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| author | Kai Aizen <kai@snailsploit.com> | 2026-02-18 17:36:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> | 2026-02-18 10:39:48 -0700 |
| commit | 003049b1c4fb8aabb93febb7d1e49004f6ad653b (patch) | |
| tree | bdebae3d7d6667f236dd31ecb4a183ecbcb0b8c6 /include/linux/buffer_head.h | |
| parent | 2961f841b025fb234860bac26dfb7fa7cb0fb122 (diff) | |
io_uring/zcrx: fix user_ref race between scrub and refill paths
The io_zcrx_put_niov_uref() function uses a non-atomic
check-then-decrement pattern (atomic_read followed by separate
atomic_dec) to manipulate user_refs. This is serialized against other
callers by rq_lock, but io_zcrx_scrub() modifies the same counter with
atomic_xchg() WITHOUT holding rq_lock.
On SMP systems, the following race exists:
CPU0 (refill, holds rq_lock) CPU1 (scrub, no rq_lock)
put_niov_uref:
atomic_read(uref) - 1
// window opens
atomic_xchg(uref, 0) - 1
return_niov_freelist(niov) [PUSH #1]
// window closes
atomic_dec(uref) - wraps to -1
returns true
return_niov(niov)
return_niov_freelist(niov) [PUSH #2: DOUBLE-FREE]
The same niov is pushed to the freelist twice, causing free_count to
exceed nr_iovs. Subsequent freelist pushes then perform an out-of-bounds
write (a u32 value) past the kvmalloc'd freelist array into the adjacent
slab object.
Fix this by replacing the non-atomic read-then-dec in
io_zcrx_put_niov_uref() with an atomic_try_cmpxchg loop that atomically
tests and decrements user_refs. This makes the operation safe against
concurrent atomic_xchg from scrub without requiring scrub to acquire
rq_lock.
Fixes: 34a3e60821ab ("io_uring/zcrx: implement zerocopy receive pp memory provider")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kai Aizen <kai@snailsploit.com>
[pavel: removed a warning and a comment]
Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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