Re: [PATCH v2] adfs: validate nzones in adfs_validate_bblk()
From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 12:14:23 EST
On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 05:04:07PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 12:52:13AM +0900, paeyz wrote:
> > From: Bae Yeonju <iwasbaeyz@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Reject ADFS disc records with a zero zone count during boot block
> > validation, before the disc record is used.
> >
> > When nzones is 0, adfs_read_map() passes it to kmalloc_array(0, ...)
> > which returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR, and adfs_map_layout() then writes to
> > dm[-1], causing an out-of-bounds write before the allocated buffer.
> >
> > adfs_validate_dr0() already rejects nzones != 1 for old-format
> > images. Add the equivalent check to adfs_validate_bblk() for
> > new-format images so that a crafted image with nzones == 0 is
> > rejected at probe time.
> >
> > Found by syzkaller.
> >
> > Fixes: f6f14a0d71b0 ("fs/adfs: map: move map-specific sb initialisation to map.c")
> > Tested-by: Bae Yeonju <iwasbaeyz@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Bae Yeonju <iwasbaeyz@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Nit, no need for Tested-by if you sign off on the change :)
>
> > ---
> > fs/adfs/super.c | 3 +++
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> The version info from what changed goes below the --- line.
>
> Anyway, who takes adfs changes these days? Russell do you? There's no
> MAINTAINERS entry that I can find. If no one else, I can take it
> through one of my trees.
I have done, as I'm the author of this fs driver.
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