[PATCH] ocfs2: validate inline xattr header before listxattr walks it
From: ZhengYuan Huang
Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 22:45:08 EST
[BUG]
listxattr() can walk off the end of a dinode block when the inode-body
xattr header is corrupted:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_xattr_list_entry+0x1bd/0x370 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:918
Read of size 13 at addr ffff88800ab5c0c0 by task syz.0.1231/3756
Call Trace:
...
ocfs2_xattr_list_entry+0x1bd/0x370 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:918
ocfs2_xattr_list_entries+0x1e1/0x320 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:938
ocfs2_xattr_ibody_list fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:982 [inline]
ocfs2_listxattr+0x4fb/0x980 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:1044
vfs_listxattr+0xb4/0x120 fs/xattr.c:493
listxattr+0x76/0x170 fs/xattr.c:924
filename_listxattr fs/xattr.c:958 [inline]
path_listxattrat+0x137/0x320 fs/xattr.c:988
__do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:1001 [inline]
...
[CAUSE]
ocfs2_xattr_ibody_list() computes the inline xattr header from
di->i_xattr_inline_size and passes it straight to
ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(). If corruption inflates xh_count, the list
walk steps past the inline xattr area and eventually past the end of the
4K dinode block. The xe_type load in ocfs2_xattr_get_type() then reads
poisoned memory.
[FIX]
Validate di->i_xattr_inline_size before locating the header, then bound
xh_count by the number of ocfs2_xattr_entry records that fit inside the
claimed inline area. Reject corrupted metadata with ocfs2_error() and
-EFSCORRUPTED instead of iterating past the dinode block.
Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@
static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_list(struct inode *inode,
struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
char *buffer,
size_t buffer_size)
{
struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header = NULL;
struct ocfs2_inode_info *oi = OCFS2_I(inode);
int ret = 0;
+ u16 xattr_count;
+ size_t max_entries;
+ u16 inline_size;
if (!(oi->ip_dyn_features & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL))
return ret;
+ inline_size = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
+
+ if (inline_size > inode->i_sb->s_blocksize ||
+ inline_size < sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header)) {
+ ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+ "Invalid xattr inline size %u in inode %llu\n",
+ inline_size,
+ (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+ return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ }
+
header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize -
- le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size));
+ inline_size);
+
+ xattr_count = le16_to_cpu(header->xh_count);
+ max_entries = (inline_size - sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header)) /
+ sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+ if (xattr_count > max_entries) {
+ ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
+ "Invalid xattr entry count %u (max %zu) in inode %llu\n",
+ xattr_count, max_entries,
+ (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+ return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ }
ret = ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(inode, header, buffer, buffer_size);
return ret;
}
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2.43.0