[PATCH] ipc/shm: call underlying open/close vm_ops

From: Mike Kravetz
Date: Wed Nov 09 2022 - 19:22:19 EST


Shared memory segments can be created that are backed by hugetlb pages.
When this happens, the vmas associated with any mappings (shmat) are
marked VM_HUGETLB, yet the vm_ops for such mappings are provided by
ipc/shm (shm_vm_ops). There is a mechanism to call the underlying
hugetlb vm_ops, and this is done for most operations. However, it is
not done for open and close.

This was not an issue until the introduction of the hugetlb vma_lock.
This lock structure is pointed to by vm_private_data and the open/close
vm_ops help maintain this structure. The special hugetlb routine
called at fork took care of structure updates at fork time. However,
vma_splitting is not properly handled for ipc shared memory mappings
backed by hugetlb pages. This can result in a "kernel NULL pointer
dereference" BUG or use after free as two vmas point to the same lock
structure.

Update the shm open and close routines to always call the underlying
open and close routines.

Fixes: 8d9bfb260814 ("hugetlb: add vma based lock for pmd sharing")
Reported-by: Doug Nelson <doug.nelson@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
ipc/shm.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 7d86f058fb86..b7a354a62caf 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -302,7 +302,15 @@ static int __shm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
/* This is called by fork, once for every shm attach. */
static void shm_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
- int err = __shm_open(vma);
+ struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
+ struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);
+ int err;
+
+ /* Always call underlying open if present */
+ if (sfd->vm_ops->open)
+ sfd->vm_ops->open(vma);
+
+ err = __shm_open(vma);
/*
* We raced in the idr lookup or with shm_destroy().
* Either way, the ID is busted.
@@ -366,6 +374,10 @@ static void shm_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
struct shmid_kernel *shp;
struct ipc_namespace *ns = sfd->ns;

+ /* Always call underlying close if present */
+ if (sfd->vm_ops->close)
+ sfd->vm_ops->close(vma);
+
down_write(&shm_ids(ns).rwsem);
/* remove from the list of attaches of the shm segment */
shp = shm_lock(ns, sfd->id);
--
2.37.3