5.5

CVE-2021-47637

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ubifs: Fix deadlock in concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback

Following hung tasks:
[   77.028764] task:kworker/u8:4    state:D stack:    0 pid:  132
[   77.028820] Call Trace:
[   77.029027]  schedule+0x8c/0x1b0
[   77.029067]  mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
[   77.029074]  ubifs_write_inode+0x68/0x1f0 [ubifs]
[   77.029117]  __writeback_single_inode+0x43c/0x570
[   77.029128]  writeback_sb_inodes+0x259/0x740
[   77.029148]  wb_writeback+0x107/0x4d0
[   77.029163]  wb_workfn+0x162/0x7b0

[   92.390442] task:aa              state:D stack:    0 pid: 1506
[   92.390448] Call Trace:
[   92.390458]  schedule+0x8c/0x1b0
[   92.390461]  wb_wait_for_completion+0x82/0xd0
[   92.390469]  __writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0xb2/0x110
[   92.390472]  writeback_inodes_sb_nr+0x14/0x20
[   92.390476]  ubifs_budget_space+0x705/0xdd0 [ubifs]
[   92.390503]  do_rename.cold+0x7f/0x187 [ubifs]
[   92.390549]  ubifs_rename+0x8b/0x180 [ubifs]
[   92.390571]  vfs_rename+0xdb2/0x1170
[   92.390580]  do_renameat2+0x554/0x770

, are caused by concurrent rename whiteout and inode writeback processes:
	rename_whiteout(Thread 1)	        wb_workfn(Thread2)
ubifs_rename
  do_rename
    lock_4_inodes (Hold ui_mutex)
    ubifs_budget_space
      make_free_space
        shrink_liability
	  __writeback_inodes_sb_nr
	    bdi_split_work_to_wbs (Queue new wb work)
					      wb_do_writeback(wb work)
						__writeback_single_inode
					          ubifs_write_inode
					            LOCK(ui_mutex)
							   ↑
	      wb_wait_for_completion (Wait wb work) <-- deadlock!

Reproducer (Detail program in [Link]):
  1. SYS_renameat2("/mp/dir/file", "/mp/dir/whiteout", RENAME_WHITEOUT)
  2. Consume out of space before kernel(mdelay) doing budget for whiteout

Fix it by doing whiteout space budget before locking ubifs inodes.
BTW, it also fixes wrong goto tag 'out_release' in whiteout budget
error handling path(It should at least recover dir i_size and unlock
4 ubifs inodes).
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.9 < 4.19.238
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 4.20 < 5.4.189
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.110
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.33
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 5.16.19
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.17 < 5.17.2
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.05
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-667 Improper Locking

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.