-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-EN-16:16.hv_storvsc Errata Notice The FreeBSD Project Topic: Fix SCSI INQUIRY checks and error handling Category: core Module: hv_storvsc Announced: 2016-08-12 Credits: Microsoft OSTC Affects: FreeBSD 10.3 Corrected: 2016-07-15 02:29:10 UTC (stable/10, 10.2-STABLE) 2016-08-12 04:01:16 UTC (releng/10.3, 10.3-RELEASE-p7) For general information regarding FreeBSD Errata Notices and Security Advisories, including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the following sections, please visit . I. Background The Hyper-V storage driver, hv_storsvc(4), uses the SCSI INQUIRY command to detect the presence of SCSI LUNs. II. Problem Description The hv_storsvc(4) driver assumes 36-byte responses to the INQUIRY command, which is not always the case. When a shorter response is received, it can lead to unexpected behavior. If the host changes the virtual disk capacity, responses from the host to the virtual machine guest next command (such as READ CAPACITY or INQUIRY) return an error with sense data supplied. The hv_storsvc(4) driver does not check the error status properly, so the upper SCSI layer treats the command as being successfully executed, resulting in unexpected behavior. III. Impact There are several manifestations of the impact, such as disk hotplug not working reliably, SMART checks on the disk with 'smartctl -i /dev/da0' can cause the disk to detach and crash the machine, and online resizing not working reliably. IV. Workaround No workaround is available, however FreeBSD virtual machines not running in Hyper-V or Azure are unaffected. V. Solution Perform one of the following: 1) Upgrade your system to a supported FreeBSD stable or release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date. After which, reboot the system. 2) To update your system via a binary patch: Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility: # freebsd-update fetch # freebsd-update install After which, reboot the system. 3) To update your system via a source code patch: The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable FreeBSD release branches. a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the detached PGP signature using your PGP utility. # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-16:16/hv_storvsc.patch # fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/EN-16:16/hv_storvsc.patch.asc # gpg --verify hv_storvsc.patch.asc b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root: # cd /usr/src # patch < /path/to/patch c) Recompile your kernel as described in and reboot the system. VI. Correction details The following list contains the correction revision numbers for each affected branch. Branch/path Revision - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- stable/10/ r302863 releng/10.3/ r303984 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To see which files were modified by a particular revision, run the following command, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number, on a machine with Subversion installed: # svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number: VII. References The latest revision of this advisory is available at -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXrUslAAoJEO1n7NZdz2rnoeUP/0dlvrBv/wocTjPu+6K5OjIA +GAvrrI+pESdnBQwYcIBfxq/YJIsgzVBAlqnrR1/s2fVOtkvhdcvzJAQSEVlvaYa sJI2wn3lcT8KcH/JfNTxm/TgdDS25kPFl9SG1EdxE6ZSQHC4A0mjoEO9z4S7cq9i FYS3VjY7AqZDJx6lCvQjW0Th4S/tvW1YZ62Tlnq3IT0JVpvVlxxPP9Qau7Z4DX8I Pr+EqmBGdKINfzDXlrJ3TtLJ094mZw2CrhF1exmpdPAiuCUcKlt7xa6jGtm939iX Pur9bIxl8pB/+uPB+vRq5wjzmg7s3ld8BWBV/NJjeLXSFb0hRxWcdbuvqcpiolQu nIFsyaZ5h3QSxZG4NydB2Cr/A5lPG0aVGs76V9OnRbMy53NUrkyWZtGq0Qoyu9Zj XaMDGeiFZcuR7VynrClGtJ9L+oeewQvScPsB5D2cwS+xsey7bTlOrpfT55Zouew2 4gsuW8kmoxq8zE3pqLn41td+ERrH0mFp1/0Zk4NdB5ylJA/o2DFeMIiJpHZ0OtWE T0KJ05Hz2UkjaPx1UUUC1D3GTunETXMHu62XhgsJi9tJltKiHZskWZYS9u2zDP57 67nDjaORLbPIXUvMcQoOw/o7wFB4JWcnu/NUJdCHHHcSlec49fT+tfDzZvcfycrk lTEHTA0GabtHC2G7vc+v =3gBz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----