[PATCH 2/2] ceph: fix UAF in check_new_map() on session freed during unlock
Xiubo Li via B4 Relay <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:13:44 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.ceph-devel,org.kernel.feeds.b4-sent,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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From: Xiubo Li <[email protected]> check_new_map() iterates mdsc->sessions[] and for each active session drops mdsc->mutex to perform per-session operations. The forced-close path (rank removed from map) correctly takes a reference on s via ceph_get_mds_session() before releasing mdsc->mutex, but three other paths do not: Path A (address changed): mutex_unlock → mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex) Path B (reconnect): mutex_unlock → send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s) Path C (active transition): mutex_unlock → mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex) Without the extra reference, another thread can acquire mdsc->mutex during the unlock window, call __unregister_session() which drops the last reference on s, and free it. The original thread then accesses freed memory via s->s_mutex. Fix by adding ceph_get_mds_session(s) before each mutex_unlock and ceph_put_mds_session(s) after the corresponding mutex_lock, matching the pattern already used in the forced-close path. Race timeline (Path A): Thread A (check_new_map) Thread B (another map update holds mdsc->mutex or session teardown) -------------------------- -------------------------- s = mdsc->sessions[i] (refcount == 1, held only by sessions[] array) mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex) ---> acquires mdsc->mutex __unregister_session(mdsc, s) sessions[i] = NULL ceph_put_mds_session(s) refcount: 1 -> 0 kfree(s) <--- freed! mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex) UAF on freed s->s_mutex Signed-off-by: Xiubo Li <[email protected]> --- fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c index 18be36c2e9e8..00a401f9f73b 100644 --- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c +++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c @@ -5827,9 +5827,11 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, ceph_mdsmap_get_addr(newmap, i), sizeof(struct ceph_entity_addr))) { /* just close it */ + ceph_get_mds_session(s); mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex); mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex); mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex); + ceph_put_mds_session(s); ceph_con_close(&s->s_con); mutex_unlock(&s->s_mutex); s->s_state = CEPH_MDS_SESSION_RESTARTING; @@ -5844,6 +5846,7 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, newstate >= CEPH_MDS_STATE_RECONNECT) { int rc; + ceph_get_mds_session(s); mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex); clear_bit(i, targets); rc = send_mds_reconnect(mdsc, s); @@ -5852,6 +5855,7 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, "mds%d reconnect failed: %d\n", i, rc); mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex); + ceph_put_mds_session(s); } /* @@ -5864,9 +5868,11 @@ static void check_new_map(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc, pr_info_client(cl, "mds%d recovery completed\n", s->s_mds); kick_requests(mdsc, i); + ceph_get_mds_session(s); mutex_unlock(&mdsc->mutex); mutex_lock(&s->s_mutex); mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex); + ceph_put_mds_session(s); ceph_kick_flushing_caps(mdsc, s); mutex_unlock(&s->s_mutex); wake_up_session_caps(s, RECONNECT); -- 2.53.0