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authorPrakash Surya <[email protected]>2017-12-07 11:26:32 -0800
committerBrian Behlendorf <[email protected]>2017-12-28 10:18:04 -0800
commit2fe61a7ecc507d031451c21b3077fae549b58ec3 (patch)
tree520a5ddf2397d4ae945503b753819d2af0982237 /man/man8
parent823d48bfb182137c53b9432498f1f0564eaa8bfc (diff)
OpenZFS 8909 - 8585 can cause a use-after-free kernel panic
Authored by: Prakash Surya <[email protected]> Reviewed by: John Kennedy <[email protected]> Reviewed by: Matthew Ahrens <[email protected]> Reviewed by: George Wilson <[email protected]> Reviewed by: Brad Lewis <[email protected]> Reviewed by: Igor Kozhukhov <[email protected]> Reviewed by: Brian Behlendorf <[email protected]> Approved by: Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> Ported-by: Prakash Surya <[email protected]> PROBLEM ======= There's a race condition that exists if `zil_free_lwb` races with either `zil_commit_waiter_timeout` and/or `zil_lwb_flush_vdevs_done`. Here's an example panic due to this bug: > ::status debugging crash dump vmcore.0 (64-bit) from ip-10-110-205-40 operating system: 5.11 dlpx-5.2.2.0_2017-12-04-17-28-32b6ba51fb (i86pc) image uuid: 4af0edfb-e58e-6ed8-cafc-d3e9167c7513 panic message: BAD TRAP: type=e (#pf Page fault) rp=ffffff0010555970 addr=60 occurred in module "zfs" due to a NULL pointer dereference dump content: kernel pages only > $c zio_shrink+0x12() zil_lwb_write_issue+0x30d(ffffff03dcd15cc0, ffffff03e0730e20) zil_commit_waiter_timeout+0xa2(ffffff03dcd15cc0, ffffff03d97ffcf8) zil_commit_waiter+0xf3(ffffff03dcd15cc0, ffffff03d97ffcf8) zil_commit+0x80(ffffff03dcd15cc0, 9a9) zfs_write+0xc34(ffffff03dc38b140, ffffff0010555e60, 40, ffffff03e00fb758, 0) fop_write+0x5b(ffffff03dc38b140, ffffff0010555e60, 40, ffffff03e00fb758, 0) write+0x250(42, fffffd7ff4832000, 2000) sys_syscall+0x177() If there's an outstanding lwb that's in `zil_commit_waiter_timeout` waiting to timeout, waiting on it's waiter's CV, we must be sure not to call `zil_free_lwb`. If we end up calling `zil_free_lwb`, then that LWB may be freed and can result in a use-after-free situation where the stale lwb pointer stored in the `zil_commit_waiter_t` structure of the thread waiting on the waiter's CV is used. A similar situation can occur if an lwb is issued to disk, and thus in the `LWB_STATE_ISSUED` state, and `zil_free_lwb` is called while the disk is servicing that lwb. In this situation, the lwb will be freed by `zil_free_lwb`, which will result in a use-after-free situation when the lwb's zio completes, and `zil_lwb_flush_vdevs_done` is called. This race condition is prevented in `zil_close` by calling `zil_commit` before `zil_free_lwb` is called, which will ensure all outstanding (i.e. all lwb's in the `LWB_STATE_OPEN` and/or `LWB_STATE_ISSUED` states) reach the `LWB_STATE_DONE` state before the lwb's are freed (`zil_commit` will not return untill all the lwb's are `LWB_STATE_DONE`). Further, this race condition is prevented in `zil_sync` by only calling `zil_free_lwb` for lwb's that do not have their `lwb_buf` pointer set. All lwb's not in the `LWB_STATE_DONE` state will have a non-null value for this pointer; the pointer is only cleared in `zil_lwb_flush_vdevs_done`, at which point the lwb's state will be changed to `LWB_STATE_DONE`. This race *is* present in `zil_suspend`, leading to this bug. At first glance, it would appear as though this would not be true because `zil_suspend` will call `zil_commit`, just like `zil_close`, but the problem is that `zil_suspend` will set the zilog's `zl_suspend` field prior to calling `zil_commit`. Further, in `zil_commit`, if `zl_suspend` is set, `zil_commit` will take a special branch of logic and use `txg_wait_synced` instead of performing the normal `zil_commit` logic. This call to `txg_wait_synced` might be good enough for the data to reach disk safely before it returns, but it does not ensure that all outstanding lwb's reach the `LWB_STATE_DONE` state before it returns. This is because, if there's an lwb "stuck" in `zil_commit_waiter_timeout`, waiting for it's lwb to timeout, it will maintain a non-null value for it's `lwb_buf` field and thus `zil_sync` will not free that lwb. Thus, even though the lwb's data is already on disk, the lwb will be left lingering, waiting on the CV, and will eventually timeout and be issued to disk even though the write is unnecessary. So, after `zil_commit` is called from `zil_suspend`, we incorrectly assume that there are not outstanding lwb's, and proceed to free all lwb's found on the zilog's lwb list. As a result, we free the lwb that will later be used `zil_commit_waiter_timeout`. SOLUTION ======== The solution to this, is to ensure all outstanding lwb's complete before calling `zil_free_lwb` via `zil_destroy` in `zil_suspend`. This patch accomplishes this goal by forcing the normal `zil_commit` logic when called from `zil_sync`. Now, `zil_suspend` will call `zil_commit_impl` which will always use the normal logic of waiting/issuing lwb's to disk before it returns. As a result, any lwb's outstanding when `zil_commit_impl` is called will be guaranteed to reach the `LWB_STATE_DONE` state by the time it returns. Further, no new lwb's will be created via `zil_commit` since the zilog's `zl_suspend` flag will be set. This will force all new callers of `zil_commit` to use `txg_wait_synced` instead of creating and issuing new lwb's. Thus, all lwb's left on the zilog's lwb list when `zil_destroy` is called will be in the `LWB_STATE_DONE` state, and we'll avoid this race condition. OpenZFS-issue: https://www.illumos.org/issues/8909 OpenZFS-commit: https://github.com/openzfs/openzfs/commit/ece62b6f8d Closes #6940
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