Bug 177031

Summary: device-mapper mirror log: avoid overrun while syncing
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Alasdair Kergon <agk>
Component: kernelAssignee: Alasdair Kergon <agk>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 4.3CC: coughlan, jbaron, jbrassow, tburke
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0132 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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dm-log-fix-resync-device-limit.patch none

Description Alasdair Kergon 2006-01-05 15:58:08 UTC
The initial sync performed when creating a mirror can overrun the end of the
mapped sections of the underlying devices, corrupting data that doesn't
belong to device-mapper.

        do {
                *region = find_next_zero_bit((unsigned long *) lc->sync_bits,
                                             lc->region_count,
                                             lc->sync_search);
                lc->sync_search = *region + 1;
 
                if (*region == lc->region_count)
                        return 0;
 
        } while (log_test_bit(lc->recovering_bits, *region));

        log_set_bit(lc, lc->recovering_bits, *region);
                                                                                
If every bit up to lc->sync_bits is 1 (easily reproduced by setting
the 'nosync' option which is not supposed to do any syncing) *region gets set
to a value that exceeds lc->region_count and you see 'attempt to access beyond
end of device' errors.

Comment 1 Alasdair Kergon 2006-01-05 15:58:08 UTC
Created attachment 122833 [details]
dm-log-fix-resync-device-limit.patch

Comment 9 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-03-07 21:08:46 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0132.html