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From: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
To: syzbot+f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix wrong search.here in clone_block
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:39:38 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251216123945.391988-2-wangjinchao600@gmail.com> (raw)

syzbot reported a KASAN out-of-bounds Read in ext4_xattr_set_entry()[1].

When xattr_find_entry() returns -ENODATA, search.here still points to the
position after the last valid entry. ext4_xattr_block_set() clones the xattr
block because the original block maybe shared and must not be modified in
place.

In the clone_block, search.here is recomputed unconditionally from the old
offset, which may place it past search.first. This results in a negative
reset size and an out-of-bounds memmove() in ext4_xattr_set_entry().

Fix this by initializing search.here correctly when search.not_found is set.

#syz test

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1

Fixes: fd48e9acdf2 (ext4: Unindent codeblock in ext4_xattr_block_set)
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext4/xattr.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 2e02efbddaac..cc30abeb7f30 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1980,7 +1980,10 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			goto cleanup;
 		s->first = ENTRY(header(s->base)+1);
 		header(s->base)->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
-		s->here = ENTRY(s->base + offset);
+		if (s->not_found)
+			s->here = s->first;
+		else
+			s->here = ENTRY(s->base + offset);
 		s->end = s->base + bs->bh->b_size;
 
 		/*
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-12-16 12:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-12-16 12:39 Jinchao Wang [this message]
2025-12-16 13:01 ` [syzbot] [ext4?] KASAN: out-of-bounds Read in ext4_xattr_set_entry syzbot
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2025-12-16 11:34 [PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix wrong search.here in clone_block Jinchao Wang
2025-12-16 12:03 ` Jinchao Wang
2025-12-17 11:30 ` Jan Kara
2025-12-18  1:40   ` Jinchao Wang
2025-12-18 15:39     ` Jan Kara
2025-12-26  0:53       ` Jinchao Wang

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