[PATCH] ocfs2: bound-check dir entries in the readdir re-validation scan
From: Zhan Xusheng
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 08:22:47 EST
When the inode version changed since the last readdir(),
ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el() re-scans the directory block from its start to
relocate the current position:
for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *)(bh->b_data + i);
if (le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len) < OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(1))
break;
i += le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
}
The loop dereferences de->rec_len (at byte offset 8 within the entry)
guarded only by i < sb->s_blocksize. `offset` is derived from ctx->pos,
which userspace controls via lseek() on the directory fd, so i can reach
the last bytes of the block; reading de->rec_len then reads a few bytes
past the s_blocksize-sized block buffer (an out-of-bounds read).
The main emit loop below already guards this via ocfs2_check_dir_entry(),
which rejects entries too close to the buffer end before touching de.
Apply the same lower bound to the re-validation scan so that a full
minimal directory entry is known to fit before de is dereferenced. For a
consistent directory this changes nothing: entries are at least
OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(1) bytes, so no valid entry starts in the excluded tail.
Found by the sashiko review tool; fix approach suggested by Joseph Qi.
Suggested-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: ccd979bdbce9 ("[PATCH] OCFS2: The Second Oracle Cluster Filesystem")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260806022044.167962-1-zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Zhan Xusheng <zhanxusheng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/dir.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index d7fc3cccf2f4..3b606b4c04dd 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,8 @@ static int ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(struct inode *inode,
* dirent right now. Scan from the start of the block
* to make sure. */
if (!inode_eq_iversion(inode, *f_version)) {
- for (i = 0; i < sb->s_blocksize && i < offset; ) {
+ for (i = 0; i + OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(1) <= sb->s_blocksize &&
+ i < offset;) {
de = (struct ocfs2_dir_entry *) (bh->b_data + i);
/* It's too expensive to do a full
* dirent test each time round this
--
2.43.0