Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: fix general protection fault in bio_add_page for encrypted large folios

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Date: Sat Mar 21 2026 - 08:15:18 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix general protection fault in bio_add_page for encrypted large folios
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master


When writing back an encrypted file, ext4_bio_write_folio() encrypts the
folio into a single-page bounce buffer and passes it as io_folio to
io_submit_add_bh(). The offset passed to bio_add_folio() was always
bh_offset(bh), which is relative to the original folio.

For a large folio this offset can exceed PAGE_SIZE. bio_add_folio() calls
folio_page(io_folio, off >> PAGE_SHIFT) which computes &folio->page + N.
For a single-page bounce folio with N >= 1 this is out-of-bounds, causing
a general protection fault caught by KASAN:

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: 0010:bvec_set_page include/linux/bvec.h:44 [inline]
RIP: 0010:bio_add_page+0x462/0x6e0 block/bio.c:1048

Fix this by computing io_off at the call site. For the non-encrypted path
io_folio == folio so bh_offset(bh) is used unchanged. For the encrypted
path the bounce page is always a single PAGE_SIZE page, so the offset is
taken modulo PAGE_SIZE to map it correctly into the bounce page.

Using hardcoded 0 would be wrong for sub-page block sizes (e.g. 1024-byte
blocks) where multiple buffer heads exist within one page at offsets
0, 1024, 2048, 3072 etc. bh_offset(bh) % PAGE_SIZE handles all block
sizes correctly.

Reported-by: syzbot+ed8bc247f231c1a48e21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ed8bc247f231c1a48e21
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <Kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/page-io.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index a8c95eee91b7..006b2f5173de 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ static void io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
struct inode *inode,
struct folio *folio,
struct folio *io_folio,
- struct buffer_head *bh)
+ struct buffer_head *bh,
+ size_t io_off)
{
if (io->io_bio && (bh->b_blocknr != io->io_next_block ||
!fscrypt_mergeable_bio_bh(io->io_bio, bh))) {
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ static void io_submit_add_bh(struct ext4_io_submit *io,
io_submit_init_bio(io, bh);
io->io_bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
}
- if (!bio_add_folio(io->io_bio, io_folio, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh)))
+ if (!bio_add_folio(io->io_bio, io_folio, bh->b_size, io_off))
goto submit_and_retry;
wbc_account_cgroup_owner(io->io_wbc, folio, bh->b_size);
io->io_next_block++;
@@ -585,9 +586,20 @@ int ext4_bio_write_folio(struct ext4_io_submit *io, struct folio *folio,

/* Now submit buffers to write */
do {
+ size_t io_off;
+
if (!buffer_async_write(bh))
continue;
- io_submit_add_bh(io, inode, folio, io_folio, bh);
+ /*
+ * When io_folio is a single-page bounce buffer (fscrypt),
+ * normalise to PAGE_SIZE to handle all block sizes correctly.
+ * Using 0 would break sub-page block sizes (e.g. 1024-byte
+ * blocks) where multiple bh offsets exist within one page
+ */
+ io_off = (io_folio == folio)
+ ? bh_offset(bh)
+ : bh_offset(bh) % PAGE_SIZE;
+ io_submit_add_bh(io, inode, folio, io_folio, bh, io_off);
} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);

return 0;
--
2.43.0