Re: [PATCH] xfs: reject attr leaf blocks with inconsistent usedbytes

From: Weiming Shi

Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 13:55:16 EST


Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2026年7月8日周三 00:34写道:
>
> On Fri, Jul 03, 2026 at 08:15:44AM -0700, Weiming Shi wrote:
> > xfs_attr3_leaf_verify() checks each attr leaf entry on its own, but never
> > checks that the entries' nameval regions are disjoint. A crafted leaf can
> > point several entries at overlapping offsets: every entry passes the
> > per-entry check, yet the summed entry sizes far exceed the nameval region.
> >
> > ichdr.usedbytes is kept as the exact sum of the entries'
> > xfs_attr_leaf_entsize() (see xfs_attr3_leaf_add()), so for such a leaf the
> > real sum no longer matches usedbytes. When the leaf is later repacked,
> > xfs_attr3_leaf_compact() resets firstused to blksize and calls
> > xfs_attr3_leaf_moveents(), which subtracts each entry size from firstused;
> > the oversized sum underflows the 32-bit firstused and the following memmove
> > writes out of bounds. The same repack runs from xfs_attr3_leaf_rebalance()
> > and xfs_attr3_leaf_unbalance(). The only guard is an ASSERT, which is
> > compiled out on production kernels.
> >
> > A single setxattr() on a file with such a leaf, after mounting a crafted
> > image, triggers the write:
> >
> > BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in xfs_attr3_leaf_moveents (fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c:2788)
> > Write of size 400 at addr ffff88802b187f98 by task exploit
> > xfs_attr3_leaf_moveents (fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c:2788)
> > xfs_attr3_leaf_compact (fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c:1790)
> > xfs_attr3_leaf_add (fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c:1563)
> > xfs_attr_set_iter (fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c:556)
> > xfs_attr_set (fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c:1244)
> > xfs_xattr_set (fs/xfs/xfs_xattr.c:186)
> > __vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:218)
> > vfs_setxattr (fs/xattr.c:339)
> > __x64_sys_fsetxattr (fs/xattr.c:774)
> >
> > Sum the entry sizes while verifying and reject the leaf unless the sum
> > equals usedbytes and usedbytes fits in [firstused, blksize). The online
> > scrubber already validates this in xchk_xattr_block(); this brings the
> > read/write verifier in line with it so the bad leaf is rejected before any
> > reshape can run.
> >
> > Fixes: c84760659dcf ("xfs: check attribute leaf block structure")
> > Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
> > Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
> > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
> > index 86c5c09a5db4..9814dcfbd7ac 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
> > @@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(
> > struct xfs_attr3_icleaf_hdr *leafhdr,
> > struct xfs_attr_leaf_entry *ent,
> > int idx,
> > - __u32 *last_hashval)
> > + __u32 *last_hashval,
> > + unsigned int *usedbytes)
> > {
> > struct xfs_attr_leaf_name_local *lentry;
> > struct xfs_attr_leaf_name_remote *rentry;
> > @@ -344,6 +345,7 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(
> > if (name_end > buf_end)
> > return __this_address;
> >
> > + *usedbytes += namesize;
> > return NULL;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -376,6 +378,7 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify(
> > char *buf_end;
> > uint32_t end; /* must be 32bit - see below */
> > __u32 last_hashval = 0;
> > + unsigned int usedbytes = 0;
> > int i;
> > xfs_failaddr_t fa;
> >
> > @@ -410,11 +413,21 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify(
> > buf_end = (char *)bp->b_addr + mp->m_attr_geo->blksize;
> > for (i = 0, ent = entries; i < ichdr.count; ent++, i++) {
> > fa = xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(mp, buf_end, leaf, &ichdr,
> > - ent, i, &last_hashval);
> > + ent, i, &last_hashval, &usedbytes);
> > if (fa)
> > return fa;
> > }
> >
> > + /*
> > + * usedbytes must equal the summed entry sizes and fit in the
> > + * nameval region; otherwise a later repack underflows firstused
> > + * in xfs_attr3_leaf_moveents().
> > + */
> > + if (usedbytes != ichdr.usedbytes)
> > + return __this_address;
> > + if (ichdr.usedbytes > mp->m_attr_geo->blksize - ichdr.firstused)
>
> Interesting ... where did this new logic come from? xchk_xattr_block
> doesn't perform this test.
>
> --D
>
> > + return __this_address;
> > +
> > /*
> > * Quickly check the freemap information. Attribute data has to be
> > * aligned to 4-byte boundaries, and likewise for the free space.
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
> >

Yeah, you're right, sorry. scrub only checks "usedbytes == summed sizes"
(my first check). It has nothing for the second one,

if (ichdr.usedbytes > mp->m_attr_geo->blksize - ichdr.firstused)

The closest scrub test is "usedbytes > blksize", which bounds usedbytes
against the whole block, not the nameval region, so it wouldn't catch this.
Saying the scrubber already validates it was just wrong.

My reproducer's leaf (firstused=3616, real summed entsize=6000, usedbytes
field=8) is actually caught by the first check, since 6000 != 8. But the
first check alone isn't enough: an image that instead sets the usedbytes
field to the oversized real sum passes the equality, and then only the
second check (6000 > 4096-3616) rejects it before moveents underflows
firstused. So both are needed.

I'll drop the scrubber reference in v2. Code's unchanged. Thanks.