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kobject: Don't trigger kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) twice.
authorTetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Sun, 17 Mar 2019 05:02:31 +0000 (14:02 +0900)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 1 Apr 2019 05:37:12 +0000 (07:37 +0200)
commitc03a0fd0b609e2f5c669c2b7f27c8e1928e9196e
treed33b4bb8e7e1336bb6def5e5ed9449d5e74fd1e9
parent1be01d4a57142ded23bdb9e0c8d9369e693b26cc
kobject: Don't trigger kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) twice.

syzbot is hitting use-after-free bug in uinput module [1]. This is because
kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) is called again due to commit 0f4dafc0563c6c49
("Kobject: auto-cleanup on final unref") after memory allocation fault
injection made kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) from device_del() from
input_unregister_device() fail, while uinput_destroy_device() is expecting
that kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) is not called after device_del() from
input_unregister_device() completed.

That commit intended to catch cases where nobody even attempted to send
"remove" uevents. But there is no guarantee that an event will ultimately
be sent. We are at the point of no return as far as the rest of the kernel
is concerned; there are no repeats or do-overs.

Also, it is not clear whether some subsystem depends on that commit.
If no subsystem depends on that commit, it will be better to remove
the state_{add,remove}_uevent_sent logic. But we don't want to risk
a regression (in a patch which will be backported) by trying to remove
that logic. Therefore, as a first step, let's avoid the use-after-free bug
by making sure that kobject_uevent(KOBJ_REMOVE) won't be triggered twice.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=8b17c134fe938bbddd75a45afaa9e68af43a362d

Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+f648cfb7e0b52bf7ae32@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
Analyzed-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Fixes: 0f4dafc0563c6c49 ("Kobject: auto-cleanup on final unref")
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
lib/kobject_uevent.c