[PATCH v2 2/2] ceph: fix out-of-bounds read in ceph_netfs_issue_op_inline()
From: Guanglei Zhu
Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 23:05:21 EST
The read offset is validated against i_size but never against
inline_len, and the two fields come from the MDS independently. When
a read starts past the end of the inline data, the subtraction
len = min_t(size_t, iinfo->inline_len - subreq->start, subreq->len);
underflows and min_t() ends up with subreq->len, so copy_to_iter()
reads past the end of the inline buffer straight into the user
buffer. A malicious or buggy MDS reporting a short inline payload
together with an inflated i_size can thus leak kernel heap memory to
userspace.
Bail out with -ENODATA when the offset is not within the inline
data.
Fixes: 5b19f1eba459 ("ceph: make ceph_netfs_issue_op() handle inlined data")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guanglei Zhu <zhugl3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
- set err = -ENODATA before bailing out on start >= inline_len, and
correct the commit message: with err left at 0 the subreq completed
with no progress, which netfs treats as EOF, not -ENODATA
(reported by Alex Markuze)
fs/ceph/addr.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 3c7cf8a5e..dd33afca7 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@ static bool ceph_netfs_issue_op_inline(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
return false;
}
+ if (subreq->start >= iinfo->inline_len) {
+ ceph_mdsc_put_request(req);
+ err = -ENODATA;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
len = min_t(size_t, iinfo->inline_len - subreq->start, subreq->len);
err = copy_to_iter(iinfo->inline_data + subreq->start, len, &subreq->io_iter);
if (err == 0) {
--
2.43.0