Re: [syzbot] [reiserfs?] INFO: task hung in flush_old_commits

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On Tue 30-05-23 13:21:47, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Fri 26-05-23 11:45:57, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 17:57 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 11:50 AM Roberto Sassu
> > > <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2023-05-24 at 11:11 -0400, Paul Moore wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 5:59 AM syzbot
> > > > > <syzbot+0a684c061589dcc30e51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > syzbot has bisected this issue to:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > commit d82dcd9e21b77d338dc4875f3d4111f0db314a7c
> > > > > > Author: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Date:   Fri Mar 31 12:32:18 2023 +0000
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >     reiserfs: Add security prefix to xattr name in reiserfs_security_write()
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > bisection log:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=11c39639280000
> > > > > > start commit:   421ca22e3138 Merge tag 'nfs-for-6.4-2' of git://git.linux-..
> > > > > > git tree:       upstream
> > > > > > final oops:     https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/report.txt?x=13c39639280000
> > > > > > console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=15c39639280000
> > > > > > kernel config:  https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=7d8067683055e3f5
> > > > > > dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0a684c061589dcc30e51
> > > > > > syz repro:      https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=14312791280000
> > > > > > C reproducer:   https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=12da8605280000
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Reported-by: syzbot+0a684c061589dcc30e51@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > > Fixes: d82dcd9e21b7 ("reiserfs: Add security prefix to xattr name in reiserfs_security_write()")
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > For information about bisection process see: https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ#bisection
> > > > > 
> > > > > Roberto, I think we need to resolve this somehow.  As I mentioned
> > > > > earlier, I don't believe this to be a fault in your patch, rather that
> > > > > patch simply triggered a situation that had not been present before,
> > > > > likely because the reiserfs code always failed when writing LSM
> > > > > xattrs.  Regardless, we still need to fix the deadlocks that sysbot
> > > > > has been reporting.
> > > > 
> > > > Hi Paul
> > > > 
> > > > ok, I will try.
> > > 
> > > Thanks Roberto.  If it gets to be too challenging, let us know and we
> > > can look into safely disabling the LSM xattrs for reiserfs, I'll be
> > > shocked if anyone is successfully using LSM xattrs on reiserfs.
> > 
> > Ok, at least I know what happens...
> > 
> > + Jan, Jeff
> > 
> > I'm focusing on this reproducer, which works 100% of the times:
> > 
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/text?tag=ReproSyz&x=163079f9280000
> 
> Well, the commit d82dcd9e21b ("reiserfs: Add security prefix to xattr name
> in reiserfs_security_write()") looks obviously broken to me. It does:
> 
> char xattr_name[XATTR_NAME_MAX + 1] = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX;
> 
> Which is not how we can initialize strings in C... ;)

I'm growing old or what but indeed string assignment in initializers in C
works fine. It is only the assignment in code that would be problematic.
I'm sorry for the noise.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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