RHEL7.2: kernel crashes while freeing an xfs_inode either in xfs_qm_dqrele or xfs_idestroy_fork due to small memory corruption of 0x4000 or PG_head

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Issue

  • kernel crashes while freeing an xfs_inode due to a small memory corruption. One of two crashes is seen.
  • kernel crash with BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000004170. Call Trace: xfs_reclaim_inode -> xfs_qm_dqdetach -> xfs_qm_dqrele -> mutex_lock
  • kernel crash with kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:3379!. Call Trace: xfs_reclaim_inode -> xfs_inode_free -> xfs_idestroy_fork -> kvfree -> kfree

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
    • seen on kernel-3.10.0-327.10.1.el7

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