The patch below does not apply to the 4.19-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-4.19.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x a44be64bbecb15a452496f60db6eacfee2b59c79 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2023051554-tint-nervy-32db@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 4.19.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled") 3b50d5018ed0 ("ext4: reflect error codes from ext4_multi_mount_protect() to its callers") 3bbef91bdd21 ("ext4: remove an unused variable warning with CONFIG_QUOTA=n") 61bb4a1c417e ("ext4: fix possible UAF when remounting r/o a mmp-protected file system") 618f003199c6 ("ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super") 2a4ae3bcdf05 ("ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount") c92dc856848f ("ext4: defer saving error info from atomic context") 02a7780e4d2f ("ext4: simplify ext4 error translation") 4067662388f9 ("ext4: move functions in super.c") 014c9caa29d3 ("ext4: make ext4_abort() use __ext4_error()") b08070eca9e2 ("ext4: don't remount read-only with errors=continue on reboot") 9b5f6c9b83d9 ("ext4: make s_mount_flags modifications atomic") f8f4acb6cded ("ext4: use generic casefolding support") ababea77bc50 ("ext4: use s_mount_flags instead of s_mount_state for fast commit state") 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path") 5b849b5f96b4 ("jbd2: fast commit recovery path") aa75f4d3daae ("ext4: main fast-commit commit path") ff780b91efe9 ("jbd2: add fast commit machinery") 6866d7b3f2bb ("ext4 / jbd2: add fast commit initialization") 995a3ed67fc8 ("ext4: add fast_commit feature and handling for extended mount options") thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From a44be64bbecb15a452496f60db6eacfee2b59c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 21:02:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled When a file system currently mounted read/only is remounted read/write, if we clear the SB_RDONLY flag too early, before the quota is initialized, and there is another process/thread constantly attempting to create a directory, it's possible to trigger the WARN_ON_ONCE(dquot_initialize_needed(inode)); in ext4_xattr_block_set(), with the following stack trace: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5338 at fs/ext4/xattr.c:2141 ext4_xattr_block_set+0x2ef2/0x3680 RIP: 0010:ext4_xattr_block_set+0x2ef2/0x3680 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2141 Call Trace: ext4_xattr_set_handle+0xcd4/0x15c0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2458 ext4_initxattrs+0xa3/0x110 fs/ext4/xattr_security.c:44 security_inode_init_security+0x2df/0x3f0 security/security.c:1147 __ext4_new_inode+0x347e/0x43d0 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1324 ext4_mkdir+0x425/0xce0 fs/ext4/namei.c:2992 vfs_mkdir+0x29d/0x450 fs/namei.c:4038 do_mkdirat+0x264/0x520 fs/namei.c:4061 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4076 [inline] __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4074 [inline] __x64_sys_mkdirat+0x89/0xa0 fs/namei.c:4074 Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230506142419.984260-1-tytso@xxxxxxx Reported-by: syzbot+6385d7d3065524c5ca6d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=6513f6cb5cd6b5fc9f37e3bb70d273b94be9c34c Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 425b95a7a0ab..c7bc4a2709cc 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -6387,6 +6387,7 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb) struct ext4_mount_options old_opts; ext4_group_t g; int err = 0; + int enable_rw = 0; #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA int enable_quota = 0; int i, j; @@ -6573,7 +6574,7 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb) if (err) goto restore_opts; - sb->s_flags &= ~SB_RDONLY; + enable_rw = 1; if (ext4_has_feature_mmp(sb)) { err = ext4_multi_mount_protect(sb, le64_to_cpu(es->s_mmp_block)); @@ -6632,6 +6633,9 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb) if (!test_opt(sb, BLOCK_VALIDITY) && sbi->s_system_blks) ext4_release_system_zone(sb); + if (enable_rw) + sb->s_flags &= ~SB_RDONLY; + if (!ext4_has_feature_mmp(sb) || sb_rdonly(sb)) ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);