From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
To: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
Cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: increment diskseq on all media change events
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 07:18:20 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <168726710016.3595534.9633662613974186996.b4-ty@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230607170837.1559-1-demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
On Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:08:37 -0400, Demi Marie Obenour wrote:
> Currently, associating a loop device with a different file descriptor
> does not increment its diskseq. This allows the following race
> condition:
>
> 1. Program X opens a loop device
> 2. Program X gets the diskseq of the loop device.
> 3. Program X associates a file with the loop device.
> 4. Program X passes the loop device major, minor, and diskseq to
> something.
> 5. Program X exits.
> 6. Program Y detaches the file from the loop device.
> 7. Program Y attaches a different file to the loop device.
> 8. The opener finally gets around to opening the loop device and checks
> that the diskseq is what it expects it to be. Even though the
> diskseq is the expected value, the result is that the opener is
> accessing the wrong file.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] block: increment diskseq on all media change events
commit: b90ecc0379eb7bbe79337b0c7289390a98752646
Best regards,
--
Jens Axboe
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-20 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-07 17:08 Demi Marie Obenour
2023-06-08 5:31 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-06-20 13:18 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
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