Forwarded: [PATCH] ocfs2: validate i_refcount_loc when refcount flag is set

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Date: Mon Dec 08 2025 - 03:09:01 EST


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Subject: [PATCH] ocfs2: validate i_refcount_loc when refcount flag is set
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Add validation in ocfs2_validate_inode_block() to check that if an
inode has OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL set, it must also have a valid
i_refcount_loc. A corrupted filesystem image can have this inconsistent
state, which later triggers a BUG_ON in ocfs2_remove_refcount_tree()
when the inode is being wiped during unlink.

Catch this corruption early during inode validation to fail gracefully
instead of crashing the kernel.

Reported-by: syzbot+6d832e79d3efe1c46743@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=6d832e79d3efe1c46743
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 78f81950c9ee..dd56407fc056 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1484,6 +1484,13 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
goto bail;
}

+ if ((di->i_dyn_features & cpu_to_le16(OCFS2_HAS_REFCOUNT_FL)) &&
+ !di->i_refcount_loc) {
+ rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode #%llu: refcount flag set but i_refcount_loc is zero\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
rc = 0;

bail:
--
2.43.0