ubifs: error path in ubifs_remount_rw() seems to wrongly free write buffers

[Petr Cvachoucek]

Hi all,
it seems freeing the write buffers in the error path of the 
ubifs_remount_rw() is wrong. It leads later to a kernel oops like this:


[10016.431274] UBIFS (ubi0:0): start fixing up free space
[10090.810042] UBIFS (ubi0:0): free space fixup complete
[10090.814623] UBIFS error (ubi0:0 pid 512): ubifs_remount_fs: cannot 
spawn "ubifs_bgt0_0", error -4
[10101.915108] UBIFS (ubi0:0): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_0" started, 
PID 517
[10105.275498] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 
virtual address 0000000000000030
[10105.284352] Mem abort info:
[10105.287160]   ESR = 0x96000006
[10105.290252]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[10105.295592]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[10105.298652]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[10105.301848] Data abort info:
[10105.304723]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006
[10105.308573]   CM = 0, WnR = 0
[10105.311564] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000f03d1000
[10105.318034] [0000000000000030] pgd=00000000f6cee003, 
pud=00000000f4884003, pmd=0000000000000000
[10105.326783] Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[10105.332355] Modules linked in: ath10k_pci ath10k_core ath mac80211 
libarc4 cfg80211 nvme nvme_core cryptodev(O)
[10105.342468] CPU: 3 PID: 518 Comm: touch Tainted: G           O 
5.4.3 #1
[10105.349517] Hardware name: HYPEX CPU (DT)
[10105.353525] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO)
[10105.358324] pc : atomic64_try_cmpxchg_acquire.constprop.22+0x8/0x34
[10105.364596] lr : mutex_lock+0x1c/0x34
[10105.368253] sp : ffff000075633aa0
[10105.371563] x29: ffff000075633aa0 x28: 0000000000000001
[10105.376874] x27: ffff000076fa80c8 x26: 0000000000000004
[10105.382185] x25: 0000000000000030 x24: 0000000000000000
[10105.387495] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 0000000000000038
[10105.392807] x21: 000000000000000c x20: ffff000076fa80c8
[10105.398119] x19: ffff000076fa8000 x18: 0000000000000000
[10105.403429] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000
[10105.408741] x15: 0000000000000000 x14: fefefefefefefeff
[10105.414052] x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000fe0
[10105.419364] x11: 0000000000000fe0 x10: ffff000076709020
[10105.424675] x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 00000000000000a0
[10105.429986] x7 : ffff000076fa80f4 x6 : 0000000000000030
[10105.435297] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000
[10105.440609] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff00006f276040
[10105.445920] x1 : ffff000075633ab8 x0 : 0000000000000030
[10105.451232] Call trace:
[10105.453676]  atomic64_try_cmpxchg_acquire.constprop.22+0x8/0x34
[10105.459600]  ubifs_garbage_collect+0xb4/0x334
[10105.463956]  ubifs_budget_space+0x398/0x458
[10105.468139]  ubifs_create+0x50/0x180
[10105.471712]  path_openat+0x6a0/0x9b0
[10105.475284]  do_filp_open+0x34/0x7c
[10105.478771]  do_sys_open+0x78/0xe4
[10105.482170]  __arm64_sys_openat+0x1c/0x24
[10105.486180]  el0_svc_handler+0x84/0xc8
[10105.489928]  el0_svc+0x8/0xc
[10105.492808] Code: 52800013 17fffffb d2800003 f9800011 (c85ffc05)
[10105.498903] ---[ end trace 46b721d93267a586 ]---


To reproduce the problem:

1. Filesystem initially mounted read-only, free space fixup flag set.

2. mount -o remount,rw <mountpoint>

3. it takes some time (free space fixup running)
    ... try to terminate running mount by CTRL-C
    ... does not respond, only after free space fixup is complete
    ... then "ubifs_remount_fs: cannot spawn "ubifs_bgt0_0", error -4"

4. mount -o remount,rw <mountpoint>
    ... now finished instantly (fixup already done).

5. Create file or just unmount the filesystem and we get the oops.

Regards
Petr Cvachoucek
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