[PATCH v4 1/2] ocfs2: validate inline xattrs during inode block validation
From: Cen Zhang
Date: Mon Jun 22 2026 - 09:05:43 EST
ocfs2_validate_inode_block() verifies a dinode before OCFS2 users walk
metadata from it, but inline xattr metadata is still checked only in
some consumers. The current ibody helper validates the inline header
placement and entry count before deriving the header from
i_xattr_inline_size, but it does not reject entry name/value bounds from
inode block validation.
Extend the shared ibody helper with name/value bounds checks and call it
from ocfs2_validate_inode_block(). Keep the get/list paths using the same
helper before they derive pointers from i_xattr_inline_size so callers
with an already-loaded dinode still get the same corruption check.
Reject corrupted inline xattr metadata before ocfs2_xattr_ibody_get() or
listxattr() can walk past the inline storage.
Validation reproduced this kernel report:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_xattr_find_entry+0x5a/0x170
Read of size 2 at addr ffff8881242a2000 by task python3/529
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0
print_report+0xce/0x630
kasan_report+0xe0/0x110
ocfs2_xattr_find_entry+0x5a/0x170
ocfs2_xattr_get_nolock+0x20a/0x820
ocfs2_xattr_get+0x10c/0x1e0
__vfs_getxattr+0xe2/0x130
vfs_getxattr+0x185/0x1b0
Fixes: cf1d6c763fbc ("ocfs2: Add extended attribute support")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 4 ++
fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
fs/ocfs2/xattr.h | 2 +
3 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 662dbc845b8b..815bf3f659da 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1608,6 +1608,10 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
goto bail;
}
+ rc = ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(sb, bh->b_blocknr, di);
+ if (rc)
+ goto bail;
+
if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
struct ocfs2_inline_data *data = &di->id2.i_data;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index fcddd3c13acd..00900e65634d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -950,39 +950,105 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_list_entries(struct inode *inode,
return result;
}
-static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header(struct inode *inode,
- struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
- struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header)
+static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
+ size_t storage_size,
+ const char *where)
{
- u16 xattr_count;
+ u16 xattr_count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count);
size_t max_entries;
+ int i;
+
+ if (storage_size < sizeof(*xh))
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid %s in block %llu: storage size %zu is too small\n",
+ where, (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ storage_size);
+
+ max_entries = (storage_size - sizeof(*xh)) /
+ sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+ if (xattr_count > max_entries) {
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid %s in block %llu: entry count %u exceeds maximum %zu\n",
+ where, (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ xattr_count, max_entries);
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < xattr_count; i++) {
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
+ size_t name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
+ size_t value_offset;
+
+ if (name_offset > storage_size ||
+ xe->xe_name_len > storage_size - name_offset)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid %s in block %llu: entry %d name is out of bounds\n",
+ where, (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
+
+ value_offset = name_offset + OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+ if (value_offset > storage_size)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid %s in block %llu: entry %d value starts out of bounds\n",
+ where, (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
+
+ if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
+ if (le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size) >
+ storage_size - value_offset)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid %s in block %llu: entry %d value is out of bounds\n",
+ where,
+ (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ i);
+ } else if (sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root) >
+ storage_size - value_offset) {
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid %s in block %llu: entry %d value root is out of bounds\n",
+ where, (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_ibody_header(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header)
+{
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
u16 inline_size = le16_to_cpu(di->i_xattr_inline_size);
- if (inline_size > inode->i_sb->s_blocksize ||
+ if (inline_size > 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;
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid inode %llu: xattr inline size %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno, inline_size);
}
- *header = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
- ((void *)di + inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - inline_size);
+ xh = (struct ocfs2_xattr_header *)
+ ((void *)di + sb->s_blocksize - inline_size);
+ if (header)
+ *header = xh;
- xattr_count = le16_to_cpu((*header)->xh_count);
- max_entries = (inline_size - sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_header)) /
- sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+ return ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries(sb, blkno, xh, inline_size,
+ "inline xattr");
+}
- if (xattr_count > max_entries) {
- ocfs2_error(inode->i_sb,
- "xattr entry count %u exceeds maximum %zu in inode %llu\n",
- xattr_count, max_entries,
- (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
- return -EFSCORRUPTED;
- }
+int ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+ if (!(le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL))
+ return 0;
- return 0;
+ return ocfs2_validate_xattr_ibody_header(sb, blkno, di, NULL);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header(struct inode *inode,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header)
+{
+ return ocfs2_validate_xattr_ibody_header(inode->i_sb,
+ OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+ di, header);
}
int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
index 65e9aa743919..6b7589941315 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.h
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ int ocfs2_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *, struct inode *, struct buffer_head *,
struct ocfs2_alloc_context *);
int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
+int ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di);
int ocfs2_xattr_remove(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
int ocfs2_init_security_get(struct inode *, struct inode *,
const struct qstr *,
--
2.43.0