[PATCH v3 1/2] block-backend: prevent dangling BDS pointers across aio_poll()

[Stefan Hajnoczi]

The BlockBackend root child can change when aio_poll() is invoked. This
happens when a temporary filter node is removed upon blockjob
completion, for example.

Functions in block/block-backend.c must be aware of this when using a
blk_bs() pointer across aio_poll() because the BlockDriverState refcnt
may reach 0, resulting in a stale pointer.

One example is scsi_device_purge_requests(), which calls blk_drain() to
wait for in-flight requests to cancel. If the backup blockjob is active,
then the BlockBackend root child is a temporary filter BDS owned by the
blockjob. The blockjob can complete during bdrv_drained_begin() and the
last reference to the BDS is released when the temporary filter node is
removed. This results in a use-after-free when blk_drain() calls
bdrv_drained_end(bs) on the dangling pointer.

Explicitly hold a reference to bs across block APIs that invoke
aio_poll().

Buglink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2021778
Buglink: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2036178
Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
---
v3:
- Add comment in blk_remove_bs() and reduce scope of bs local variable [Kevin]
v2:
- Audit block/block-backend.c and fix additional cases
---
 block/block-backend.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/block-backend.c b/block/block-backend.c
index 12ef80ea17..23e727199b 100644
--- a/block/block-backend.c
+++ b/block/block-backend.c
@@ -822,16 +822,22 @@ BlockBackend *blk_by_public(BlockBackendPublic *public)
 void blk_remove_bs(BlockBackend *blk)
 {
     ThrottleGroupMember *tgm = &blk->public.throttle_group_member;
-    BlockDriverState *bs;
     BdrvChild *root;
 
     notifier_list_notify(&blk->remove_bs_notifiers, blk);
     if (tgm->throttle_state) {
-        bs = blk_bs(blk);
+        BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(blk);
+
+        /*
+         * Take a ref in case blk_bs() changes across bdrv_drained_begin(), for
+         * example, if a temporary filter node is removed by a blockjob.
+         */
+        bdrv_ref(bs);
         bdrv_drained_begin(bs);
         throttle_group_detach_aio_context(tgm);
         throttle_group_attach_aio_context(tgm, qemu_get_aio_context());
         bdrv_drained_end(bs);
+        bdrv_unref(bs);
     }
 
     blk_update_root_state(blk);
@@ -1705,6 +1711,7 @@ void blk_drain(BlockBackend *blk)
     BlockDriverState *bs = blk_bs(blk);
 
     if (bs) {
+        bdrv_ref(bs);
         bdrv_drained_begin(bs);
     }
 
@@ -1714,6 +1721,7 @@ void blk_drain(BlockBackend *blk)
 
     if (bs) {
         bdrv_drained_end(bs);
+        bdrv_unref(bs);
     }
 }
 
@@ -2044,10 +2052,13 @@ static int blk_do_set_aio_context(BlockBackend *blk, 
AioContext *new_context,
     int ret;
 
     if (bs) {
+        bdrv_ref(bs);
+
         if (update_root_node) {
             ret = bdrv_child_try_set_aio_context(bs, new_context, blk->root,
                                                  errp);
             if (ret < 0) {
+                bdrv_unref(bs);
                 return ret;
             }
         }
@@ -2057,6 +2068,8 @@ static int blk_do_set_aio_context(BlockBackend *blk, 
AioContext *new_context,
             throttle_group_attach_aio_context(tgm, new_context);
             bdrv_drained_end(bs);
         }
+
+        bdrv_unref(bs);
     }
 
     blk->ctx = new_context;
@@ -2326,11 +2339,13 @@ void blk_io_limits_disable(BlockBackend *blk)
     ThrottleGroupMember *tgm = &blk->public.throttle_group_member;
     assert(tgm->throttle_state);
     if (bs) {
+        bdrv_ref(bs);
         bdrv_drained_begin(bs);
     }
     throttle_group_unregister_tgm(tgm);
     if (bs) {
         bdrv_drained_end(bs);
+        bdrv_unref(bs);
     }
 }
 
-- 
2.33.1