Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: validate filecheck inode slots
From: Joseph Qi
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 05:59:42 EST
On 9/26/26 9:53 PM, Jiale Yao wrote:
> The online filecheck path reads inodes with
> ocfs2_filecheck_validate_inode_block() instead of
> ocfs2_validate_inode_block(). It does not check the slot fields that
> are used as indices into arrays sized by osb->max_slots.
>
> A corrupted dinode can set OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL or
> OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL while carrying an out-of-range orphan slot. An
> out-of-range i_suballoc_slot can also bypass the normal validator
> through the filecheck path. These values can later be used to index
> the slot-local system inode array.
>
> Mirror the normal validator's slot checks in the filecheck validator.
> Reject invalid slots in the repair path as well, since the correct
> slot cannot be recovered.
>
> Fixes: bb88131c9831 ("ocfs2: validate DIO orphan slot during inode read")
Don't see why blames this commit.
> Signed-off-by: Jiale Yao <yaojiale02@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> index 180107a11046..ab82cf9146ef 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> @@ -1754,6 +1754,44 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
> return rc;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Validate the slot fields used as indices into arrays sized by
> + * osb->max_slots. The filecheck path uses this validator instead of
> + * ocfs2_validate_inode_block(), so it must enforce the same bounds.
> + */
> +static int ocfs2_filecheck_validate_slots(struct super_block *sb,
> + struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
> + unsigned long long blkno)
> +{
> + struct ocfs2_super *osb = OCFS2_SB(sb);
> +
> + if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot) != (u16)OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT &&
> + (u32)le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot) > osb->max_slots - 1) {
> + mlog(ML_ERROR,
> + "Filecheck: invalid dinode #%llu: suballoc slot %u\n",
> + blkno, le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot));
> + return -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_INVALIDINO;
> + }
> +
> + if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL) &&
> + le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot) >= osb->max_slots) {
> + mlog(ML_ERROR,
> + "Filecheck: invalid dinode #%llu: orphaned slot %u\n",
> + blkno, le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot));
> + return -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_INVALIDINO;
> + }
> +
> + if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL) &&
> + le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot) >= osb->max_slots) {
> + mlog(ML_ERROR,
> + "Filecheck: invalid dinode #%llu: DIO orphaned slot %u\n",
> + blkno, le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot));
> + return -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_INVALIDINO;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
The same comments with extent list filecheck patch.
Please abtract common helpers for this.
Thanks,
Joseph
> static int ocfs2_filecheck_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
> struct buffer_head *bh)
> {
> @@ -1835,6 +1873,10 @@ static int ocfs2_filecheck_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
> goto bail;
> }
>
> + rc = ocfs2_filecheck_validate_slots(sb, di, bh->b_blocknr);
> + if (rc)
> + goto bail;
> +
> if (ocfs2_dinode_has_size_without_clusters(sb, di)) {
> if (S_ISDIR(le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode)))
> mlog(ML_ERROR,
> @@ -1893,6 +1935,9 @@ static int ocfs2_filecheck_repair_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
> return -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_VALIDFLAG;
> }
>
> + if (ocfs2_filecheck_validate_slots(sb, di, bh->b_blocknr))
> + return -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_INVALIDINO;
> +
> if (le64_to_cpu(di->i_blkno) != bh->b_blocknr) {
> di->i_blkno = cpu_to_le64(bh->b_blocknr);
> changed = 1;