Re: [PATCH] tests/xfs: filestream allocator inode use-after-free test

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On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 07:53:41AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:22:21AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 10:18:15AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > > The XFS filestreams allocator caches dir inode -> agno mappings in
> > > an MRU mechanism that holds elements in memory for an amount of time
> > > and then cleans up expired elements in the background. The elements
> > > typically held inode pointers without holding a reference to the
> > > associated inode. This means that if the inode is reclaimed before
> > > an expired entry is cleaned up, the MRU reaper can access freed
> > > memory and cause a panic.
> > > 
> > > Test for this problem by performing continuous filestreams
> > > allocations under short-lived parent directory inodes. This will
> > > produce KASAN use-after-free splats if enabled during the test.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > This test reproduces the problem described in this[1] thread. It's
> > > XFS-specific because of the filestream option and specific geometry used
> > > to format the scratch device.
> > > 
> > > Brian
> > > 
> > > [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-xfs&m=152293031029161&w=2
> > 
> > From above thread, it seems that we don't need the kernel change
> > anymore, and the test itself would trigger dmesg check failure when
> > testing on kernel with kasan enabled, right?
> > 
> 
> Yep...
> 
> > But I've looped the test for 200 times and it all passed without
> > triggering any KASAN warnings, kernel is v4.17-rc2.
> > 
> 
> The kernel fix ended up being a patch from Christoph. It looks like it
> made it into v4.17-rc1 as commit 7fcd3efa1e ("xfs: remove filestream
> item xfs_inode reference"). Could you perhaps try an older kernel or one
> with that patch reverted?

Sure, I'll try reverting that patch.

> 
> > > 
> > >  tests/xfs/445     | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >  tests/xfs/445.out |   2 +
> > >  tests/xfs/group   |   1 +
> > >  3 files changed, 114 insertions(+)
> > >  create mode 100755 tests/xfs/445
> > >  create mode 100644 tests/xfs/445.out
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tests/xfs/445 b/tests/xfs/445
> > > new file mode 100755
> > > index 00000000..331a7dd4
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/tests/xfs/445
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
> > > +#! /bin/bash
> > > +# FS QA Test 445
> > > +#
> > > +# Test the XFS filestreams allocator for use-after-free inode access. The
> > > +# filestreams allocator uses the MRU and historically kept around unreferenced
> > > +# inode pointers in each element. These pointers could outlive the inodes they
> > > +# referred to and thus lead to access of freed or reused memory when the MRU
> > > +# element was reaped. Test for this problem by performing filestream allocations
> > > +# against short-lived parent directory inodes.
> > > +#
> > > +# Note that some form of kernel debug mechanism for use-after-free detection
> > > +# (i.e., KASAN) is required for this test to reproduce the original problem.
> > > +# This is because XFS uses a kmem cache for xfs_inode objects which means that
> > > +# the backing pages for freed inodes may still reside in the cache with the
> > > +# freed inodes in a partially initialized state.
> > > +#
> > > +#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > +# Copyright (c) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
> > > +#
> > > +# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > > +# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
> > > +# published by the Free Software Foundation.
> > > +#
> > > +# This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
> > > +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > > +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> > > +# GNU General Public License for more details.
> > > +#
> > > +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> > > +# along with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation,
> > > +# Inc.,  51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
> > > +#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > +#
> > > +
> > > +seq=`basename $0`
> > > +seqres=$RESULT_DIR/$seq
> > > +echo "QA output created by $seq"
> > > +
> > > +here=`pwd`
> > > +tmp=/tmp/$$
> > > +status=1	# failure is the default!
> > > +trap "_cleanup; exit \$status" 0 1 2 3 15
> > > +
> > > +_cleanup()
> > > +{
> > > +	cd /
> > > +	rm -f $tmp.*
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +# get standard environment, filters and checks
> > > +. ./common/rc
> > > +. ./common/filter
> > > +. ./common/filestreams
> > > +
> > > +# remove previous $seqres.full before test
> > > +rm -f $seqres.full
> > > +
> > > +# real QA test starts here
> > > +drop_caches()
> > > +{
> > > +	while [ true ]; do
> > > +		echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
> > > +		sleep 1
> > > +	done
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > +# Modify as appropriate.
> > > +_supported_fs generic
> > > +_supported_os Linux
> > > +_require_scratch
> > > +
> > > +# check for filestreams and min device size
> > > +_check_filestreams_support || _notrun "filestreams not available"
> > > +devsize=`blockdev --getsize64 $SCRATCH_DEV`
> > 
> > There're a few other tests follow the same pattern in getting device
> > size, seems it's time to make it a helper function :)
> > 
> 
> TBH I wasn't quite sure this was necessary with a 2GB requirement, but I
> figured it couldn't hurt just in case. A helper seems fine.. are you

Agreed.

> thinking something like _require_scratch_size() perhaps?

Yeah, that sounds good to me. BTW, I just noticed that there's already a
_get_device_size() helper, which was introduced by me almost 4 years
ago.., but it queries /proc/partitions, looks like we can reuse/rewrite
it somehow.

Thanks,
Eryu

> 
> > > +[ $devsize -gt $((2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)) ] || _notrun "scratch dev too small"
> > > +
> > > +# use small AGs for frequent stream switching
> > > +_scratch_mkfs_xfs -d agsize=20m,size=2g >> $seqres.full 2>&1 ||
> > > +	_fail "mkfs failed"
> > > +_scratch_mount "-o filestreams" || _fail "mount failed"
> > 
> > No need to _fail on _scratch_mount failure, it's the default behavior
> > now, since commit 69eb6281a9d3 ("fstests: _fail test by default when
> > _scratch_mount fails").
> > 
> 
> Ah, right. I'll drop that, thanks!
> 
> Brian
> 
> > Thanks,
> > Eryu
> > 
> > > +
> > > +# start background inode reclaim
> > > +drop_caches &
> > > +pid=$!
> > > +
> > > +# Stress the filestreams allocator via continuous allocation to a file under
> > > +# different parent dirs. Remove the old dirs as the file is moved so the MRU
> > > +# references point to an unlinked inode by the time they are removed. If the
> > > +# old dir inodes are reclaimed and associated memory reused, MRU cleanup can
> > > +# access the inode after it's been freed.
> > > +dir=$SCRATCH_MNT
> > > +for i in $(seq 0 90); do
> > > +	mkdir -p $dir/$i
> > > +	$XFS_IO_PROG -fc "falloc $(($i * 20))m 20m" $dir/$i/file
> > > +
> > > +	mkdir -p $dir/$((i + 1))
> > > +	mv $dir/$i/file $dir/$((i + 1))/file
> > > +	rmdir $dir/$i
> > > +
> > > +	# throttle to ensure this loop sees several cache reclaims
> > > +	sleep 0.1
> > > +done
> > > +
> > > +kill $pid 2> /dev/null
> > > +wait $pid 2> /dev/null
> > > +
> > > +echo Silence is golden
> > > +
> > > +# success, all done
> > > +status=0
> > > +exit
> > > diff --git a/tests/xfs/445.out b/tests/xfs/445.out
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 00000000..44e55d20
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/tests/xfs/445.out
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > > +QA output created by 445
> > > +Silence is golden
> > > diff --git a/tests/xfs/group b/tests/xfs/group
> > > index 831f2cfa..2a7dec6f 100644
> > > --- a/tests/xfs/group
> > > +++ b/tests/xfs/group
> > > @@ -442,3 +442,4 @@
> > >  442 auto stress clone quota
> > >  443 auto quick ioctl fsr
> > >  444 auto quick
> > > +445 auto filestreams
> > > -- 
> > > 2.13.6
> > > 
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