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From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
To: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
Cc: "Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: reject remote xattr entries with an out-of-range value length
Date: Tue,  7 Jul 2026 11:01:18 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707140118.3217585-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com> (raw)

xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry() validates a remote attribute entry's name
but never bounds its on-disk value length (xfs_attr_leaf_name_remote.
valuelen, a __be32). A crafted leaf with valuelen = 0x80000000 passes
the verifier and the CRC.

That length is later assigned into the signed int args->rmtvaluelen
(xfs_attr3_leaf_getvalue), becoming negative, which slips past the signed
-ERANGE check in xfs_attr_copy_value(); a getxattr() with a small buffer
then memcpy()s a full remote block into the small kvalue buffer
(xfs_attr_rmtval_copyout) -- a heap out-of-bounds write with
attacker-controlled content, from an unprivileged getxattr(2) on a
mounted crafted image.

Reject remote entries whose value length exceeds XFS_XATTR_SIZE_MAX in
the leaf verifier, so the malicious block is rejected at read time.

Fixes: c84760659dcf ("xfs: check attribute leaf block structure")
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
---
 fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index 86c5c09a5db4..f1769289f908 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry(
 		if (!(ent->flags & XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE) &&
 		    rentry->valueblk == 0)
 			return __this_address;
+		if (be32_to_cpu(rentry->valuelen) > XFS_XATTR_SIZE_MAX)
+			return __this_address;
 	}
 
 	if (name_end > buf_end)
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-07 14:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-07 14:01 Aldo Ariel Panzardo [this message]
2026-07-07 16:36 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-07-07 19:00 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] xfs: fix out-of-range remote xattr " Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-07-07 19:00   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] xfs: reject out-of-range attribute value lengths in xfs_attr_copy_value Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-07-07 19:00   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] xfs: reject remote xattr entries with an out-of-range value length Aldo Ariel Panzardo

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