Re: [PATCH] minix: avoid overflow in bitmap block count calculation

From: Jan Kara

Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 03:28:54 EST


On Wed 17-06-26 17:57:40, Michael Bommarito wrote:
> 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>

Hum, I think this is what DIV_ROUND_UP_POW2() was invented for so using
that might be more obvious?

Honza

> ---
> 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) && \
> --
> 2.53.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR