[PATCH v2 05/11] dm-pcache: reject a kset that overruns its segment
From: Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay
Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 07:46:22 EST
From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker read a kset of
get_kset_onmedia_size() bytes and advance the position by it. A forged
key_num makes that size exceed the segment's remaining space, so the
advance walks past the segment and trips the cache_pos_advance() BUG_ON.
Reject a kset whose on-media size exceeds cache_seg_remain() before use.
Fixes: 1d57628ff95b ("dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c | 5 +++++
drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c | 5 +++++
drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c
index 1ed513745023..c483c7a3afaf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c
@@ -146,6 +146,11 @@ void pcache_cache_gc_fn(struct work_struct *work)
continue;
}
+ if (get_kset_onmedia_size(kset_onmedia) > cache_seg_remain(&key_tail)) {
+ atomic_inc(&cache->gc_errors);
+ return;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; i < kset_onmedia->key_num; i++) {
struct pcache_cache_key key_tmp = { 0 };
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
index f4459b2e1b3b..d00497f9e462 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@ int cache_replay(struct pcache_cache *cache)
}
/* Replay the kset and check for errors. */
+ if (get_kset_onmedia_size(kset_onmedia) > cache_seg_remain(pos)) {
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
ret = kset_replay(cache, kset_onmedia);
if (ret)
goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c
index 34c34b448e04..7a85a9aed18e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c
@@ -261,6 +261,11 @@ void cache_writeback_fn(struct work_struct *work)
goto queue_work;
}
+ if (get_kset_onmedia_size(kset_onmedia) > cache_seg_remain(&dirty_tail)) {
+ atomic_inc(&cache->writeback_errors);
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+
ret = cache_kset_insert_tree(cache, kset_onmedia);
if (ret) {
atomic_inc(&cache->writeback_errors);
--
2.43.0