Panic in blk_rq_map_sg() from CCISS driver
New scatter/gather list chaining [sg_next()] treats 'page' member of
struct scatterlist with low bit set [0x01] as a chain pointer to
another struct scatterlist [array]. The CCISS driver request function
passes an uninitialized, temporary, on-stack scatterlist array to
blk_rq_map_sq(). sg_next() interprets random data on the stack as a
chain pointer and eventually tries to de-reference an invalid pointer,
resulting in:
[<
ffffffff8031dd70>] blk_rq_map_sg+0x70/0x170
PGD
6090c3067 PUD 0
Oops: 0000 [1] SMP
last sysfs file: /block/cciss!c0d0/cciss!c0d0p1/dev
CPU 6
Modules linked in: ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.23-rc6-mm1 #3
RIP: 0010:[<
ffffffff8031dd70>] [<
ffffffff8031dd70>] blk_rq_map_sg+0x70/0x170
RSP: 0018:
ffff81060901f768 EFLAGS:
00010206
RAX:
000000040b161000 RBX:
ffff81060901f7d8 RCX:
000000040b162c00
RDX:
0000000000000000 RSI:
ffff81060b13a260 RDI:
ffff81060b139600
RBP:
0000000000001400 R08:
00000000fffffffe R09:
0000000000000400
R10:
0000000000000000 R11:
000000040b163000 R12:
ffff810102fe0000
R13:
0000000000000001 R14:
0000000000000001 R15:
00001e0000000000
FS:
00000000026108f0(0063) GS:
ffff810409000b80(0000) knlGS:
0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0:
000000008005003b
CR2:
000000010000001e CR3:
00000006090c6000 CR4:
00000000000006e0
DR0:
0000000000000000 DR1:
0000000000000000 DR2:
0000000000000000
DR3:
0000000000000000 DR6:
00000000ffff0ff0 DR7:
0000000000000400
Process init (pid: 1, threadinfo
ffff81060901e000, task
ffff810409020800)
last branch before last exception/interrupt
from [<
ffffffff8031de0a>] blk_rq_map_sg+0x10a/0x170
to [<
ffffffff8031dd70>] blk_rq_map_sg+0x70/0x170
Stack:
000000018068ea00 ffff810102fe0000 0000000000000000 ffff810011400000
0000000000000002 0000000000000000 ffff81040b172000 ffffffff803acd3d
0000000000003ec1 ffff8106090d5000 ffff8106090d5000 ffff810102fe0000
Call Trace:
[<
ffffffff803acd3d>] do_cciss_request+0x15d/0x4c0
[<
ffffffff80298968>] new_slab+0x1c8/0x270
[<
ffffffff80298ffd>] __slab_alloc+0x22d/0x470
[<
ffffffff8027327b>] mempool_alloc+0x4b/0x130
[<
ffffffff8032b21e>] cfq_set_request+0xee/0x380
[<
ffffffff8027327b>] mempool_alloc+0x4b/0x130
[<
ffffffff8031ff98>] get_request+0x168/0x360
[<
ffffffff80331b0d>] rb_insert_color+0x8d/0x110
[<
ffffffff8031cfd8>] elv_rb_add+0x58/0x60
[<
ffffffff8032a329>] cfq_add_rq_rb+0x69/0xa0
[<
ffffffff8031c1ab>] elv_merged_request+0x5b/0x60
[<
ffffffff803224fd>] __make_request+0x23d/0x650
[<
ffffffff80298ffd>] __slab_alloc+0x22d/0x470
[<
ffffffff80270000>] generic_write_checks+0x140/0x190
[<
ffffffff8031f012>] generic_make_request+0x1c2/0x3a0
<etc>
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
This patch initializes the tmp_sg array to zeroes. Perhaps not the ultimate
fix, but an effective work-around. I can now boot 23-rc6-mm1 on an HP
Proliant x86_64 with CCISS boot disk.
Signed-off-by: Lee Schermerhorn <lee.schermerhorn@hp.com>
drivers/block/cciss.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>