[PATCH v2] ocfs2: Fix deadlock in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode

From: Mohammed Anees
Date: Mon Sep 23 2024 - 09:29:27 EST


syzbot has found a possible deadlock in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode [1].

The scenario is depicted here,

CPU0 CPU1
lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);
lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);
lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);
lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);

The function calls which could lead to this are:

CPU0
ocfs2_mknod - lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);
.
.
.
ocfs2_get_system_file_inode - lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);

CPU1 -
ocfs2_file_super - lock(&osb->system_file_mutex);
.
.
.
ocfs2_read_virt_blocks - lock(&ocfs2_file_ip_alloc_sem_key);

This issue can be resolved by making the down_read -> down_read_try
in the ocfs2_read_virt_blocks.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e0055ea09f1f5e6fabdd
Signed-off-by: Mohammed Anees <pvmohammedanees2003@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- Remove retries when doing down_read_trylock() and fail directly
---
fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
index 70a768b62..48919464a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
@@ -973,7 +973,12 @@ int ocfs2_read_virt_blocks(struct inode *inode, u64 v_block, int nr,
}

while (done < nr) {
- down_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
+ if (!down_read_trylock(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem))
+ rc = -EAGAIN;
+ if (rc) {
+ mlog(ML_ERROR, "Resource is temporarily unavailable\n");
+ break;
+ }
rc = ocfs2_extent_map_get_blocks(inode, v_block + done,
&p_block, &p_count, NULL);
up_read(&OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_alloc_sem);
--
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