[PATCH v2] xfs: bound da-node entry count against the correct geometry
From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo
Date: Tue Jul 07 2026 - 15:07:52 EST
xfs_da3_node_verify() bounds the node entry count against the larger of
the directory and attribute geometries because, as a buffer verifier, it
cannot tell whether the block belongs to the directory or the attribute
tree. When the directory block size exceeds the fs block size (e.g.
mkfs.xfs -n size=64k -b size=4k), an attribute node buffer is a single fs
block that holds only m_attr_geo->node_ents entries, yet a crafted attr
node may claim a count up to m_dir_geo->node_ents and still pass the
verifier.
xfs_da3_node_lookup_int() then indexes btree[] up to that count during
its binary search -- an out-of-bounds read via getxattr/listxattr on a
mounted crafted image.
The buffer verifier is the wrong place to tighten this: it has no fork
context, and the transaction-less read path used by getxattr does not run
xfs_da3_node_set_type() either. xfs_da3_node_lookup_int(), on the other
hand, always runs on that path and holds args->geo, the geometry of the
fork actually being searched. Bound the entry count against
args->geo->node_ents there, before walking the entries.
Fixes: 7ab610f9e0f1 ("xfs: move node entry counts to xfs_da_geometry")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: reworked per Darrick's review. Do not infer dir-vs-attr from the
buffer size in the verifier; instead bound the entry count in
xfs_da3_node_lookup_int() against args->geo->node_ents, the
geometry of the fork being searched. cc stable.
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index 9debb95d86fa..95ea3737eb33 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -1787,6 +1787,20 @@ xfs_da3_node_lookup_int(
} else
expected_level--;
+ /*
+ * The node verifier cannot tell whether this block belongs to
+ * the directory or the attribute tree, so it only bounds the
+ * entry count against the larger of the two geometries. Here
+ * args->geo is the geometry of the fork we are actually
+ * searching, so reject a count that would walk btree[] off the
+ * end of this node buffer.
+ */
+ if (nodehdr.count > args->geo->node_ents) {
+ xfs_buf_mark_corrupt(blk->bp);
+ xfs_da_mark_sick(args);
+ return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ }
+
max = nodehdr.count;
blk->hashval = be32_to_cpu(btree[max - 1].hashval);
--
2.53.0