Re: [PATCH] md/raid5: don't BUG() on an inconsistent reshape state from the superblock

From: yu kuai

Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 03:48:30 EST


在 2026/9/10 21:11, Yogesh Gaur 写道:

> raid5_run() branches on mddev->reshape_position. When it is MaxSector --
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> no reshape in progress -- the else branch asserts that nothing else
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> describes one:
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> BUG_ON(mddev->level != mddev->new_level);
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> BUG_ON(mddev->layout != mddev->new_layout);
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> BUG_ON(mddev->chunk_sectors != mddev->new_chunk_sectors);
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> BUG_ON(mddev->delta_disks != 0);
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> Nothing enforces that invariant. Both superblock validators copy the
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> reshape fields straight off disk without cross-checking them against
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> each other: super_1_validate() takes reshape_position, delta_disks,
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> new_level, new_layout and new_chunk from the superblock whenever
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> MD_FEATURE_RESHAPE_ACTIVE is set, and super_90_validate() does the same
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> for minor version 91. A superblock that sets the reshape feature while
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> leaving reshape_position at the MaxSector sentinel therefore reaches the
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> else branch with a non-zero delta_disks, and assembling the array takes
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> the machine down:
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> kernel BUG at drivers/md/raid5.c:8117!
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> Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
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> RIP: 0010:raid5_run+0x11a7/0x1670 drivers/md/raid5.c:8117
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> Call Trace:
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> md_run+0xc2f/0x2510 drivers/md/md.c:6779
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> do_md_run+0x36/0x660 drivers/md/md.c:6880
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> array_state_store+0x9c5/0xcf0 drivers/md/md.c:4765
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> md_attr_store+0x1c5/0x330 drivers/md/md.c:6158
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> sysfs_kf_write+0xf2/0x150 fs/sysfs/file.c:145
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> kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3e0/0x5f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:345
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> This is reachable by anyone who can present an md superblock, so BUG()
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> is the wrong response. Refuse to start the array instead, the way the
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> reshape_position != MaxSector branch a few lines above already refuses a
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> reshape it cannot resume. Nothing has been allocated at this point --
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> the journal-and-bitmap check just above returns -EINVAL the same way --
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> so there is nothing to unwind.
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> Reported-by:syzbot+1f5a7de91d547763f4c8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Closes:https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1f5a7de91d547763f4c8
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> Fixes: 91adb56473fe ("md/raid5: refactor raid5 "run"")
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> Assisted-by: LLM
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> Signed-off-by: Yogesh Gaur<yogeshgaur.83@xxxxxxxxx>
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> ---
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> drivers/md/raid5.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
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> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Applied to md-7.3

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Thanks,
Kuai