Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] ocfs2: validate inline xattrs during inode block validation

[Joseph Qi]

On 7/5/26 10:53 AM, Cen Zhang wrote:
> ocfs2_validate_inode_block() verifies a dinode before OCFS2 users walk
> metadata from it, but inline xattr metadata is still checked only in
> operation-specific consumers. The existing ibody lookup helper validates
> inline header placement and entry count, but inode block validation does
> not reject entry name/value bounds.
> 
> Add a flat xattr entry validator and call it from inode block validation
> for inline xattrs. Keep the operation paths on their existing
> header/count lookup checks; the full entry bounds check now runs when
> the inode block is validated at read time.
> 
> Reject corrupted inline xattr metadata before ocfs2_xattr_ibody_get() or
> listxattr() can walk past the inline storage.
> 
> Validation reproduced this kernel report:
> BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_xattr_find_entry+0x5a/0x170
> Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881242a2000 by task python3/529
> Call Trace:
>   dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0
>   print_report+0xce/0x630
>   kasan_report+0xe0/0x110
>   ocfs2_xattr_find_entry+0x5a/0x170
>   ocfs2_xattr_get_nolock+0x20a/0x820
>   ocfs2_xattr_get+0x10c/0x1e0
>   __vfs_getxattr+0xe2/0x130
>   vfs_getxattr+0x185/0x1b0
> 
> Fixes: cf1d6c763fbc ("ocfs2: Add extended attribute support")
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
> Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks fine.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/inode.c |   4 ++
>  fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  fs/ocfs2/xattr.h |   2 +
>  3 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> index 662dbc845b8b..815bf3f659da 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> @@ -1608,6 +1608,10 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
>  
> +	rc = ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(sb, bh->b_blocknr, di);
> +	if (rc)
> +		goto bail;
> +
>  	if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
>  		struct ocfs2_inline_data *data = &di->id2.i_data;
>  
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> index fcddd3c13acd..ca76441625db 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> @@ -950,41 +950,133 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(struct inode *inode,
>  	return result;
>  }
>  
> -static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header(struct inode *inode,
> -					   struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
> -					   struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header)
> +static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries_flat(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> +					     struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
> +					     size_t region_size)
> +{
> +	u16 xattr_count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count);
> +	size_t entries_limit = region_size;
> +	size_t nv_limit = region_size;
> +	size_t max_entries;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (region_size < sizeof(*xh))
> +		return ocfs2_error(sb,
> +				   "Invalid xattr in block %llu: region size %zu is too small\n",
> +				   (unsigned long long)blkno, region_size);
> +
> +	max_entries = (entries_limit - sizeof(*xh)) /
> +		      sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
> +
> +	if (xattr_count > max_entries)
> +		return ocfs2_error(sb,
> +				   "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry count %u exceeds maximum %zu\n",
> +				   (unsigned long long)blkno,
> +				   xattr_count, max_entries);
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i < xattr_count; i++) {
> +		struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
> +		size_t name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
> +		size_t value_offset;
> +
> +		if (name_offset > nv_limit ||
> +		    xe->xe_name_len > nv_limit - name_offset)
> +			return ocfs2_error(sb,
> +					   "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d name is out of bounds\n",
> +					   (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
> +
> +		value_offset = name_offset + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
> +		if (value_offset > nv_limit)
> +			return ocfs2_error(sb,
> +					   "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value starts out of bounds\n",
> +					   (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
> +
> +		if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
> +			if (le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size) >
> +			    nv_limit - value_offset)
> +				return ocfs2_error(sb,
> +						   "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value is out of bounds\n",
> +						   (unsigned long long)blkno,
> +						   i);
> +		} else if (sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root) >
> +			   nv_limit - value_offset) {
> +			return ocfs2_error(sb,
> +					   "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value root is out of bounds\n",
> +					   (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header_raw(struct super_block *sb,
> +					       u64 blkno,
> +					       struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
> +					       struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header,
> +					       u16 *inline_size_ret)
>  {
> +	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
>  	u16 xattr_count;
>  	size_t max_entries;
>  	u16 inline_size = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
>  
> -	if (inline_size > inode->i_sb->s_blocksize ||
> +	if (inline_size > sb->s_blocksize ||
>  	    inline_size < sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header)) {
> -		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
> -			    "Invalid xattr inline size %u in inode %llu\n",
> -			    inline_size,
> -			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
> +		ocfs2_error(sb,
> +			    "Invalid inode %llu: xattr inline size %u\n",
> +			    (unsigned long long)blkno, inline_size);
>  		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
>  	}
>  
> -	*header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
> -		((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - inline_size);
> +	xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
> +		((void *)di + sb->s_blocksize - inline_size);
>  
> -	xattr_count = le16_to_cpu((*header)->xh_count);
> +	xattr_count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count);
>  	max_entries = (inline_size - sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header)) /
>  		      sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
>  
>  	if (xattr_count > max_entries) {
> -		ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
> +		ocfs2_error(sb,
>  			    "xattr entry count %u exceeds maximum %zu in inode %llu\n",
>  			    xattr_count, max_entries,
> -			    (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
> +			    (unsigned long long)blkno);
>  		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
>  	}
>  
> +	*header = xh;
> +	if (inline_size_ret)
> +		*inline_size_ret = inline_size;
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +int ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> +			       struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
> +{
> +	struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
> +	u16 inline_size;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!(le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header_raw(sb, blkno, di, &xh,
> +						  &inline_size);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries_flat(sb, blkno, xh, inline_size);
> +}
> +
> +static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header(struct inode *inode,
> +					   struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
> +					   struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header)
> +{
> +	return ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header_raw(inode->i_sb,
> +						   OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
> +						   di, header, NULL);
> +}
> +
>  int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
>  					 struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
>  {
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
> index 65e9aa743919..6b7589941315 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct buffer_head *,
>  			   struct ocfs2_alloc_context *);
>  int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
>  					 struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
> +int ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> +			       struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
>  int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
>  int ocfs2_init_security_get(struct inode *, struct inode *,
>  			    const struct qstr *,