[PATCH] ocfs2: validate fast symlink target during inode read

From: Zhang Cen

Date: Thu May 28 2026 - 11:42:31 EST


ocfs2_validate_inode_block() already rejects several inconsistent
self-contained dinodes before they are exposed to the rest of the
filesystem. Fast symlinks need the same treatment.

A zero-cluster symlink is treated as a fast symlink and later read
through page_get_link() and ocfs2_fast_symlink_read_folio(). That path
uses strnlen() on the inline payload and then copies len + 1 bytes into
the folio. If a corrupt dinode stores an i_size that does not fit the
inline area or omits the terminating NUL at i_size, that copy reads past
the end of the inode block buffer.

Reject zero-cluster symlink dinodes whose i_size exceeds the inline
fast-symlink capacity or whose inline payload is not NUL-terminated
exactly at i_size when the inode block is validated. This keeps
malformed fast symlinks from reaching the read path.

Validation reproduced this kernel report:
KASAN use-after-free in ocfs2_fast_symlink_read_folio+0x12c/0x1f0
RIP: 0033:0x7f5c6d859aa7
Read of size 3905
Call trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 (?:?)
print_report+0xce/0x630 (?:?)
ocfs2_fast_symlink_read_folio+0x12c/0x1f0 (fs/ocfs2/inode.c:?)
srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?)
__virt_addr_valid+0x19f/0x330 (?:?)
kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 (?:?)
kasan_check_range+0x105/0x1b0 (?:?)
__asan_memcpy+0x23/0x60 (?:?)
filemap_read_folio+0x27/0xe0 (?:?)
filemap_read_folio+0x35/0xe0 (?:?)
do_read_cache_folio+0x138/0x230 (?:?)
__page_get_link+0x26/0x110 (?:?)
page_get_link+0x2e/0x70 (?:?)
vfs_readlink+0x15e/0x250 (?:?)
touch_atime+0x4d/0x370 (?:?)
do_readlinkat+0x186/0x200 (?:?)
do_user_addr_fault+0x65a/0x890 (?:?)
__x64_sys_readlink+0x46/0x60 (?:?)
do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:87)
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f (?:?)

Fixes: ea022dfb3c2a ("ocfs: simplify symlink handling")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
Signed-off-by: Zhang Cen <rollkingzzc@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index a510a0eb1adc..e54a320f35f1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1525,6 +1525,29 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
}
}

+ if (S_ISLNK(le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode)) &&
+ !le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters)) {
+ int max_inline = ocfs2_fast_symlink_chars(sb);
+ u64 i_size = le64_to_cpu(di->i_size);
+
+ if (i_size >= max_inline) {
+ rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid dinode #%llu: fast symlink i_size %llu exceeds max %d\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ (unsigned long long)i_size,
+ max_inline - 1);
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
+ if (strnlen((char *)di->id2.i_symlink, i_size + 1) != i_size) {
+ rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid dinode #%llu: fast symlink is not NUL-terminated at i_size %llu\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ (unsigned long long)i_size);
+ goto bail;
+ }
+ }
+
if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_CHAIN_FL) {
struct ocfs2_chain_list *cl = &di->id2.i_chain;
u16 bpc = 1 << (OCFS2_SB(sb)->s_clustersize_bits -
@@ -1812,4 +1835,3 @@ const struct ocfs2_caching_operations ocfs2_inode_caching_ops = {
.co_io_lock = ocfs2_inode_cache_io_lock,
.co_io_unlock = ocfs2_inode_cache_io_unlock,
};
-
--
2.43.0