Linux kernels built with CIFS(CONFIG_CIFS) network file system support are vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. It could occur during a reconnection attempt. An unprivileged user/program could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in DoS. Upstream fix: ------------- -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/ea702b80e0bbb2448e201472127288beb82ca2fe Cai reported this oops: [90701.616664] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000028 [90701.625438] IP: [<ffffffff814a343e>] kernel_setsockopt+0x2e/0x60 [90701.632167] PGD fea319067 PUD 103fda4067 PMD 0 [90701.637255] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [90701.640878] Modules linked in: des_generic md4 nls_utf8 cifs dns_resolver binfmt_misc tun sg igb iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support lpc_ich pcspkr i2c_i801 i2c_core i7core_edac edac_core ioatdma dca mfd_core coretemp kvm_intel kvm crc32c_intel microcode sr_mod cdrom ata_generic sd_mod pata_acpi crc_t10dif ata_piix libata megaraid_sas dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod [90701.677655] CPU 10 [90701.679808] Pid: 9627, comm: ls Tainted: G W 3.7.1+ #10 QCI QSSC-S4R/QSSC-S4R [90701.688950] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff814a343e>] [<ffffffff814a343e>] kernel_setsockopt+0x2e/0x60 [90701.698383] RSP: 0018:ffff88177b431bb8 EFLAGS: 00010206 [90701.704309] RAX: ffff88177b431fd8 RBX: 00007ffffffff000 RCX: ffff88177b431bec [90701.712271] RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 0000000000000006 RDI: 0000000000000000 [90701.720223] RBP: ffff88177b431bc8 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 0000000000000000 [90701.728185] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000001 [90701.736147] R13: ffff88184ef92000 R14: 0000000000000023 R15: ffff88177b431c88 [90701.744109] FS: 00007fd56a1a47c0(0000) GS:ffff88105fc40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [90701.753137] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [90701.759550] CR2: 0000000000000028 CR3: 000000104f15f000 CR4: 00000000000007e0 [90701.767512] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [90701.775465] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [90701.783428] Process ls (pid: 9627, threadinfo ffff88177b430000, task ffff88185ca4cb60) [90701.792261] Stack: [90701.794505] 0000000000000023 ffff88177b431c50 ffff88177b431c38 ffffffffa014fcb1 [90701.802809] ffff88184ef921bc 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff ffff88184ef921c0 [90701.811123] ffff88177b431c08 ffffffff815ca3d9 ffff88177b431c18 ffff880857758000 [90701.819433] Call Trace: [90701.822183] [<ffffffffa014fcb1>] smb_send_rqst+0x71/0x1f0 [cifs] [90701.828991] [<ffffffff815ca3d9>] ? schedule+0x29/0x70 [90701.834736] [<ffffffffa014fe6d>] smb_sendv+0x3d/0x40 [cifs] [90701.841062] [<ffffffffa014fe96>] smb_send+0x26/0x30 [cifs] [90701.847291] [<ffffffffa015801f>] send_nt_cancel+0x6f/0xd0 [cifs] [90701.854102] [<ffffffffa015075e>] SendReceive+0x18e/0x360 [cifs] [90701.860814] [<ffffffffa0134a78>] CIFSFindFirst+0x1a8/0x3f0 [cifs] [90701.867724] [<ffffffffa013f731>] ? build_path_from_dentry+0xf1/0x260 [cifs] [90701.875601] [<ffffffffa013f731>] ? build_path_from_dentry+0xf1/0x260 [cifs] [90701.883477] [<ffffffffa01578e6>] cifs_query_dir_first+0x26/0x30 [cifs] [90701.890869] [<ffffffffa015480d>] initiate_cifs_search+0xed/0x250 [cifs] [90701.898354] [<ffffffff81195970>] ? fillonedir+0x100/0x100 [90701.904486] [<ffffffffa01554cb>] cifs_readdir+0x45b/0x8f0 [cifs] [90701.911288] [<ffffffff81195970>] ? fillonedir+0x100/0x100 [90701.917410] [<ffffffff81195970>] ? fillonedir+0x100/0x100 [90701.923533] [<ffffffff81195970>] ? fillonedir+0x100/0x100 [90701.929657] [<ffffffff81195848>] vfs_readdir+0xb8/0xe0 [90701.935490] [<ffffffff81195b9f>] sys_getdents+0x8f/0x110 [90701.941521] [<ffffffff815d3b99>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [90701.948222] Code: 66 90 55 65 48 8b 04 25 f0 c6 00 00 48 89 e5 53 48 83 ec 08 83 fe 01 48 8b 98 48 e0 ff ff 48 c7 80 48 e0 ff ff ff ff ff ff 74 22 <48> 8b 47 28 ff 50 68 65 48 8b 14 25 f0 c6 00 00 48 89 9a 48 e0 [90701.970313] RIP [<ffffffff814a343e>] kernel_setsockopt+0x2e/0x60 [90701.977125] RSP <ffff88177b431bb8> [90701.981018] CR2: 0000000000000028 [90701.984809] ---[ end trace 24bd602971110a43 ]--- This is likely due to a race vs. a reconnection event. The current code checks for a NULL socket in smb_send_kvec, but that's too late. By the time that check is done, the socket will already have been passed to kernel_setsockopt. Move the check into smb_send_rqst, so that it's checked earlier. In truth, this is a bit of a half-assed fix. The -ENOTSOCK error return here looks like it could bubble back up to userspace. The locking rules around the ssocket pointer are really unclear as well. There are cases where the ssocket pointer is changed without holding the srv_mutex, but I'm not clear whether there's a potential race here yet or not. This code seems like it could benefit from some fundamental re-think of how the socket handling should behave. Until then though, this patch should at least fix the above oops in most cases. diff --git a/fs/cifs/transport.c b/fs/cifs/transport.c index 76d974c..1a52868 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/transport.c +++ b/fs/cifs/transport.c @@ -144,9 +144,6 @@ smb_send_kvec(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct kvec *iov, size_t n_vec, *sent = 0; - if (ssocket == NULL) - return -ENOTSOCK; /* BB eventually add reconnect code here */ - smb_msg.msg_name = (struct sockaddr *) &server->dstaddr; smb_msg.msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr); smb_msg.msg_control = NULL; @@ -291,6 +288,9 @@ smb_send_rqst(struct TCP_Server_Info *server, struct smb_rqst *rqst) struct socket *ssocket = server->ssocket; int val = 1; + if (ssocket == NULL) + return -ENOTSOCK; + cFYI(1, "Sending smb: smb_len=%u", smb_buf_length); dump_smb(iov[0].iov_base, iov[0].iov_len);