Re: [PATCH] btrfs: avoid overflow when sector_t is 32 bit

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 04:22:28PM +0200, David Sterba wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 07:31:10PM +0200, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> > From: Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Jean-Denis Girard noticed commit c821e7f3 "pass bytes to
> > btrfs_bio_alloc" (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9763081/) introduces a
> > regression on 32 bit machines.
> > When CONFIG_LBDAF is _not_ defined (CONFIG_LBDAF == Support for large
> > (2TB+) block devices and files) sector_t is 32 bit on 32bit machines.
> > 
> > In the function submit_extent_page, 'sector' (which is sector_t type) is
> > multiplied by 512 to convert it from sectors to bytes, leading to an
> > overflow when the disk is bigger than 4GB (!).
> 
> That's not good. There are some known typedefs that hide the 32bit/64bit
> differences but the LBDAF and sector_t is new to me. Thanks for the
> report and fix, I'll get it to linus/master tree in the next batch so it
> can go to stable tree.
> 
> I've seen sector_t used in places where it is not necessary so I'll try
> to minimize the usage and more surprises from the << 9 shifts.
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: c821e7f3 ("btrfs: pass bytes to btrfs_bio_alloc")
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.13+

However, this sector_t is passed from its callers, e.g.

__do_readpage()
{
	sector_t sector;
	...
	sector = em->block_start >> 9;
	...
}

if sector_t is 32bit, the above %sector could also lose high bits.
Some cleanups are needed to use u64 directly.

Even with this patch, I suspect that there might be errors from block
layer as sector_t is used everywhere in block layer.

For a btrfs FS that is created and used on 64bit system, it'll be
causing trouble anyway if letting it mount 32bit system, lets refuse
the mount firstly.

Thanks,

-liubo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Filesystem Development]     [Linux NFS]     [Linux NILFS]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux