[PATCH] nilfs2: validate segment number in nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo()

From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 07:28:05 EST


nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo() subtracts the caller-provided segment number
from the total number of segments without first checking its range. If
the requested number is greater than the total, the unsigned subtraction
wraps and the function may process segment numbers outside the filesystem.

Cache the total while holding the metadata semaphore and return no entries
when the starting segment number is at or beyond the end.

Fixes: 6c98cd4ecb0a ("nilfs2: segment usage file")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nilfs2/sufile.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c b/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c
index eceedca026..e3733d2be1 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c
@@ -864,15 +864,21 @@ ssize_t nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo(struct inode *sufile, __u64 segnum, void *buf,
struct the_nilfs *nilfs = sufile->i_sb->s_fs_info;
size_t offset;
void *kaddr;
- unsigned long nsegs, segusages_per_block;
+ unsigned long nsegments, nsegs, segusages_per_block;
ssize_t n;
int ret, i, j;

down_read(&NILFS_MDT(sufile)->mi_sem);

+ nsegments = nilfs_sufile_get_nsegments(sufile);
+ if (segnum >= nsegments) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
segusages_per_block = nilfs_sufile_segment_usages_per_block(sufile);
nsegs = min_t(unsigned long,
- nilfs_sufile_get_nsegments(sufile) - segnum,
+ nsegments - segnum,
nsi);
for (i = 0; i < nsegs; i += n, segnum += n) {
n = min_t(unsigned long,
--
2.43.0