[PATCH v2 2/2] ocfs2: reject inconsistent xattr bucket during defrag

From: Joseph Qi

Date: Thu Sep 03 2026 - 10:08:25 EST


ocfs2_defrag_xattr_bucket() has two mlog_bug_on_msg() checks that
assume the name/value pairs in a bucket are disjoint and that
xh_free_start is not below the compacted region.

ocfs2_validate_xattr_bucket() only checks each entry in isolation,
so a corrupt bucket holding overlapping entries, or one with an
inflated xh_free_start, passes validation and then hits BUG() in
defrag when a setxattr triggers it.

Defrag works on a linear copy of the bucket and does not touch the
real blocks before the copy back, so the checks can return an error
instead of calling BUG().

Fixes: 012255961c9e ("ocfs2: Enable xattr set in index btree")
Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index c71fa7983b73..e6c49adaac8a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -4804,16 +4804,22 @@ static int ocfs2_defrag_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
memmove(bucket_buf + end - len,
bucket_buf + offset, len);
xe->xe_name_offset = cpu_to_le16(end - len);
+ } else if (end < offset + len) {
+ ret = ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+ "Defrag check failed for bucket %llu\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno);
+ goto out;
}

- mlog_bug_on_msg(end < offset + len, "Defrag check failed for "
- "bucket %llu\n", (unsigned long long)blkno);
-
end -= len;
}

- mlog_bug_on_msg(xh_free_start > end, "Defrag check failed for "
- "bucket %llu\n", (unsigned long long)blkno);
+ if (xh_free_start > end) {
+ ret = ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+ "Defrag check failed for bucket %llu\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno);
+ goto out;
+ }

if (xh_free_start == end)
goto out;
--
2.39.3