mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH v2] dm cache: fix divide error in too_many_discard_blocks
@ 2026-11-07  7:26 Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said
  0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said @ 2026-11-07  7:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Alasdair Kergon, Mike Snitzer, Mikulas Patocka, Benjamin Marzinski
  Cc: syzbot+3e16980543e238b95bd1, dm-devel, linux-kernel,
	Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said, stable

too_many_discard_blocks() uses sector_div(), whose divisor is a u32.
discard_block_size is a 64-bit sector_t that calculate_discard_block_size()
keeps doubling, so once it reaches a multiple of 2^32 the divisor is
truncated to 0 and the division traps with a divide error. Smaller values
above 2^32 are also silently truncated, giving a wrong quotient.

This needs an origin of more than 2^45 sectors, which is unrealistic (this
is a thing still in 2026!!) for a real device but reachable with a fuzzer.

Switching the div operation to one that uses 64 bits divisor would cause regression,
so we just limit the value of cache->discard_block_size to U32_MAX.

Reported-by: syzbot+3e16980543e238b95bd1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3e16980543e238b95bd1
Fixes: 08b184514f65 (" dm cache: revert "prevent corruption caused by discard_block_size > cache_block_size" ")
Tested-by: syzbot+3e16980543e238b95bd1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said <drifabdelmalekmohamedsaid@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index 1a5072425c4a..b51ceca60afc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -2383,6 +2383,8 @@ static int create_cache_policy(struct cache *cache, struct cache_args *ca,
 static bool too_many_discard_blocks(sector_t discard_block_size,
 				    sector_t origin_size)
 {
+	if (discard_block_size > U32_MAX / 2)
+		return false;
 	(void) sector_div(origin_size, discard_block_size);
 
 	return origin_size > MAX_DISCARD_BLOCKS;
-- 
2.47.3


^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] only message in thread

only message in thread, other threads:[~2026-11-07  7:26 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2026-11-07  7:26 [PATCH v2] dm cache: fix divide error in too_many_discard_blocks Drif Abdelmalek Mohamed Said

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®