[PATCH v2 11/11] dm-pcache: only hand out initialized cache segments
Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:27:04 -0500
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From: Bryam Vargas <[email protected]> get_cache_segment() scans the segment map up to cache->n_segs, the physical device segment count, but cache_segs_init() only initializes the first cache_info->n_segs segments. A crafted image with cache_info->n_segs smaller than the device count leaves the remaining pcache_cache_segment structs zeroed (segment.data == NULL), and the allocator can hand one to cache_kset_close(), which writes through the returned segment's data pointer with no NULL check. Bound the allocator's search to cache_info->n_segs so only initialized segments are ever returned. A conforming cache sets n_segs equal to the device segment count, so this rejects nothing legitimate. Fixes: 1d57628ff95b ("dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper") Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <[email protected]> --- drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_segment.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_segment.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_segment.c index 9d92e2b067ed..c698ebbc626d 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_segment.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_segment.c @@ -243,8 +243,16 @@ struct pcache_cache_segment *get_cache_segment(struct pcache_cache *cache) spin_lock(&cache->seg_map_lock); again: - seg_id = find_next_zero_bit(cache->seg_map, cache->n_segs, cache->last_cache_seg); - if (seg_id == cache->n_segs) { + /* + * Only allocate initialized segments. cache_segs_init() initializes + * cache_info.n_segs of the cache->n_segs device segments; a forged + * smaller cache_info.n_segs leaves the rest as zeroed structs whose data + * pointer is NULL. Bounding the search to cache_info.n_segs keeps such a + * segment from reaching cache_kset_close(), which writes through it. + */ + seg_id = find_next_zero_bit(cache->seg_map, cache->cache_info.n_segs, + cache->last_cache_seg); + if (seg_id == cache->cache_info.n_segs) { /* reset the hint of ->last_cache_seg and retry */ if (cache->last_cache_seg) { cache->last_cache_seg = 0; -- 2.43.0