[PATCH] minix: avoid overflow in bitmap block count calculation
From: Michael Bommarito
Date: Wed Jun 17 2026 - 17:59:22 EST
minix_check_superblock() uses minix_blocks_needed() to verify that the
on-disk imap and zmap block counts are large enough for the advertised
inode and zone counts.
The helper currently performs DIV_ROUND_UP() in unsigned int arithmetic.
A Minix v3 image can set s_ninodes or s_zones near UINT_MAX so the
addition inside DIV_ROUND_UP() wraps to zero. That makes a zero imap/zmap
block count look valid, after which minix_fill_super() can dereference
s_imap[0] or s_zmap[0] even though no bitmap buffers were allocated.
Impact: mounting a crafted Minix v3 image whose s_ninodes or s_zones is
near UINT_MAX makes minix_check_superblock() accept a zero bitmap-block
count and minix_fill_super() dereference s_imap[0]/s_zmap[0], panicking
the kernel.
Calculate the required bitmap block count with 64-bit arithmetic. Return it
as unsigned long to match the superblock fields and local comparison.
Fixes: 8c97a6ddc956 ("minix: Add required sanity checking to minix_check_superblock()")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5-5-xhigh
Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Testing: integer overflow (no sanitizer); the oracle is the downstream
NULL/ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference crash.
Reproduction (UML mount, same crafted image, before/after): a Minix v3
image is crafted with s_ninodes near UINT_MAX so DIV_ROUND_UP(s_ninodes,
blocksize * 8) wraps to zero, then mounted from /dev/ubda by a one-line
init.
stock: RIP: minix_fill_super+0x3f6/0x5c3 ; Kernel panic - not syncing:
Kernel mode fault at addr 0x10 (ZERO_SIZE_PTR deref of
s_imap[0]); UML exit code 134.
patched: "MINIX-fs: file system does not have enough imap blocks
allocated. Refusing to mount." / "bad superblock"; mount
fails cleanly, no crash.
A KUnit case additionally asserts minix_blocks_needed() no longer wraps
for near-UINT_MAX inputs; both run on stock and patched.
Conditions: CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y and an attacker-supplied Minix image is
mounted (CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the mounting namespace, or a removable-media
automount path). v3 only: s_ninodes/s_zones are 32-bit; the v1/v2 16-bit
fields cannot reach the wrap.
Mitigations: do not mount untrusted Minix images; most distributions do
not enable CONFIG_MINIX_FS. No sysctl toggle.
Harness (init script, crafted image, KUnit) available on request.
fs/minix/minix.h | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index f2025c9b58252..8dc83f80bd768 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ static inline struct minix_inode_info *minix_i(struct inode *inode)
return container_of(inode, struct minix_inode_info, vfs_inode);
}
-static inline unsigned minix_blocks_needed(unsigned bits, unsigned blocksize)
+static inline unsigned long minix_blocks_needed(unsigned long bits,
+ unsigned int blocksize)
{
- return DIV_ROUND_UP(bits, blocksize * 8);
+ return DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(bits, blocksize * 8);
}
#if defined(CONFIG_MINIX_FS_NATIVE_ENDIAN) && \
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