[PATCH] ext4: WARNING: locking bug in ext4_ioctl
From: Remington Brasga
Date: Fri Sep 27 2024 - 12:51:52 EST
Fixed the locking bug with the bisection found by syzbot.
Link to the syzbot bug report:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a3c8e9ac9f9d77240afd
Reported-by: syzbot+a3c8e9ac9f9d77240afd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Remington Brasga <rbrasga@xxxxxxx>
---
First attempt at patching this issue. Verified the bug exists, and that
this patch fixes it, and EXT4 KUnit tests pass. Though I am not sure if
the patch should be higher up the stack.
Open to questions or any suggestions for improvements.
#syz test
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index e0e1956dcdd3..2b30b9571fd8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ void ext4_xattr_inode_set_class(struct inode *ea_inode)
struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(ea_inode);
lockdep_set_subclass(&ea_inode->i_rwsem, 1);
- (void) ei; /* shut up clang warning if !CONFIG_LOCKDEP */
- lockdep_set_subclass(&ei->i_data_sem, I_DATA_SEM_EA);
+
+ if (ei->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL) {
+ lockdep_set_subclass(&ei->i_data_sem, I_DATA_SEM_EA);
+ } else {
+ lockdep_set_subclass(&ei->i_data_sem, I_DATA_SEM_NORMAL);
+ }
}
#endif
--
2.34.1