Re: [PATCH v2] aio: Add support for the POLLFREE

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Wed Oct 06 2021 - 17:16:05 EST


On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 07:50:29PM +0000, Ramji Jiyani wrote:
> Commit f5cb779ba163 ("ANDROID: binder: remove waitqueue when thread
> exits.") fixed the use-after-free in eventpoll but aio still has the
> same issue because it doesn't honor the POLLFREE flag.
>
> Add support for the POLLFREE flag to force complete iocb inline in
> aio_poll_wake(). A thread may use it to signal it's exit and/or request
> to cleanup while pending poll request. In this case, aio_poll_wake()
> needs to make sure it doesn't keep any reference to the queue entry
> before returning from wake to avoid possible use after free via
> poll_cancel() path.
>
> The POLLFREE flag is no more exclusive to the epoll and is being
> shared with the aio. Remove comment from poll.h to avoid confusion.
>
> This fixes a use after free issue between binder thread and aio
> interactions in certain sequence of events [1].
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAKUd0B_TCXRY4h1hTztfwWbNSFQqsudDLn2S_28csgWZmZAG3Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Signed-off-by: Ramji Jiyani <ramjiyani@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>

Can you add Fixes and Cc stable tags to ensure that this fix gets backported?
Please refer to Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.

- Eric