64-bit pointer arithmetic bug in xattr code The int offset is not enought to hold the difference between arbitraty pointers on 64-bit machines. Compute the offset of here and last inside HDR(bh) instead. Index: linux-2.6.0-test9/fs/ext2/xattr.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.0-test9.orig/fs/ext2/xattr.c 2003-10-25 20:43:58.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.0-test9/fs/ext2/xattr.c 2003-11-13 14:31:02.649956273 +0100 @@ -617,9 +617,11 @@ bad_block: ext2_error(sb, "ext2_xattr_s goto cleanup; memcpy(header, HDR(bh), bh->b_size); header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1); - offset = (char *)header - bh->b_data; - here = ENTRY((char *)here + offset); - last = ENTRY((char *)last + offset); + + offset = (char *)here - bh->b_data; + here = ENTRY((char *)header + offset); + offset = (char *)last - bh->b_data; + last = ENTRY((char *)header + offset); } } else { /* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */ Index: linux-2.6.0-test9/fs/ext3/xattr.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.0-test9.orig/fs/ext3/xattr.c 2003-10-25 20:43:50.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.0-test9/fs/ext3/xattr.c 2003-11-13 14:31:23.932352979 +0100 @@ -629,9 +629,10 @@ bad_block: ext3_error(sb, "ext3_xattr_s goto cleanup; memcpy(header, HDR(bh), bh->b_size); header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1); - offset = (char *)header - bh->b_data; - here = ENTRY((char *)here + offset); - last = ENTRY((char *)last + offset); + offset = (char *)here - bh->b_data; + here = ENTRY((char *)header + offset); + offset = (char *)last - bh->b_data; + last = ENTRY((char *)header + offset); } } else { /* Allocate a buffer where we construct the new block. */