[Bug 2089565] Re: MON and MDS crash upgrading CEPH on ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Thu Jul 10 18:45:53 UTC 2025

This bug was fixed in the package ceph - 19.2.1-0ubuntu0.24.04.2

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ceph (19.2.1-0ubuntu0.24.04.2) noble; urgency=medium

  * d/p/snapshot-upgrade-fix.patch: Remove logging as it crashed Ganesha
    (LP: #2097605)

ceph (19.2.1-0ubuntu0.24.04.1) noble; urgency=medium

  * New upstream stable release (LP: #2097605).
  * d/p/snapshot-upgrade-fix.patch: Fix upgrade crashing (LP: #2089565).
  * d/p/fix-cephadm-build.patch: update for new point release.
  * d/p/patch-out-exporter.patch: not required anymore.

 -- Luciano Lo Giudice <luciano.logiudice at canonical.com>  Tue, 24 Jun
2025 02:03:08 +0000

** Changed in: ceph (Ubuntu Noble)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  MON and MDS crash upgrading  CEPH  on ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Status in ceph package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ceph source package in Noble:
  Fix Released
Status in ceph source package in Oracular:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [ Impact ]

  - In Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, upgrading Ceph from `19.2.0~git20240301.4c76c50-0ubuntu6` to `19.2.0-0ubuntu0.24.04.1` may cause the `ceph-mon` daemon to crash when it encounters mismatched serialization order (see stack trace below).
  - This can lead to monitor outages, preventing the entire Ceph cluster from reaching a healthy state.
  - Mitigation is only possible by downgrading to the previous version.
  - Monitor stacktrace:

  ```
   ceph version 19.2.0 (16063ff2022298c9300e49a547a16ffda59baf13) squid (stable)
   1: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x45320) [0x788409245320]
   2: pthread_kill()
   3: gsignal()
   4: abort()
   5: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6(+0xa5ff5) [0x7884096a5ff5]
   6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6(+0xbb0da) [0x7884096bb0da]
   7: (std::unexpected()+0) [0x7884096a5a55]
   8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6(+0xbb391) [0x7884096bb391]
   9: (ceph::buffer::v15_2_0::list::iterator_impl<true>::copy(unsigned int, std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >&)+0x193) [0x78840a293593]
   10: (MDSMap::decode(ceph::buffer::v15_2_0::list::iterator_impl<true>&)+0xca1) [0x78840a4c3ab1]
   11: (Filesystem::decode(ceph::buffer::v15_2_0::list::iterator_impl<true>&)+0x1c3) [0x78840a4e4303]
   12: (FSMap::decode(ceph::buffer::v15_2_0::list::iterator_impl<true>&)+0x280) [0x78840a4e6ef0]
   13: (MDSMonitor::update_from_paxos(bool*)+0x291) [0x631ac5dea801]
   14: (Monitor::refresh_from_paxos(bool*)+0x124) [0x631ac5b7a164]
   15: (Monitor::preinit()+0x98e) [0x631ac5bb2fbe]
   16: main()
   17: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x2a1ca) [0x78840922a1ca]
   18: __libc_start_main()
   19: _start()
   NOTE: a copy of the executable, or `objdump -rdS <executable>` is needed to interpret this.
  ```

  - The root cause of this bug is that the on-wire representation changed between the git snapshot 19.2.0~git20240301.4c76c50-0ubuntu6 and the squid release 19.2.0-0ubuntu0.24.04.1 in that the fields for `bal_rank_mask` `max_xattr_size` were swapped.
  - The proposed fix tries to detect the on-wire presentation and adapt the decode order accordingly.

  [ Test Plan ]

  To validate that the proposed fix addresses the crash and introduces
  no regressions, perform the following steps:

  1. Setup

  - Deploy a juju model and add 7 24.04 VMs.
  - On each VM, add apt pinning to pin Ceph to the snapshot version.
  - Deploy 3x ceph-mon, 3x ceph-osd and 1x ceph-fs units to these machines.
  - Configure a mount point, mount cephfs via ceph-fuse and write some test data.

  2. Baseline Check
     - Verify the cluster is healthy (`ceph -s` shows `HEALTH_OK` or similar).
     - Verify Ceph packages correspond to snapshot packages.

  3. Upgrade Ceph packages to upgrade version 19.2.0
     - Remove the apt pin on unit ceph-mon/0
     - Upgrade Ceph packages to the upgrade version (e.g. for noble 19.2.0-0ubuntu0.24.04.2)

  4. Verification: bug can be observed

     - Verify package versions
     - Observe: MON service on ceph-mon/0 crashes
     - Verify log messages

  5. Upgrade to SRU version

     - Upgrade to SRU version 19.2.1
     - Verify package versions
     - Restart Ceph services incl. MONs and verify services start correctly.
     - Verify cluster health
     - Verify cephfs mounts can be mounted, and data can be read and written.

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  The fix changes how `bal_rank_mask` and `max_xattr_size` fields are
  decoded based on on-wire detection. The patch assumes that the max.
  xattr size is less than 64GiB -- larger extended attrs are highly
  unlikely. xattr sizes larger than 64GiB would probably result in mis-
  decoding the protocol and could result in a crash.

  The Reef release should have the same field order as the snapshot.
  Older releases should not be affected.

  [ Other Info / Original Description ]

  Also see bug
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ceph/+bug/2065515

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