Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 2 authors, 2021-10-26

Re: [PATCH 4.19,v2] VFS: Fix fuseblk memory leak caused by mount concurrency

From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 2021-10-13 10:11:28
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On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 05:51:01PM +0800, ChenXiaoSong wrote:
If two processes mount same superblock, memory leak occurs:

CPU0               |  CPU1
do_new_mount       |  do_new_mount
  fs_set_subtype   |    fs_set_subtype
    kstrdup        |
                   |      kstrdup
    memrory leak   |

Fix this by adding a write lock while calling fs_set_subtype.

Linus's tree already have refactoring patchset [1], one of them can fix this bug:
        c30da2e981a7 (fuse: convert to use the new mount API)

Since we did not merge the refactoring patchset in this branch, I create this patch.

[1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20190903113640.7984-3-mszeredi@redhat.com/

Fixes: 79c0b2df79eb (add filesystem subtype support)
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: ChenXiaoSong <redacted>
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v1: Can not mount sshfs ([PATCH linux-4.19.y] VFS: Fix fuseblk memory leak caused by mount concurrency)
v2: Use write lock while writing superblock

 fs/namespace.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
As you are referring to a fuse-only patch above, why are you trying to
resolve this issue in the core namespace code instead?

How does fuse have anything to do with this?

confused,

greg k-h
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