[PATCH v2] nilfs2: validate file block counts during recovery

From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo

Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 15:58:16 EST


nilfs_scan_dsync_log() trusts the block counts in each on-disk file
information entry. If fi_ndatablk is greater than fi_nblocks, the data
block loop can consume excessive summary entries and the later subtraction
used to derive the number of node blocks underflows.

Reject inconsistent file information entries before consuming their block
information.

Fixes: 0f3e1c7f23f8 ("nilfs2: recovery functions")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nilfs2/recovery.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
index 4d5a6aa521..28200cef4d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/recovery.c
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ static int nilfs_scan_dsync_log(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, sector_t start_blocknr,
ino = le64_to_cpu(finfo->fi_ino);
nblocks = le32_to_cpu(finfo->fi_nblocks);
ndatablk = le32_to_cpu(finfo->fi_ndatablk);
+ if (ndatablk > nblocks) {
+ err = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }
nnodeblk = nblocks - ndatablk;

while (ndatablk-- > 0) {
--
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