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Linux 커널의 Ceph 파일 시스템에서 이미 해시 테이블에 존재하는 부정적 디엔트리(negative dentry)에 대해 d_add()를 중복 호출하여 발생합니다. 이로 인해 dcache 해시 버킷이 손상되어 무한 루프가 발생하고 RCU stall 리포트와 함께 시스템이 멈출 수 있습니다.
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파일 시스템이 존재하지 않는 파일을 찾을 때 사용하는 기록 방식에 오류가 있어, 시스템이 같은 기록을 중복으로 처리하다가 무한 루프에 빠져 멈추는 문제입니다. 이로 인해 서버가 응답하지 않는 상태가 될 수 있습니다.
🇺🇸 원문 (English)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: only d_add() negative dentries when they are unhashed
Ceph can call d_add(dentry, NULL) on a negative dentry that is already
present in the primary dcache hash.
In the current VFS that is not safe. d_add() goes through __d_add()
to __d_rehash(), which unconditionally reinserts dentry->d_hash into
the hlist_bl bucket. If the dentry is already hashed, reinserting the
same node can corrupt the bucket, including creating a self-loop.
Once that happens, __d_lookup() can spin forever in the hlist_bl walk,
typically looping only on the d_name.hash mismatch check and
eventually triggering RCU stall reports like this one:
rcu: INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU
rcu: 87-....: (2100 ticks this GP) idle=3a4c/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=25003319/25003319 fqs=829
rcu: (t=2101 jiffies g=79058445 q=698988 ncpus=192)
CPU: 87 UID: 2952868916 PID: 3933303 Comm: php-cgi8.3 Not tainted 6.18.17-i1-amd #950 NONE
Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R7615/0G9DHV, BIOS 1.6.6 09/22/2023
RIP: 0010:__d_lookup+0x46/0xb0
Code: c1 e8 07 48 8d 04 c2 48 8b 00 49 89 fc 49 89 f5 48 89 c3 48 83 e3 fe 48 83 f8 01 77 0f eb 2d 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 1b 48 85 db <74> 20 39 6b 18 75 f3 48 8d 7b 78 e8 ba 85 d0 00 4c 39 63 10 74 1f
RSP: 0018:ff745a70c8253898 EFLAGS: 00000282
RAX: ff26e470054cb208 RBX: ff26e470054cb208 RCX: 000000006e958966
RDX: ff26e48267340000 RSI: ff745a70c82539b0 RDI: ff26e458f74655c0
RBP: 000000006e958966 R08: 0000000000000180 R09: 9cd08d909b919a89
R10: ff26e458f74655c0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ff26e458f74655c0
R13: ff745a70c82539b0 R14: d0d0d0d0d0d0d0d0 R15: 2f2f2f2f2f2f2f2f
FS: 00007f5770896980(0000) GS:ff26e482c5d88000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f5764de50c0 CR3: 000000a72abb5001 CR4: 0000000000771ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
<TASK>
lookup_fast+0x9f/0x100
walk_component+0x1f/0x150
link_path_walk+0x20e/0x3d0
path_lookupat+0x68/0x180
filename_lookup+0xdc/0x1e0
vfs_statx+0x6c/0x140
vfs_fstatat+0x67/0xa0
__do_sys_newfstatat+0x24/0x60
do_syscall_64+0x6a/0x230
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
This is reachable with reused cached negative dentries. A Ceph lookup
or atomic_open can be handed a negative dentry that is already hashed,
and fs/ceph/dir.c then hits one of two paths that incorrectly assume
"negative" also means "unhashed":
- ceph_finish_lookup():
MDS reply is -ENOENT with no trace
-> d_add(dentry, NULL)
- ceph_lookup():
local ENOENT fast path for a complete directory with shared caps
-> d_add(dentry, NULL)
Both paths can therefore re-add an already-hashed negative dentry.
Ceph already uses the correct pattern elsewhere: ceph_fill_trace() only
calls d_add(dn, NULL) for a negative null-dentry reply when d_unhashed(dn)
is true.
Fix both fs/ceph/dir.c sites the same way: only call d_add() for a
negative dentry when it is actually unhashed. If the negative dentry
is already hashed, leave it in place and reuse it as-is.
This preserves the existing behavior for unhashed dentries while
avoiding d_hash list corruption for reused hashed negatives.
📍 영향받는 시스템
Linux kernel (Ceph file system 사용 환경)
⚔️ 공격 벡터
재사용된 캐시 부정적 디엔트리를 유도하여 커널 해시 버킷 손상 및 DoS 유발
🛡️ 대응 방법
Linux 커널을 최신 보안 패치가 적용된 버전으로 업데이트하여 Ceph의 d_add() 호출 로직을 수정해야 합니다.
🔧 검증 코드
현재 실행 중인 커널 버전을 확인하여 취약점이 해결된 패치 버전인지 확인합니다.