[Linux Kernel Bug] kernel BUG in btrfs_get_root_ref (assertion failed: !anon_dev) and general protection fault in btrfs_update_reloc_root

From: Chenyuan Yang
Date: Fri Jan 19 2024 - 23:17:01 EST


Dear Linux Kernel Developers for BTRFS,

We encountered "kernel BUG in btrfs_get_root_ref" and "general
protection fault in btrfs_update_reloc_root" when testing BTRFS with
Syzkaller and our generated specifications.

For "kernel BUG in btrfs_get_root_ref", it is an internal assertion
failure `ASSERT(!anon_dev)` in `btrfs_get_root_ref`
(https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c#L1319),
which asserts the `anno_dev` should be NULL but it is preallocated
here. I've attached the reproducible C program and report.

For "general protection fault in btrfs_update_reloc_root", it attempts
to deference the null pointer in `refcount_inc_not_zero(&root->refs)`
(https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/fs/btrfs/disk-io.h#L101),
which is invoked by `btrfs_update_reloc_root`
(https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.7/source/fs/btrfs/relocation.c#L926).
Here is the call trace:
```
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
0xdffffc00000000cd: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000668-0x000000000000066f]
[ 1904.856783][T69219] Call Trace:
[ 1904.857057][T69219] <TASK>
[1904.857312][T69219] ? show_regs (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:479)
[1904.857693][T69219] ? die_addr (arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:421
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c:460)
[1904.858074][T69219] ? exc_general_protection
(arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:700 arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:642)
[1904.858515][T69219] ? asm_exc_general_protection
(./arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:564)
[1904.858941][T69219] ? btrfs_update_reloc_root
(./include/linux/refcount.h:162 ./include/linux/refcount.h:227
/include/linux/refcount.h:245 fs/btrfs/disk-io.h:101
fs/btrfs/relocation.c:926)
[1904.859402][T69219] ? btrfs_update_reloc_root (fs/btrfs/relocation.c:929)
```
Unfortunately, we failed to find the reproducible program for
"general protection fault in btrfs_update_reloc_root". I have attached
the report and log for it.

If you have any questions or require more information, please feel
free to contact us.

Best,
Chenyuan

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