corruption on spanning store
>>
>> Peng Zhang (7):
>>    maple_tree: add mt_free_one() and mt_attr() helpers
>>    maple_tree: introduce {mtree,mas}_lock_nested()
>>    maple_tree: introduce interfaces __mt_dup() and mtree_dup()
>>    maple_tree: skip other tests when BENCH is enabled
>>    maple_tree: preserve the tree attributes when destroying maple tree
>>    maple_tree: add test for mtree_dup()
>>    maple_tree: avoid checking other gaps after getting the largest gap
>>
>> Yu Kuai (1):
>>    Revert "maple_tree: correct tree corruption on spanning store"
>>
>> yangerkun (1):
>>    libfs: fix infinite directory reads for offset dir
>>
>>   fs/libfs.c                                  |  129 ++-
>>   include/linux/fs.h                          |    6 +-
>>   include/linux/maple_tree.h                  |  356 +++---
>>   include/linux/mm_types.h                    |    3 +-
>>   lib/maple_tree.c                            | 1096 +++++++++++++------
>>   lib/test_maple_tree.c                       |  218 ++--
>>   mm/internal.h                               |   10 +-
>>   mm/shmem.c                                  |    4 +-
>>   tools/include/linux/spinlock.h              |    1 +
>>   tools/testing/radix-tree/linux/maple_tree.h |    2 +-
>>   tools/testing/radix-tree/maple.c            |  390 ++++++-
>>   11 files changed, 1564 insertions(+), 651 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
>> 2.39.2
>>
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