[PATCH 1/3]ext4: Fix double-free of blocks with EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT

[PATCH 1/3]ext4: Fix double-free of blocks with EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT

[Akira Fujita]

ext4: Fix double-free of blocks with EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT

From: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>

ext4_move_extent() calls ext4_discard_preallocations() to discard inode PAs
of orig and donor inodes in its beginning.
But the following case (1-4 steps) triggers the double-free of blocks,
so move ext4_discard_preallocations() to the end of ext4_move_extents().

1. Discard inode PAs of orig and donor inodes with ext4_discard_preallocations()
   in ext4_move_extents().

   orig : [ DATA1 ]
   donor: [ DATA2 ]

2. While data blocks are exchanging between orig and donor inodes,
   new inode PAs is created to orig by other process's block allocation.
   (Since there are semaphore gaps in ext4_move_extents().)
   And new inode PAs is used partially (2-1).

   2-1 Create new inode PAs to orig inode
   orig : [ DATA1 | used PA1 | free PA1 ]
   donor: [ DATA2 ]

3. Donor inode which has old orig inode's blocks is deleted
   after EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT finished (3-1, 3-2).
   So the block bitmap corresponds to old orig inode's blocks are freed.

   3-1 After EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT finished
   orig : [ DATA2 |  free PA1 ]
   donor: [ DATA1 |  used PA1 ]

   3-2 Delete donor inode
   orig : [ DATA2 |  free PA1 ]
   donor: [ FREE SPACE(DATA1) | FREE SPACE(used PA1) ]

4. The double-free of blocks is occurred, when close() is called to orig inode.
   Because ext4_discard_preallocations() for orig inode frees used PA1 and free PA1,
   though used PA1 is already freed in 3.

   4-1 Double-free of blocks is occurred
   orig : [ DATA2 |  FREE SPACE(free PA1) ]
   donor: [ FREE SPACE(DATA1) | DOUBLE FREE(used PA1) ]

Signed-off-by: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>
---
 move_extent.c |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index 5a106e0..3478889 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -1289,10 +1289,6 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp,
 			 ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ext_cur), block_end + 1) -
 		     max(le32_to_cpu(ext_cur->ee_block), block_start);

-	/* Discard preallocations of two inodes */
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(orig_inode);
-	ext4_discard_preallocations(donor_inode);

Re: [PATCH 1/3]ext4: Fix double-free of blocks with EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT

[tytso]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 04:26:01PM +0900, Akira Fujita wrote:
> ext4: Fix double-free of blocks with EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT
> 
> From: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>
> 
> ext4_move_extent() calls ext4_discard_preallocations() to discard inode PAs
> of orig and donor inodes in its beginning.
> But the following case (1-4 steps) triggers the double-free of blocks,
> so move ext4_discard_preallocations() to the end of ext4_move_extents().

Thanks, applied to the ext4 patch queue.

					- Ted