[PATCH] debugfs: Fix use-after-free in debugfs_create_devm_seqfile()

From: Samuel Holland
Date: Sat Apr 03 2021 - 20:46:57 EST


This function uses devres to clean up its allocation, but it never removes the
file referencing that allocation. This causes a use-after-free and an oops if
the file is accessed after the owning device is removed.

Fixes: 98210b7f73f1d ("debugfs: add helper function to create device related seq_file")
Fixes: 0d519cbf38eed ("debugfs: remove return value of debugfs_create_devm_seqfile()")
Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/debugfs/file.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 686e0ad28788..64f1f918e119 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_regset32);
struct debugfs_devm_entry {
int (*read)(struct seq_file *seq, void *data);
struct device *dev;
+ struct dentry *dentry;
};

static int debugfs_devm_entry_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *f)
@@ -1117,6 +1118,13 @@ static const struct file_operations debugfs_devm_entry_ops = {
.llseek = seq_lseek
};

+static void debugfs_devm_entry_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+ struct debugfs_devm_entry *entry = res;
+
+ debugfs_remove(entry->dentry);
+}
+
/**
* debugfs_create_devm_seqfile - create a debugfs file that is bound to device.
*
@@ -1136,14 +1144,19 @@ void debugfs_create_devm_seqfile(struct device *dev, const char *name,
if (IS_ERR(parent))
return;

- entry = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+ entry = devres_alloc(debugfs_devm_entry_release, sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!entry)
return;

entry->read = read_fn;
entry->dev = dev;
+ entry->dentry = debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, parent, entry,
+ &debugfs_devm_entry_ops);
+ if (IS_ERR(entry->dentry)) {
+ devres_free(entry);
+ return;
+ }

- debugfs_create_file(name, S_IRUGO, parent, entry,
- &debugfs_devm_entry_ops);
+ devres_add(dev, entry);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_devm_seqfile);
--
2.26.2