From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: keescook@chromium.org, axboe@kernel.dk, brauner@kernel.org,
christian.koenig@amd.com, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
io-uring@vger.kernel.org, jack@suse.cz, laura@labbott.name,
linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org,
minhquangbui99@gmail.com, sumit.semwal@linaro.org,
syzbot+045b454ab35fd82a35fb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com,
syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] epoll: try to be a _bit_ better about file lifetimes
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 23:07:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240503220744.GE2118490@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240503220145.GD2118490@ZenIV>
On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 11:01:45PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> Having ->poll() instance itself grab reference is really asking for problem,
> even on the boxen that have CONFIG_EPOLL turned off. select(2) is enough;
> it will take care of references grabbed by __pollwait(), but it doesn't
> know anything about the references driver has stashed hell knows where for
> hell knows how long.
Suppose your program calls select() on a pipe and dmabuf, sees data to be read
from pipe, reads it, closes both pipe and dmabuf and exits.
Would you expect that dmabuf file would stick around for hell knows how long
after that? I would certainly be very surprised by running into that...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-03 22:07 UTC|newest]
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2024-05-03 11:54 ` [syzbot] [fs?] [io-uring?] general protection fault in __ep_remove Bui Quang Minh
2024-05-03 18:26 ` get_file() unsafe under epoll (was Re: [syzbot] [fs?] [io-uring?] general protection fault in __ep_remove) Kees Cook
2024-05-03 18:49 ` Jens Axboe
2024-05-03 19:22 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 19:35 ` Jens Axboe
2024-05-03 19:59 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 20:28 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 21:11 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 21:24 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-03 21:30 ` Al Viro
2024-05-06 17:46 ` Stefan Metzmacher
2024-05-06 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-08 8:47 ` David Laight
2024-05-03 21:36 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 21:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-03 21:53 ` Al Viro
2024-05-06 12:23 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-04 9:59 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-03 21:11 ` [PATCH] epoll: try to be a _bit_ better about file lifetimes Linus Torvalds
2024-05-03 21:24 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 21:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-03 21:45 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 21:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-03 22:01 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 22:07 ` Al Viro [this message]
2024-05-03 23:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-03 23:39 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 23:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-04 10:44 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-03 22:46 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 23:03 ` Al Viro
2024-05-03 23:23 ` Kees Cook
2024-05-03 23:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-04 9:19 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-06 12:37 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-04 9:37 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-04 15:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-04 15:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-04 15:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-05 19:46 ` Al Viro
2024-05-05 20:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-05 20:30 ` Al Viro
2024-05-05 20:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-06 12:47 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-06 14:46 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-07 10:58 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-06 16:15 ` Christian König
2024-05-05 10:50 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-05 16:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-05 17:55 ` [PATCH v2] epoll: be " Linus Torvalds
2024-05-05 18:04 ` Jens Axboe
2024-05-05 20:01 ` David Laight
2024-05-05 20:16 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-05 20:12 ` [PATCH] epoll: try to be a _bit_ " Al Viro
2024-05-06 8:45 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-06 9:26 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-06 14:19 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-07 21:02 ` David Laight
2024-05-04 18:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-06 14:29 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Christian König
2024-05-07 11:02 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-07 16:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-07 17:45 ` Christian König
2024-05-08 7:51 ` Michel Dänzer
2024-05-08 7:59 ` Christian König
2024-05-08 8:23 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-08 9:10 ` Christian König
2024-05-07 18:04 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-07 19:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-08 5:55 ` Christian König
2024-05-08 8:32 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-08 10:16 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-08 8:05 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-08 16:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-08 17:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-09 11:38 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-09 15:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-05-10 6:33 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-08 10:08 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-08 15:45 ` Daniel Vetter
2024-05-10 10:55 ` Christian Brauner
2024-05-11 18:25 ` David Laight
2024-05-05 17:31 ` Jens Axboe
2024-05-04 9:45 ` get_file() unsafe under epoll (was Re: [syzbot] [fs?] [io-uring?] general protection fault in __ep_remove) Christian Brauner
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