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    target: Fix NULL dereference during LUN lookup + active I/O shutdown · bd4e2d29
    Nicholas Bellinger authored
    
    
    When transport_clear_lun_ref() is shutting down a se_lun via
    configfs with new I/O in-flight, it's possible to trigger a
    NULL pointer dereference in transport_lookup_cmd_lun() due
    to the fact percpu_ref_get() doesn't do any __PERCPU_REF_DEAD
    checking before incrementing lun->lun_ref.count after
    lun->lun_ref has switched to atomic_t mode.
    
    This results in a NULL pointer dereference as LUN shutdown
    code in core_tpg_remove_lun() continues running after the
    existing ->release() -> core_tpg_lun_ref_release() callback
    completes, and clears the RCU protected se_lun->lun_se_dev
    pointer.
    
    During the OOPs, the state of lun->lun_ref in the process
    which triggered the NULL pointer dereference looks like
    the following on v4.1.y stable code:
    
    struct se_lun {
      lun_link_magic = 4294932337,
      lun_status = TRANSPORT_LUN_STATUS_FREE,
    
      .....
    
      lun_se_dev = 0x0,
      lun_sep = 0x0,
    
      .....
    
      lun_ref = {
        count = {
          counter = 1
        },
        percpu_count_ptr = 3,
        release = 0xffffffffa02fa1e0 <core_tpg_lun_ref_release>,
        confirm_switch = 0x0,
        force_atomic = false,
        rcu = {
          next = 0xffff88154fa1a5d0,
          func = 0xffffffff8137c4c0 <percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu>
        }
      }
    }
    
    To address this bug, use percpu_ref_tryget_live() to ensure
    once __PERCPU_REF_DEAD is visable on all CPUs and ->lun_ref
    has switched to atomic_t, all new I/Os will fail to obtain
    a new lun->lun_ref reference.
    
    Also use an explicit percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm() callback
    to block on ->lun_ref_comp to allow the first stage and
    associated RCU grace period to complete, and then block on
    ->lun_ref_shutdown waiting for the final percpu_ref_put()
    to drop the last reference via transport_lun_remove_cmd()
    before continuing with core_tpg_remove_lun() shutdown.
    
    Reported-by: default avatarRob Millner <rlm@daterainc.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarRob Millner <rlm@daterainc.com>
    Cc: Rob Millner <rlm@daterainc.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarVaibhav Tandon <vst@datera.io>
    Cc: Vaibhav Tandon <vst@datera.io>
    Tested-by: default avatarBryant G. Ly <bryantly@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.14+
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
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