fscache: bad refcounting in fscache_op_complete leads to OOPS

Bug #1797314 reported by Daniel Axtens
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linux (Ubuntu)
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Daniel Axtens
Xenial
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Bionic
Fix Released
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Cosmic
Fix Released
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Daniel Axtens

Bug Description

SRU Justification
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[Impact]

A kernel BUG is sometimes observed when using fscache:
    [4740718.880898] FS-Cache:
    [4740718.880920] FS-Cache: Assertion failed
    [4740718.880934] FS-Cache: 0 > 0 is false
    [4740718.881001] ------------[ cut here ]------------
    [4740718.881017] kernel BUG at /usr/src/linux-4.4.0/fs/fscache/operation.c:449!
    [4740718.881040] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP

    [4740718.892659] Call Trace:
    [4740718.893506] [<ffffffffc1464cf9>] cachefiles_read_copier+0x3a9/0x410 [cachefiles]
    [4740718.894374] [<ffffffffc037e272>] fscache_op_work_func+0x22/0x50 [fscache]
    [4740718.895180] [<ffffffff81096da0>] process_one_work+0x150/0x3f0
    [4740718.895966] [<ffffffff8109751a>] worker_thread+0x11a/0x470
    [4740718.896753] [<ffffffff81808e59>] ? __schedule+0x359/0x980
    [4740718.897783] [<ffffffff81097400>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310
    [4740718.898581] [<ffffffff8109cdd6>] kthread+0xd6/0xf0
    [4740718.899469] [<ffffffff8109cd00>] ? kthread_park+0x60/0x60
    [4740718.900477] [<ffffffff8180d0cf>] ret_from_fork+0x3f/0x70
    [4740718.901514] [<ffffffff8109cd00>] ? kthread_park+0x60/0x60

[Problem]

In include/linux/fscache-cache.h, fscache_retrieval_complete reads, in part:

            atomic_sub(n_pages, &op->n_pages);
            if (atomic_read(&op->n_pages) <= 0)
                    fscache_op_complete(&op->op, true);

The code is using atomic_sub followed by an atomic_read. This causes two threads doing a decrement of pages to race with each other seeing the op->refcount <= 0 at same time, and end up calling fscache_op_complete in both the threads leading to the OOPS.

[Fix]
The fix is trivial to use atomic_sub_return instead of two calls.

[Testcase]
I believe the user has tested the patch successfully on their fscache/cachefiles setup.

[Regression Potential]
Limited to fscache. Small, comprehensible change.

Daniel Axtens (daxtens)
description: updated
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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote : Missing required logs.

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

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and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Daniel Axtens (daxtens)
description: updated
Stefan Bader (smb)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Incomplete → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Daniel Axtens (daxtens)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-done-bionic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-bionic' to 'verification-failed-bionic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-bionic
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-cosmic' to 'verification-done-cosmic'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-cosmic' to 'verification-failed-cosmic'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-cosmic
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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote :

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-done-xenial'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-xenial' to 'verification-failed-xenial'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

tags: added: verification-needed-xenial
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David Coronel (davecore) wrote :

I have a user who confirms the 4.15.0-39 kernel fixes this issue:

# uname -a
Linux <hostname> 4.15.0-39-generic #42~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 24 17:09:54 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /proc/fs/fscache/stats
FS-Cache statistics
Cookies: idx=2 dat=283731 spc=0
Objects: alc=278557 nal=0 avl=278557 ded=220831
ChkAux : non=0 ok=278555 upd=0 obs=0
Pages : mrk=347998933 unc=323161526
Acquire: n=283733 nul=0 noc=0 ok=283733 nbf=0 oom=0
Lookups: n=278557 neg=0 pos=278557 crt=0 tmo=0
Invals : n=0 run=0
Updates: n=0 nul=0 run=0
Relinqs: n=226008 nul=0 wcr=0 rtr=0
AttrChg: n=0 ok=0 nbf=0 oom=0 run=0
Allocs : n=0 ok=0 wt=0 nbf=0 int=0
Allocs : ops=0 owt=0 abt=0
Retrvls: n=960948 ok=960948 wt=24031 nod=0 nbf=0 int=0 oom=0
Retrvls: ops=960948 owt=51 abt=0
Stores : n=0 ok=0 agn=0 nbf=0 oom=0
Stores : ops=0 run=0 pgs=0 rxd=0 olm=0
VmScan : nos=323161526 gon=0 bsy=0 can=0 wt=0
Ops : pend=51 run=960948 enq=379179023 can=0 rej=0
Ops : ini=960948 dfr=15 rel=960948 gc=15
CacheOp: alo=0 luo=0 luc=0 gro=0
CacheOp: inv=0 upo=0 dro=0 pto=0 atc=0 syn=0
CacheOp: rap=0 ras=0 alp=0 als=0 wrp=0 ucp=0 dsp=0
CacheEv: nsp=0 stl=0 rtr=0 cul=0

Marking verification done for Bionic.

tags: added: verification-done-bionic
removed: verification-needed-bionic
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Kiran Kumar Modukuri (kmodukuri) wrote :

Yes the test results indicates that data was read cached using fscache and 960948 ops have gone through the change.

we are not planning to test with 4.4.0-139 kernel as I don't have a system setup for this kernel.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.4.0-139.165

---------------
linux (4.4.0-139.165) xenial; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.4.0-139.165 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799401)

  * Kernel panic after the ubuntu_nbd_smoke_test on Xenial kernel (LP: #1793464)
    - nbd: Remove signal usage
    - nbd: Timeouts are not user requested disconnects
    - nbd: Cleanup reset of nbd and bdev after a disconnect
    - nbd: don't shutdown sock with irq's disabled
    - nbd: fix race in ioctl

  * fscache: bad refcounting in fscache_op_complete leads to OOPS (LP: #1797314)
    - SAUCE: fscache: Fix race in decrementing refcount of op->npages

  * xenial: virtio-scsi: CPU soft lockup due to loop in
    virtscsi_target_destroy() (LP: #1798110)
    - SAUCE: (no-up) virtio-scsi: Decrement reqs counter before SCSI command
      requeue

  * Error reported when creating ZFS pool with "-t" option, despite successful
    pool creation (LP: #1769937)
    - SAUCE: (noup) Update zfs to 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu26

  * Xenial update: 4.4.160 upstream stable release (LP: #1798770)
    - crypto: skcipher - Fix -Wstringop-truncation warnings
    - tsl2550: fix lux1_input error in low light
    - vmci: type promotion bug in qp_host_get_user_memory()
    - x86/numa_emulation: Fix emulated-to-physical node mapping
    - staging: rts5208: fix missing error check on call to rtsx_write_register
    - uwb: hwa-rc: fix memory leak at probe
    - power: vexpress: fix corruption in notifier registration
    - Bluetooth: Add a new Realtek 8723DE ID 0bda:b009
    - USB: serial: kobil_sct: fix modem-status error handling
    - 6lowpan: iphc: reset mac_header after decompress to fix panic
    - md-cluster: clear another node's suspend_area after the copy is finished
    - media: exynos4-is: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in __isp_video_try_fmt()
    - powerpc/kdump: Handle crashkernel memory reservation failure
    - media: fsl-viu: fix error handling in viu_of_probe()
    - x86/tsc: Add missing header to tsc_msr.c
    - x86/entry/64: Add two more instruction suffixes
    - scsi: target/iscsi: Make iscsit_ta_authentication() respect the output
      buffer size
    - scsi: klist: Make it safe to use klists in atomic context
    - scsi: ibmvscsi: Improve strings handling
    - usb: wusbcore: security: cast sizeof to int for comparison
    - powerpc/powernv/ioda2: Reduce upper limit for DMA window size
    - alarmtimer: Prevent overflow for relative nanosleep
    - s390/extmem: fix gcc 8 stringop-overflow warning
    - ALSA: snd-aoa: add of_node_put() in error path
    - media: s3c-camif: ignore -ENOIOCTLCMD from v4l2_subdev_call for s_power
    - media: soc_camera: ov772x: correct setting of banding filter
    - media: omap3isp: zero-initialize the isp cam_xclk{a,b} initial data
    - staging: android: ashmem: Fix mmap size validation
    - drivers/tty: add error handling for pcmcia_loop_config
    - media: tm6000: add error handling for dvb_register_adapter
    - ALSA: hda: Add AZX_DCAPS_PM_RUNTIME for AMD Raven Ridge
    - ath10k: protect ath10k_htt_rx_ring_free with rx_ring.lock
    - rndis_wlan: potential buffer overflow in rndis_wlan_auth_indication()
    - wlcore: Add missing PM call fo...

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.15.0-39.42

---------------
linux (4.15.0-39.42) bionic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.15.0-39.42 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799411)

  * Linux: insufficient shootdown for paging-structure caches (LP: #1798897)
    - mm: move tlb_table_flush to tlb_flush_mmu_free
    - mm/tlb: Remove tlb_remove_table() non-concurrent condition
    - mm/tlb, x86/mm: Support invalidating TLB caches for RCU_TABLE_FREE
    - [Config] CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_INVALIDATE=y

  * Ubuntu18.04: GPU total memory is reduced (LP: #1792102)
    - Revert "powerpc/powernv: Increase memory block size to 1GB on radix"

  * arm64: snapdragon: reduce boot noise (LP: #1797154)
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: DRM_MSM=m
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: SND*=m
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable ARM_SDE_INTERFACE
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable DRM_I2C_ADV7511_CEC
    - [Config] arm64: snapdragon: disable VIDEO_ADV7511, VIDEO_COBALT

  * [Bionic] CPPC bug fixes (LP: #1796949)
    - ACPI / CPPC: Update all pr_(debug/err) messages to log the susbspace id
    - cpufreq: CPPC: Don't set transition_latency
    - ACPI / CPPC: Fix invalid PCC channel status errors

  * regression in 'ip --family bridge neigh' since linux v4.12 (LP: #1796748)
    - rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb_dump() for ndmsg header

  * screen displays abnormally on the lenovo M715 with the AMD GPU (Radeon Vega
    8 Mobile, rev ca, 1002:15dd) (LP: #1796786)
    - drm/amd/display: Fix takover from VGA mode
    - drm/amd/display: early return if not in vga mode in disable_vga
    - drm/amd/display: Refine disable VGA

  * arm64: snapdragon: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c:271
    reserve_memblock_reserved_regions (LP: #1797139)
    - SAUCE: arm64: Fix /proc/iomem for reserved but not memory regions

  * The front MIC can't work on the Lenovo M715 (LP: #1797292)
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix the problem of the front MIC on the Lenovo M715

  * Keyboard backlight sysfs sometimes is missing on Dell laptops (LP: #1797304)
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Correct some style warnings
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Rename dell-smbios source to dell-smbios-base
    - platform/x86: dell-smbios: Link all dell-smbios-* modules together
    - [Config] CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM=y, CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI=y

  * rpi3b+: ethernet not working (LP: #1797406)
    - lan78xx: Don't reset the interface on open

  * 87cdf3148b11 was never backported to 4.15 (LP: #1795653)
    - xfrm: Verify MAC header exists before overwriting eth_hdr(skb)->h_proto

  * [Ubuntu18.04][Power9][DD2.2]package installation segfaults inside debian
    chroot env in P9 KVM guest with HTM enabled (kvm) (LP: #1792501)
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix guest r11 corruption with POWER9 TM workarounds

  * Provide mode where all vCPUs on a core must be the same VM (LP: #1792957)
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Provide mode where all vCPUs on a core must be the same
      VM

  * fscache: bad refcounting in fscache_op_complete leads to OOPS (LP: #1797314)
    - SAUCE: fscache: Fix race in decrementing refcount of op->npages

  * CVE-2018-9363
    - Bluetooth: hidp: buffer overflow in hidp_process_report

  * CVE-20...

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.18.0-11.12

---------------
linux (4.18.0-11.12) cosmic; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.18.0-11.12 -proposed tracker (LP: #1799445)

  * arm64: snapdragon: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c:271
    reserve_memblock_reserved_regions (LP: #1797139)
    - SAUCE: arm64: Fix /proc/iomem for reserved but not memory regions

  * arm64: snapdragon: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c:1016
    gic_irq_domain_translate (LP: #1797143)
    - SAUCE: arm64: dts: msm8916: camms: fix gic_irq_domain_translate warnings

  * The front MIC can't work on the Lenovo M715 (LP: #1797292)
    - ALSA: hda/realtek - Fix the problem of the front MIC on the Lenovo M715

  * Provide mode where all vCPUs on a core must be the same VM (LP: #1792957)
    - KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Provide mode where all vCPUs on a core must be the same
      VM

  * fscache: bad refcounting in fscache_op_complete leads to OOPS (LP: #1797314)
    - SAUCE: fscache: Fix race in decrementing refcount of op->npages

  * hns3: autoneg settings get lost on down/up (LP: #1797654)
    - net: hns3: Fix for information of phydev lost problem when down/up

  * not able to unwind the stack from within __kernel_clock_gettime in the Linux
    vDSO (LP: #1797963)
    - powerpc/vdso: Correct call frame information

  * Signal 7 error when running GPFS tracing in cluster (LP: #1792195)
    - powerpc/mm/books3s: Add new pte bit to mark pte temporarily invalid.
    - powerpc/mm/radix: Only need the Nest MMU workaround for R -> RW transition

  * Support Edge Gateway's WIFI LED (LP: #1798330)
    - SAUCE: mwifiex: Switch WiFi LED state according to the device status

  * Support Edge Gateway's Bluetooth LED (LP: #1798332)
    - SAUCE: Bluetooth: Support for LED on Edge Gateways

  * kvm doesn't work on 36 physical bits systems (LP: #1798427)
    - KVM: x86: fix L1TF's MMIO GFN calculation

  * CVE-2018-15471
    - xen-netback: fix input validation in xenvif_set_hash_mapping()

  * regression in 'ip --family bridge neigh' since linux v4.12 (LP: #1796748)
    - rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb_dump() for ndmsg header

 -- Stefan Bader <email address hidden> Tue, 23 Oct 2018 18:59:15 +0200

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Cosmic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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