[PATCH] ext4: only update tune mount options when requested

From: guzebing

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 11:22:30 EST


EXT4_IOC_SET_TUNE_SB_PARAM uses set_flags to indicate which superblock
fields the caller wants to update. ext4_sb_setparams() checks set_flags
before updating the other supported fields, but always copied mount_opts
into the on-disk s_mount_opts field.

As a result, callers that do not set EXT4_TUNE_FL_MOUNT_OPTS can still
clear or alter the on-disk default mount options through their unused
mount_opts buffer. This can affect subsequent mounts by changing the
filesystem's stored default mount options.

Only copy mount_opts into s_mount_opts when EXT4_TUNE_FL_MOUNT_OPTS is set,
matching the set_flags semantics used by the other tuneable superblock
fields.

Fixes: 04a91570ac67 ("ext4: implemet new ioctls to set and get superblock parameters")
Signed-off-by: guzebing <guzebing1612@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index c8387e6a2c6e9..1f6d7afb62ec7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,8 @@ static void ext4_sb_setparams(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
es->s_encoding = cpu_to_le16(params->encoding);
if (params->set_flags & EXT4_TUNE_FL_ENCODING_FLAGS)
es->s_encoding_flags = cpu_to_le16(params->encoding_flags);
- strscpy_pad(es->s_mount_opts, params->mount_opts);
+ if (params->set_flags & EXT4_TUNE_FL_MOUNT_OPTS)
+ strscpy_pad(es->s_mount_opts, params->mount_opts);
if (params->set_flags & EXT4_TUNE_FL_EDIT_FEATURES) {
es->s_feature_compat |=
cpu_to_le32(params->set_feature_compat_mask);
--
2.20.1