[PATCH] ext4: fix OOB memmove in ext4_xattr_set_entry
From: Zhao Gongyi
Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 06:33:56 EST
A corrupted filesystem can leave an inode marked as having inline data
while the system.data xattr is missing. ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock()
then asks ext4_xattr_set_entry() to remove an entry even though
ext4_xattr_ibody_find() left the search state at the insertion position.
In the syzkaller reproducer, the old xattr value offset is smaller than
min_offs. ext4_xattr_set_entry() then computes val - first_val for
memmove(), the length wraps to a huge size_t, and memmove() can run out of
the xattr buffer. This results in an out-of-bounds memmove and a kernel
page fault.
A crafted corrupted ext4 image can trigger this while inline data is being
converted out of the inode. Treat the inconsistent inline/xattr state as
filesystem corruption before updating the xattr entry.
The issue was found by syzkaller and reproduced with the generated C
reproducer. The crash signature is:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff8880074cf000
RIP: 0010:memmove+0x28/0x1b0
Call Trace:
ext4_xattr_set_entry+0xe2f/0x1e90 fs/ext4/xattr.c:1761
ext4_xattr_ibody_set+0x3d6/0x5d0 fs/ext4/xattr.c:2268
ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock+0x288/0x5b0 fs/ext4/inline.c:467
ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock+0x178/0xe80 fs/ext4/inline.c:1222
ext4_convert_inline_data+0x52a/0x610 fs/ext4/inline.c:2083
ext4_fallocate+0x1a0/0x3ba0 fs/ext4/extents.c:4752
Reject the missing system.data xattr before destroying inline data, and
validate the old value offset before ext4_xattr_set_entry() reaches the
memmove().
The crash was reproduced on unpatched 7.3.0-rc3 and 6.6.122 kernels. With
this fix applied to both versions, the same syzkaller C reproducer ran for
120 seconds without triggering KASAN, Oops, a memmove fault, or panic.
Fixes: 67cf5b09a46f ("ext4: add the basic function for inline data support")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v3.8+
Signed-off-by: Zhao Gongyi <zhaogongyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inline.c | 6 ++++++
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 12 ++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index ceee69a66..0a30d40cb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -461,6 +461,12 @@ static int ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle,
error = ext4_xattr_ibody_find(inode, &i, &is);
if (error)
goto out;
+ if (is.s.not_found) {
+ EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
+ "corrupted inline data without system.data xattr");
+ error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ goto out;
+ }
BUFFER_TRACE(is.iloc.bh, "get_write_access");
error = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode->i_sb, is.iloc.bh,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 5c310747b..9a0ee5779 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1712,6 +1712,18 @@ static int ext4_xattr_set_entry(struct ext4_xattr_info *i,
}
}
+ if (!s->not_found && here->e_value_size && !here->e_value_inum) {
+ size_t offs = le16_to_cpu(here->e_value_offs);
+
+ if (offs < min_offs) {
+ EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
+ "corrupted xattr: value offset %zu < min_offs %zu",
+ offs, min_offs);
+ ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+
/*
* Getting access to old and new ea inodes is subject to failures.
* Finish that work before doing any modifications to the xattr data.
--
2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)