[PATCH v3] ocfs2: validate inline data i_size during inode read

From: Deepanshu Kartikey

Date: Fri Dec 12 2025 - 00:21:42 EST


When reading an inode from disk, ocfs2_validate_inode_block() performs
various sanity checks but does not validate the size of inline data.
If the filesystem is corrupted, an inode's i_size can exceed the actual
inline data capacity (id_count).

This causes ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_id() to iterate beyond the inline
data buffer, triggering a use-after-free when accessing directory
entries from freed memory.

In the syzbot report:
- i_size was 1099511627576 bytes (~1TB)
- Actual inline data capacity (id_count) is typically <256 bytes
- A garbage rec_len (54648) caused ctx->pos to jump out of bounds
- This triggered a UAF in ocfs2_check_dir_entry()

Fix by adding a validation check in ocfs2_validate_inode_block() to
ensure inodes with inline data have i_size <= id_count. This catches
the corruption early during inode read and prevents all downstream
code from operating on invalid data.

Reported-by: syzbot+c897823f699449cc3eb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c897823f699449cc3eb4
Tested-by: syzbot+c897823f699449cc3eb4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251211115231.3560028-1-kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx/T/ [v1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251212040400.6377-1-kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx/T/ [v2]
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Folded new check into existing OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL block (Joseph Qi)

v2:
- Removed unnecessary S_ISDIR() check since OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL
applies to both directories and regular files (Heming Zhao)
- Fixed checkpatch.pl warnings
---
fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 8340525e5589..77f73fa663b7 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1486,12 +1486,25 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
goto bail;
}

- if ((le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) &&
- le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters)) {
- rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: %u clusters\n",
- (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
- le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters));
- goto bail;
+ if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
+ struct ocfs2_inline_data *data = &di->id2.i_data;
+
+ if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters)) {
+ rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid dinode %llu: %u clusters\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters));
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
+ if (le64_to_cpu(di->i_size) > le16_to_cpu(data->id_count)) {
+ rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid dinode #%llu: inline data i_size %llu exceeds id_count %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->i_size),
+ le16_to_cpu(data->id_count));
+ goto bail;
+ }
}

if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_CHAIN_FL) {
--
2.43.0