Re: [PATCH][for stable 5.{15, 10} 0/4] ext4: Fix kernel BUG in ext4_free_blocks

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Mar 15 2023 - 04:17:46 EST


On Thu, Mar 02, 2023 at 03:36:06PM +0000, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This patch set is intended for stable/linux-5.{15, 10}.y. The patches
> applied cleanly without deviations from the original upstream patches.
> The last patch is fixing the bug reported at [1]. The other three are
> prerequisites for the last commit. I tested the patches and I confirm
> that the reproducer no longer complains on linux-5.{15, 10}.y. Older
> LTS kernels have more dependencies, let's fix these until I sort out
> what else should be backported for the older LTS kernels.
>
> [1] LINK: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=5266d464285a03cee9dbfda7d2452a72c3c2ae7c
>
> Cheers,
> ta
>
> Lukas Czerner (1):
> ext4: block range must be validated before use in ext4_mb_clear_bb()
>
> Ritesh Harjani (3):
> ext4: refactor ext4_free_blocks() to pull out ext4_mb_clear_bb()
> ext4: add ext4_sb_block_valid() refactored out of
> ext4_inode_block_valid()
> ext4: add strict range checks while freeing blocks
>
> fs/ext4/block_validity.c | 26 +++--
> fs/ext4/ext4.h | 3 +
> fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 205 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 3 files changed, 139 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h