[PATCH] udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping
From: Seohyeon Maeng
Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 04:17:47 EST
Mounting a crafted UDF image with repeated partition descriptors can
trigger a heap out-of-bounds write in part_descs_loc[].
handle_partition_descriptor() deduplicates entries by partition number,
but appended slots never record partnum. As a result duplicate
Partition Descriptors are appended repeatedly and num_part_descs keeps
growing.
Once the table is full, the growth path still sizes the allocation from
partnum even though inserts are indexed by num_part_descs. If partnum is
already aligned to PART_DESC_ALLOC_STEP, ALIGN(partnum, step) can keep
the old capacity and the next append writes past the end of the table.
Store partnum in the appended slot and size growth from the next append
count so deduplication and capacity tracking follow the same model.
Fixes: ee4af50ca94f ("udf: Fix mounting of Win7 created UDF filesystems")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Seohyeon Maeng <bioloidgp@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/udf/super.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/udf/super.c b/fs/udf/super.c
index 27f463fd1d89..3c3c645de0bc 100644
--- a/fs/udf/super.c
+++ b/fs/udf/super.c
@@ -1694,7 +1694,8 @@ static struct udf_vds_record *handle_partition_descriptor(
return &(data->part_descs_loc[i].rec);
if (data->num_part_descs >= data->size_part_descs) {
struct part_desc_seq_scan_data *new_loc;
- unsigned int new_size = ALIGN(partnum, PART_DESC_ALLOC_STEP);
+ unsigned int need = data->num_part_descs + 1;
+ unsigned int new_size = ALIGN(need, PART_DESC_ALLOC_STEP);
new_loc = kzalloc_objs(*new_loc, new_size);
if (!new_loc)
@@ -1705,6 +1706,7 @@ static struct udf_vds_record *handle_partition_descriptor(
data->part_descs_loc = new_loc;
data->size_part_descs = new_size;
}
+ data->part_descs_loc[data->num_part_descs].partnum = partnum;
return &(data->part_descs_loc[data->num_part_descs++].rec);
}
base-commit: 1f318b96cc84d7c2ab792fcc0bfd42a7ca890681
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2.43.0