CVE-2024-27058

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tmpfs: fix race on handling dquot rbtree

A syzkaller reproducer found a race while attempting to remove dquot information from the rb tree.

Fetching the rb_tree root node must also be protected by the dqopt->dqio_sem, otherwise, giving the right timing, shmem_release_dquot() will trigger a warning because it couldnt find a node in the tree, when the real reason was the root node changing before the search starts:

Thread 1 Thread 2

• shmem_release_dquot() - shmem_{acquire,release}_dquot()

• fetch ROOT - Fetch ROOT

    			- acquire dqio_sem
  

• wait dqio_sem

    			- do something, triger a tree rebalance
    			- release dqio_sem
  

• acquire dqio_sem

• start searching for the node, but from the wrong location, missing the node, and triggering a warning.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a69b6b3a026543bc215ccc866d0aea5579e6ce2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/617d55b90e73c7b4aa2733ca6cc3f9b72d1124bb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7077f43f30d817d10a9f8245e51576ac114b2f0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f82f184874d2761ebaa60dccf577921a0dbb3810