[PATCH v6 1/2] ocfs2: validate inline xattrs during inode block validation
From: Cen Zhang
Date: Thu Jun 25 2026 - 05:14:17 EST
ocfs2_validate_inode_block() verifies a dinode before OCFS2 users walk
metadata from it, but inline xattr metadata is still checked only in
operation-specific consumers. The existing ibody lookup helper validates
inline header placement and entry count, but inode block validation does
not reject entry name/value bounds.
Add a shared xattr entry validator and call it from inode block
validation for inline xattrs. Keep the operation paths on their existing
header/count lookup checks; the full entry bounds check now runs when the
inode block is validated at read time.
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 | 169 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
fs/ocfs2/xattr.h | 2 +
3 files changed, 162 insertions(+), 13 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..b6f00926849d 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket {
int bu_blocks;
};
+enum ocfs2_xattr_entry_type {
+ OCFS2_XATTR_IBODY,
+ OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK,
+ OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET,
+};
+
struct ocfs2_xattr_set_ctxt {
handle_t *handle;
struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac;
@@ -950,41 +956,178 @@ 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,
+ enum ocfs2_xattr_entry_type type,
+ size_t storage_size)
+{
+ u16 xattr_count = le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count);
+ size_t entry_storage_size = storage_size;
+ size_t max_entries;
+ int i;
+
+ switch (type) {
+ case OCFS2_XATTR_IBODY:
+ break;
+ case OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK:
+ storage_size = sb->s_blocksize -
+ offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs.xb_header);
+ entry_storage_size = storage_size;
+ break;
+ case OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET:
+ entry_storage_size = sb->s_blocksize;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (storage_size < sizeof(*xh))
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: storage size %zu is too small\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno, storage_size);
+
+ if (entry_storage_size < sizeof(*xh))
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry storage size %zu is too small\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ entry_storage_size);
+
+ max_entries = (entry_storage_size - sizeof(*xh)) /
+ sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry);
+
+ if (xattr_count > max_entries)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry count %u exceeds maximum %zu\n",
+ (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;
+ size_t value_limit = storage_size;
+
+ if (type == OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET) {
+ size_t block_offset;
+
+ if (name_offset >= storage_size)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d name is out of bounds\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ i);
+
+ block_offset = name_offset % sb->s_blocksize;
+ if (xe->xe_name_len > sb->s_blocksize - block_offset)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d name crosses block boundary\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ i);
+
+ value_offset = block_offset +
+ OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+ value_limit = sb->s_blocksize;
+ } else {
+ if (name_offset > storage_size ||
+ xe->xe_name_len > storage_size - name_offset)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d name is out of bounds\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ i);
+
+ value_offset = name_offset +
+ OCFS2_XATTR_SIZE(xe->xe_name_len);
+ }
+
+ if (value_offset > value_limit)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value starts out of bounds\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
+
+ if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
+ if (le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size) >
+ value_limit - value_offset)
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value is out of bounds\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno,
+ i);
+ } else if (sizeof(struct ocfs2_xattr_value_root) >
+ value_limit - value_offset) {
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value root is out of bounds\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header_raw(struct super_block *sb,
+ u64 blkno,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header,
+ u16 *inline_size_ret)
{
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
u16 xattr_count;
size_t max_entries;
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);
+ ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid inode %llu: xattr inline size %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)blkno, inline_size);
return -EFSCORRUPTED;
}
- *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);
- xattr_count = le16_to_cpu((*header)->xh_count);
+ xattr_count = le16_to_cpu(xh->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,
+ ocfs2_error(sb,
"xattr entry count %u exceeds maximum %zu in inode %llu\n",
xattr_count, max_entries,
- (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno);
+ (unsigned long long)blkno);
return -EFSCORRUPTED;
}
+ *header = xh;
+ if (inline_size_ret)
+ *inline_size_ret = inline_size;
+
return 0;
}
+int ocfs2_validate_inode_xattr(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
+{
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh;
+ u16 inline_size;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!(le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_XATTR_FL))
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header_raw(sb, blkno, di, &xh,
+ &inline_size);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries(sb, blkno, xh, OCFS2_XATTR_IBODY,
+ inline_size);
+}
+
+static int ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header(struct inode *inode,
+ struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+ struct ocfs2_xattr_header **header)
+{
+ return ocfs2_xattr_ibody_lookup_header_raw(inode->i_sb,
+ OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno,
+ di, header, NULL);
+}
+
int ocfs2_has_inline_xattr_value_outside(struct inode *inode,
struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
{
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 *,
--
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