[PATCH 1/4] ocfs2: restrict OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT suballoc slot to system inodes
From: Joseph Qi
Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 02:30:20 EST
ocfs2_validate_inode_block() currently permits i_suballoc_slot to be
OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT for any dinode. Only system inodes created by
mkfs.ocfs2 are allocated from the global allocator and thus
legitimately carry this value; regular inodes are always allocated
from a per-slot suballocator and hence must have a valid slot.
If a corrupted regular inode with OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT is accepted,
ocfs2_remove_inode() will pass the slot to ocfs2_get_system_file_inode()
and get_local_system_inode() will hit BUG_ON(slot == OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT)
when the inode is deleted. This can be triggered by an unprivileged
user unlinking such a corrupted file.
Reject OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT for non-system dinodes during validation,
while still accepting it for system inodes.
Fixes: fe7a283b3916 ("ocfs2: add suballoc slot check in ocfs2_validate_inode_block()")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 180107a11046..eda50f13ffb5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1520,8 +1520,23 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
goto bail;
}
- if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot) != (u16)OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT &&
- (u32)le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot) > OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots - 1) {
+ /*
+ * Only system inodes created by mkfs.ocfs2 are allocated from the
+ * global allocator and thus legitimately carry OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT.
+ * Regular inodes are always allocated from a per-slot suballocator.
+ * If a regular inode with OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT was accepted here,
+ * deleting it would pass the slot to get_local_system_inode() via
+ * ocfs2_remove_inode() and trigger BUG_ON(slot == OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT).
+ */
+ if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot) == (u16)OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT) {
+ if (!(le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL)) {
+ rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Invalid dinode %llu: suballoc slot %u for non-system inode\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot));
+ goto bail;
+ }
+ } else if ((u32)le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot) > OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots - 1) {
rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: suballoc slot %u\n",
(unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
le16_to_cpu(di->i_suballoc_slot));
--
2.39.3