[PATCH v5 0/2] ocfs2: validate xattr entry bounds
From: Cen Zhang
Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 05:02:05 EST
Hi,
This series validates OCFS2 xattr entry name/value bounds when xattr
metadata is read and validated, before getxattr() or listxattr() can
walk out-of-range entry arrays or offsets from corrupted metadata.
Patch 1 validates inline xattrs from ocfs2_validate_inode_block().
Patch 2 reuses the same entry validator for non-indexed xattr blocks
and indexed xattr buckets.
Changes since v4:
- Replace the descriptive string argument with enum
ocfs2_xattr_entry_type.
- Drop the new per-operation full inline-xattr re-check; operation
paths keep their existing ibody header/count lookup, and full
entry bounds validation now runs at inode block read time.
- Simplify corruption messages to rely on the corrupt block number
instead of also naming the xattr storage kind.
Cen Zhang (2):
ocfs2: validate inline xattrs during inode block validation
ocfs2: validate external xattr entries when reading metadata
fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 4 +
fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 194 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
fs/ocfs2/xattr.h | 2 +
3 files changed, 187 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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