[PATCH v2] gfs2: reject oversized dinode sizes before i_size_write

From: Jiaming Zhang

Date: Mon Jul 06 2026 - 14:00:34 EST


A corrupted GFS2 image can store a dinode size that is larger than what VFS
i_size can represent. gfs2_dinode_in() reads the on-disk di_size as a u64 and
writes it directly into inode->i_size. If the value is larger than S64_MAX, the
incore i_size becomes negative. That negative value can bypass the existing
stuffed inode size check:

inode->i_size > gfs2_max_stuffed_size(ip)

Later, gfs2_quotad may try to sync the quota file and unstuff the quota inode.
gfs2_unstuffer_folio() reads the negative i_size into an unsigned length and
passes it to memcpy(), turning it into a huge copy size and triggering a
out-of-bound issue.

Reject dinodes whose size exceeds sb->s_maxbytes before storing the value in
inode->i_size. Also make the stuffed inode check use the raw on-disk size while
it is still unsigned.

Fixes: 70376c7ff312 ("gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes")
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CANypQFaF6bvORKKbRALvEL0k_epFaneFiOQqco4gjdmKVbdURg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5-xhigh
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jiaming Zhang <r772577952@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop the defensive unstuffing changes in bmap.c.

fs/gfs2/glops.c | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glops.c b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
index 28f32424ee64..8c5d257451d5 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glops.c
@@ -393,11 +393,16 @@ static int gfs2_dinode_in(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const void *buf)
umode_t mode = be32_to_cpu(str->di_mode);
struct inode *inode = &ip->i_inode;
bool is_new = inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_NEW;
+ u64 size = be64_to_cpu(str->di_size);

if (unlikely(ip->i_no_addr != be64_to_cpu(str->di_num.no_addr))) {
gfs2_consist_inode(ip);
return -EIO;
}
+ if (unlikely(size > (u64)inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes)) {
+ gfs2_consist_inode(ip);
+ return -EIO;
+ }
if (unlikely(!is_new && inode_wrong_type(inode, mode))) {
gfs2_consist_inode(ip);
return -EIO;
@@ -418,7 +423,7 @@ static int gfs2_dinode_in(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const void *buf)
i_uid_write(inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_uid));
i_gid_write(inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_gid));
set_nlink(inode, be32_to_cpu(str->di_nlink));
- i_size_write(inode, be64_to_cpu(str->di_size));
+ i_size_write(inode, size);
gfs2_set_inode_blocks(inode, be64_to_cpu(str->di_blocks));
atime.tv_sec = be64_to_cpu(str->di_atime);
atime.tv_nsec = be32_to_cpu(str->di_atime_nsec);
@@ -462,7 +467,7 @@ static int gfs2_dinode_in(struct gfs2_inode *ip, const void *buf)
return -EIO;
}

- if (gfs2_is_stuffed(ip) && inode->i_size > gfs2_max_stuffed_size(ip)) {
+ if (gfs2_is_stuffed(ip) && size > gfs2_max_stuffed_size(ip)) {
gfs2_consist_inode(ip);
return -EIO;
}
--
2.43.0