[PATCH v3 3/4] ocfs2: validate suballoc slot and bit of xattr and dir index blocks
From: Joseph Qi
Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 09:09:37 EST
ocfs2_validate_xattr_block() and ocfs2_validate_dx_root() do not
validate xb_suballoc_slot, xb_suballoc_bit, dr_suballoc_slot and
dr_suballoc_bit at all. Since xattr blocks and dir index root blocks
are allocated from a per-slot suballocator at runtime, their suballoc
slots must be within range and their suballoc bits must fit in a block
group bitmap.
Otherwise a corrupted image can carry an out-of-range slot. When the
xattr block or dir index is removed, ocfs2_xattr_block_remove() or
ocfs2_dx_dir_remove_index() passes the unvalidated slot to
ocfs2_get_system_file_inode() and get_local_system_inode() will either
hit BUG_ON(slot == OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT) or compute an out-of-bounds
index into the local_system_inodes array. Similarly an oversized
suballoc bit will error out the filesystem in
_ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits().
Furthermore ocfs2_validate_dx_root() does not verify dr_blkno against
the physical block number like the extent and xattr block validators
do, so a misplaced dir index root block can pass validation.
Reject misplaced dir index root blocks, out-of-range suballoc slots
and oversized suballoc bits during validation.
Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/dir.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 60 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index 0075e1624310..6bb6aa133f01 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -605,6 +605,41 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_dx_root(struct super_block *sb,
goto bail;
}
+ if (le64_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_blkno) != bh->b_blocknr) {
+ ret = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Dir Index Root # %llu has an invalid dr_blkno of %llu\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_blkno));
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Dir index root blocks are allocated from a per-slot suballocator,
+ * so the slot must be in range. Otherwise removing the index passes
+ * it to get_local_system_inode(), which hits BUG_ON() for
+ * OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT or computes an out-of-bounds index otherwise.
+ */
+ if ((u32)le16_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_suballoc_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
+ ret = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Dir Index Root # %llu has invalid dr_suballoc_slot %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_blkno),
+ le16_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_suballoc_slot));
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Similarly the suballoc bit must fit in a block group bitmap.
+ * Otherwise removing the index will pass the oversized bit to
+ * _ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits() and trigger ocfs2_error() there.
+ */
+ if (le16_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_suballoc_bit) >= ocfs2_suballoc_bits_per_block(sb)) {
+ ret = ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Dir Index Root # %llu has invalid dr_suballoc_bit %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_blkno),
+ le16_to_cpu(dx_root->dr_suballoc_bit));
+ goto bail;
+ }
+
if (!(dx_root->dr_flags & OCFS2_DX_FLAG_INLINE)) {
struct ocfs2_extent_list *el = &dx_root->dr_list;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
index 143d6f75f9c9..34f102db2a0e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
@@ -532,6 +532,31 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_block(struct super_block *sb,
le32_to_cpu(xb->xb_fs_generation));
}
+ /*
+ * Xattr blocks are allocated from a per-slot suballocator, so the
+ * slot must be in range. Otherwise freeing the block passes it to
+ * get_local_system_inode(), which hits BUG_ON() for
+ * OCFS2_INVALID_SLOT or computes an out-of-bounds index otherwise.
+ */
+ if ((u32)le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Extended attribute block #%llu has an invalid xb_suballoc_slot of %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_slot));
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Similarly the suballoc bit must fit in a block group bitmap.
+ * Otherwise freeing the block will pass the oversized bit to
+ * _ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits() and trigger ocfs2_error() there.
+ */
+ if (le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_bit) >= ocfs2_suballoc_bits_per_block(sb)) {
+ return ocfs2_error(sb,
+ "Extended attribute block #%llu has an invalid xb_suballoc_bit of %u\n",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+ le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_bit));
+ }
+
if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
size_t region_offset =
offsetof(struct ocfs2_xattr_block, xb_attrs.xb_header);
--
2.39.3