From acaa532687cdc3a03757defafece9c27aa667546 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Constantine Sapuntzakis Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 10:10:14 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix superblock checksum calculation race The race condition could cause the persisted superblock checksum to not match the contents of the superblock, causing the superblock to be considered corrupt. An example of the race follows. A first thread is interrupted in the middle of a checksum calculation. Then, another thread changes the superblock, calculates a new checksum, and sets it. Then, the first thread resumes and sets the checksum based on the older superblock. To fix, serialize the superblock checksum calculation using the buffer header lock. While a spinlock is sufficient, the buffer header is already there and there is precedent for locking it (e.g. in ext4_commit_super). Tested the patch by booting up a kernel with the patch, creating a filesystem and some files (including some orphans), and then unmounting and remounting the file system. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Constantine Sapuntzakis Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Suggested-by: Jan Kara Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914161014.22275-1-costa@purestorage.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- fs/ext4/super.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 41953b86ffe3..593eb123b3c7 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -201,7 +201,18 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb) if (!ext4_has_metadata_csum(sb)) return; + /* + * Locking the superblock prevents the scenario + * where: + * 1) a first thread pauses during checksum calculation. + * 2) a second thread updates the superblock, recalculates + * the checksum, and updates s_checksum + * 3) the first thread resumes and finishes its checksum calculation + * and updates s_checksum with a potentially stale or torn value. + */ + lock_buffer(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh); es->s_checksum = ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es); + unlock_buffer(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh); } ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,