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From: Alexander Ivanov <alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>
To: den@openvz.org
Cc: devel@openvz.org
Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 3/6] dm-ploop: set delta is_raw before applying its mappings
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 12:42:01 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <07a6265e-5674-42f8-a360-0ea4e8df0cc6@virtuozzo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008073837.510678-4-alexander.ivanov@virtuozzo.com>

> [Severity: Low]
> With this change the raw branch of ploop_apply_delta_mappings() becomes
> reachable, and it looks like it can misbehave for a zero-length raw base
> delta.
>
> For a raw delta, nr_be comes straight from the file size:
>
> ploop_add_delta()
>      nr_be = POS_TO_CLU(ploop, file_size);
>
> ploop_check_delta_length() only rejects sizes that are not cluster
> aligned, so a size of 0 passes. The check against deltas[level + 1].nr_be
> cannot fail for 0 either.
>
> Then, with nr_be == 0, init_be_iter() computes:
>
>      u32 rem, last_page = ploop_bat_clu_to_page_nr(nr_be - 1);
>
> nr_be - 1 is 0xFFFFFFFF, and the u32 wrap in ploop_bat_clu_to_page_nr()
> gives last_page = 0. Page 0 then gets start=16 and end=15 and is
> skipped, while every other page iterates in full.
>
> In ploop_apply_delta_mappings() the stop condition can never trigger:
>
>      if (clu == nr_be - 1)
>          stop = true;
>      ...
>      dst_clu = clu;
>
> so can identity mappings be written at the raw level for every
> unpopulated slot on pages above 0, past EOF of the raw file, including
> tail slots of the last page beyond nr_bat_entries?
>
> Should ploop_add_delta() reject nr_be == 0 for a raw delta (or should
> init_be_iter() handle it)?
>
> The BAT arrays do not appear to be overrun since the loop stays within
> each md page. Reads of those clusters would hit EOF on the raw file and
> likely return zeros, like a hole. I did not trace the write/COW path for
> these mappings. Reaching this requires a table load with an empty
> "raw@fd" base, so it needs CAP_SYS_ADMIN and is an unusual
> misconfiguration. I did not find a check for this in later patches of
> the series.
Fixed by putting ploop_apply_delta_mappings() call under if (nr_be) 
condition.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-08 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-08  7:38 [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 0/6] truncate unused tail of images on suspend Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:38 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 1/6] dm-qcow2: add qcow2_md_page_read_sync() helper Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:43   ` no-reply
2026-10-08  7:38 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 2/6] dm-qcow2: truncate unused tail of image on suspend Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:44   ` no-reply
2026-10-08  9:50   ` Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:38 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 3/6] dm-ploop: set delta is_raw before applying its mappings Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:46   ` no-reply
2026-10-08 10:42   ` Alexander Ivanov [this message]
2026-10-08  7:38 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 4/6] dm-ploop: factor out ploop_read_delta() from ploop_add_delta() Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:46   ` no-reply
2026-10-08  7:38 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 5/6] dm-ploop: reload metadata on resume Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:54   ` no-reply
2026-10-08 11:46   ` Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:38 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v2 6/6] dm-ploop: truncate unused tail of top delta on suspend Alexander Ivanov
2026-10-08  7:52   ` no-reply

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