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lockd: protect nlm_blocked access in nlmsvc_retry_blocked
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In nlmsvc_retry_blocked, the check that the list is non-empty and acquiring
the pointer of the first entry is unprotected by any lock.  This allows a rare
race condition when there is only one entry on the list.  A function such as
nlmsvc_grant_callback() can be called, which will temporarily remove the entry
from the list.  Between the list_empty() and list_entry(),the list may become
empty, causing an invalid pointer to be used as an nlm_block, leading to a
possible crash.

This patch adds the nlm_block_lock around these calls to prevent concurrent
use of the nlm_blocked list.

This was a regression introduced by
f904be9  "lockd: Mostly remove BKL from
the server".

Cc: Bryan Schumaker <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: David Jeffery <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
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David Jeffery authored and J. Bruce Fields committed Jul 11, 2013
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions fs/lockd/svclock.c
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Expand Up @@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ nlmsvc_retry_blocked(void)
unsigned long timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
struct nlm_block *block;

spin_lock(&nlm_blocked_lock);
while (!list_empty(&nlm_blocked) && !kthread_should_stop()) {
block = list_entry(nlm_blocked.next, struct nlm_block, b_list);

Expand All @@ -948,6 +949,7 @@ nlmsvc_retry_blocked(void)
timeout = block->b_when - jiffies;
break;
}
spin_unlock(&nlm_blocked_lock);

dprintk("nlmsvc_retry_blocked(%p, when=%ld)\n",
block, block->b_when);
Expand All @@ -957,7 +959,9 @@ nlmsvc_retry_blocked(void)
retry_deferred_block(block);
} else
nlmsvc_grant_blocked(block);
spin_lock(&nlm_blocked_lock);
}
spin_unlock(&nlm_blocked_lock);

return timeout;
}

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