[PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix wrong search.here in clone_block
From: Jinchao Wang
Date: Tue Dec 16 2025 - 11:12:48 EST
syzbot reported a KASAN out-of-bounds Read in ext4_xattr_set_entry()[1].
When xattr_find_entry() returns -ENODATA, search.here still points to the
position after the last valid entry. ext4_xattr_block_set() clones the xattr
block because the original block maybe shared and must not be modified in
place.
In the clone_block, search.here is recomputed unconditionally from the old
offset, which may place it past search.first. This results in a negative
reset size and an out-of-bounds memmove() in ext4_xattr_set_entry().
Fix this by initializing search.here correctly when search.not_found is set.
#syz test
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1
Fixes: fd48e9acdf2 (ext4: Unindent codeblock in ext4_xattr_block_set)
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: syzbot+f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 2e02efbddaac..cc30abeb7f30 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1980,7 +1980,10 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
goto cleanup;
s->first = ENTRY(header(s->base)+1);
header(s->base)->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
- s->here = ENTRY(s->base + offset);
+ if (s->not_found)
+ s->here = s->first;
+ else
+ s->here = ENTRY(s->base + offset);
s->end = s->base + bs->bh->b_size;
/*
--
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