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Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] ipvs: add missing lock in ip_vs_ftp_init_conn()

To: Xiaotian Feng <xtfeng@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] ipvs: add missing lock in ip_vs_ftp_init_conn()
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, lvs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, coreteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Wensong Zhang <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:34:45 +0900
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:36:27PM +0800, Xiaotian Feng wrote:
> We met a kernel panic in 2.6.32.43 kernel:
> 
> [2680191.848044] IPVS: ip_vs_conn_hash(): request for already hashed, called 
> from run_timer_softirq+0x175/0x1d0
> <snip>
> [2680311.849009] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP
> [2680311.853001] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff815f155c>]  [<ffffffff815f155c>] 
> ip_vs_conn_expire+0xdc/0x2f0
> [2680311.853001] RSP: 0018:ffff880028303e70  EFLAGS: 00010202
> [2680311.853001] RAX: dead000000200200 RBX: ffff8801aad00b80 RCX: 
> 0000000000001d90
> [2680311.853001] RDX: dead000000100100 RSI: 000000004fd59800 RDI: 
> ffff8801aad00c08
> <snip>
> [2680311.853001] Call Trace:
> [2680311.853001]  <IRQ>
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff815f1480>] ? ip_vs_conn_expire+0x0/0x2f0
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff8104e2a5>] run_timer_softirq+0x175/0x1d0
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff81021a48>] ? lapic_next_event+0x18/0x20
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff81049a13>] __do_softirq+0xb3/0x150
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff8100cc5c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff8100ea9a>] do_softirq+0x4a/0x80
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff81049957>] irq_exit+0x77/0x80
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff81021f2c>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6c/0xa0
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff8100c633>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
> [2680311.853001]  <EOI>
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff81013b52>] ? mwait_idle+0x52/0x70
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff8100a7b0>] ? enter_idle+0x20/0x30
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff8100ac62>] ? cpu_idle+0x52/0x80
> [2680311.853001]  [<ffffffff816d504d>] ? start_secondary+0x19d/0x280
> 
> rax and rdx is LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2, so kernel is list_del() on an 
> already deleted
> connection and result the general protect fault.
> 
> The "request for already hashed" warning, told us someone might change the 
> connection flags
> incorrectly, like described in commit aea9d711, it changes the connection 
> flags, but doesn't
> put the connection back to the list. So ip_vs_conn_hash() throw a warning and 
> return.
> Later, when ip_vs_conn_expire fire again, ip_vs_conn_unhash() will find the 
> HASHED connection
> and list_del() it, then kernel panic happened.
> 
> After code review, the only chance that kernel change connection flag without 
> protection is
> in ip_vs_ftp_init_conn().

Thanks for being thorough.

> Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dannyfeng@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Wensong Zhang <wensong@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

Acked-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Pablo, can you handle this directly through your tree?
I think it also needs to go to -stable.

> ---
>  net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
> index b20b29c..c2bc264 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ftp.c
> @@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ static int ip_vs_ftp_pasv;
>  static int
>  ip_vs_ftp_init_conn(struct ip_vs_app *app, struct ip_vs_conn *cp)
>  {
> +     spin_lock(&cp->lock);
>       /* We use connection tracking for the command connection */
>       cp->flags |= IP_VS_CONN_F_NFCT;
> +     spin_unlock(&cp->lock);
>       return 0;
>  }
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