[PATCH] ext4: Fix buffer double free in ext4_alloc_branch()

[PATCH] ext4: Fix buffer double free in ext4_alloc_branch()

[Jan Kara]

Error recovery in ext4_alloc_branch() calls ext4_forget() even for
buffer corresponding to indirect block it did not allocate. This leads
to brelse() being called twice for that buffer (once from ext4_forget()
and once from cleanup in ext4_ind_map_blocks()) leading to buffer use
count misaccounting. Eventually (but often much later because there
are other users of the buffer) we will see messages like:
VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer

Another manifestation of this problem is an error:
JBD2 unexpected failure: jbd2_journal_revoke: !buffer_revoked(bh);
inconsistent data on disk

The fix is easy - don't forget buffer we did not allocate. Also add an
explanatory comment because the indexing at ext4_alloc_branch() is
somewhat subtle.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/indirect.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 594009f5f523..3b91d240da4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -389,7 +389,13 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 failed:
 	for (; i >= 0; i--) {
-		if (i != indirect_blks && branch[i].bh)
+		/*
+		 * We want to ext4_forget() only freshly allocated indirect
+		 * blocks.  Buffer for new_blocks[i-1] is at branch[i].bh and
+		 * buffer at branch[0].bh is indirect block / inode already
+		 * existing before ext4_alloc_branch() was called.
+		 */
+		if (i > 0 && i != indirect_blks && branch[i].bh)
 			ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, branch[i].bh,
 				    branch[i].bh->b_blocknr);
 		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i],
-- 
1.8.1.4

Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix buffer double free in ext4_alloc_branch()

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 03:37:06PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Error recovery in ext4_alloc_branch() calls ext4_forget() even for
> buffer corresponding to indirect block it did not allocate. This leads
> to brelse() being called twice for that buffer (once from ext4_forget()
> and once from cleanup in ext4_ind_map_blocks()) leading to buffer use
> count misaccounting. Eventually (but often much later because there
> are other users of the buffer) we will see messages like:
> VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer
> 
> Another manifestation of this problem is an error:
> JBD2 unexpected failure: jbd2_journal_revoke: !buffer_revoked(bh);
> inconsistent data on disk
> 
> The fix is easy - don't forget buffer we did not allocate. Also add an
> explanatory comment because the indexing at ext4_alloc_branch() is
> somewhat subtle.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Nice catch!

I've added a cc: stable@vger.kernel.org tag, and will queue this for
the post-merge window bugfix push.

Thanks,

							- Ted

[PATCH] ext4: Fix buffer double free in ext4_alloc_branch()

[Jan Kara]

Error recovery in ext4_alloc_branch() calls ext4_forget() even for
buffer corresponding to indirect block it did not allocate. This leads
to brelse() being called twice for that buffer (once from ext4_forget()
and once from cleanup in ext4_ind_map_blocks()) leading to buffer use
count misaccounting. Eventually (but often much later because there
are other users of the buffer) we will see messages like:
VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer

Another manifestation of this problem is an error:
JBD2 unexpected failure: jbd2_journal_revoke: !buffer_revoked(bh);
inconsistent data on disk

The fix is easy - don't forget buffer we did not allocate. Also add an
explanatory comment because the indexing at ext4_alloc_branch() is
somewhat subtle.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/indirect.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index 594009f5f523..3b91d240da4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -389,7 +389,13 @@ static int ext4_alloc_branch(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	return 0;
 failed:
 	for (; i >= 0; i--) {
-		if (i != indirect_blks && branch[i].bh)
+		/*
+		 * We want to ext4_forget() only freshly allocated indirect
+		 * blocks.  Buffer for new_blocks[i-1] is at branch[i].bh and
+		 * buffer at branch[0].bh is indirect block / inode already
+		 * existing before ext4_alloc_branch() was called.
+		 */
+		if (i > 0 && i != indirect_blks && branch[i].bh)
 			ext4_forget(handle, 1, inode, branch[i].bh,
 				    branch[i].bh->b_blocknr);
 		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, NULL, new_blocks[i],
-- 
1.8.1.4

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