[PATCH] xfs: bound inode buffer log item replay by logged regions
From: Weiming Shi
Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 15:34:51 EST
xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer() advances item_index once for every run of
set bits in the logged dirty bitmap, but ri_buf[] is populated only for
the regions present in the recovered log item. A crafted inode buffer
log item can therefore make the dirty bitmap describe more runs than the
item has logged regions, and recovery reads past the end of ri_buf[]
before dereferencing the bogus iov_base pointer.
The ASSERT() that checks iov_base compiles away without CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG,
and evaluating it would already perform the out-of-bounds ri_buf[] read.
Check item_index against ri_cnt before the first ri_buf[item_index]
access instead, and fail recovery with -EFSCORRUPTED.
Found with KASAN on a CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG=n build by mounting a crafted XFS
image whose log contains an inode buffer item with more dirty bitmap runs
than logged regions:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer (fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c:701)
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88801387d160 by task mount
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
allocated 32-byte region [ffff88801387d140, ffff88801387d160)
xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer (fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c:701)
xlog_recover_buf_commit_pass2 (fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c:1130)
...
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address
RIP: 0010:xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer (fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c:703)
After this change the crafted image fails recovery with -EFSCORRUPTED and
the mount is refused.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: Kyle Zeng <kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/20260611212314.4610-1-kylebot@xxxxxxxxxx/
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@xxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/ajGB9o5Ys6itU3Rh@bfoster/
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c
index 02b95b89d1b5..2c2d4a0027af 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item_recover.c
@@ -659,6 +659,13 @@ xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer(
reg_buf_offset = bit << XFS_BLF_SHIFT;
reg_buf_bytes = nbits << XFS_BLF_SHIFT;
item_index++;
+
+ if (XFS_IS_CORRUPT(mp, item_index >= item->ri_cnt)) {
+ xfs_alert(mp,
+ "Bad inode buffer log item dirty bitmap: more dirty regions than the %d logged, for buffer at daddr 0x%llx.",
+ item->ri_cnt - 1, xfs_buf_daddr(bp));
+ return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ }
}
/*
@@ -669,7 +676,6 @@ xlog_recover_do_inode_buffer(
if (next_unlinked_offset < reg_buf_offset)
continue;
- ASSERT(item->ri_buf[item_index].iov_base != NULL);
ASSERT((item->ri_buf[item_index].iov_len % XFS_BLF_CHUNK) == 0);
ASSERT((reg_buf_offset + reg_buf_bytes) <= BBTOB(bp->b_length));
--
2.43.0