ext4: fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption
authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:39:50 +0000 (20:39 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:59:07 +0000 (11:59 +0100)
commit5bc0b2fda4b47c86278f7c6d30c211f425bf51cf
tree6596a5c1c204f98d84a5a8b57110bb7952f6538d
parenta6e4094faf3cc192795d19bed2a6e6e9763f93a2
ext4: fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption

[ Upstream commit a44e84a9b7764c72896f7241a0ec9ac7e7ef38dd ]

When manipulating xattr blocks, we can deadlock infinitely looping
inside ext4_xattr_block_set() where we constantly keep finding xattr
block for reuse in mbcache but we are unable to reuse it because its
reference count is too big. This happens because cache entry for the
xattr block is marked as reusable (e_reusable set) although its
reference count is too big. When this inconsistency happens, this
inconsistent state is kept indefinitely and so ext4_xattr_block_set()
keeps retrying indefinitely.

The inconsistent state is caused by non-atomic update of e_reusable bit.
e_reusable is part of a bitfield and e_reusable update can race with
update of e_referenced bit in the same bitfield resulting in loss of one
of the updates. Fix the problem by using atomic bitops instead.

This bug has been around for many years, but it became *much* easier
to hit after commit 65f8b80053a1 ("ext4: fix race when reusing xattr
blocks").

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 6048c64b2609 ("mbcache: add reusable flag to cache entries")
Fixes: 65f8b80053a1 ("ext4: fix race when reusing xattr blocks")
Reported-and-tested-by: Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@linux.microsoft.com>
Reported-by: Thilo Fromm <t-lo@linux.microsoft.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/c77bf00f-4618-7149-56f1-b8d1664b9d07@linux.microsoft.com/
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221123193950.16758-1-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
fs/ext4/xattr.c
fs/mbcache.c
include/linux/mbcache.h