From: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
To: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>, "Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
xmei5@asu.edu, Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>,
Dave Chinner <dgc@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] xfs: reject log items with missing regions during recovery
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:24:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260717192408.109168-2-bestswngs@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260717192408.109168-1-bestswngs@gmail.com>
Each recovered log item is assembled in xlog_recover_add_to_trans() into
an ri_buf[] of ri_total (= the format's declared region count) slots, and
the regions actually logged are counted in ri_cnt. Nothing checks that
ri_cnt reached ri_total once the transaction is complete, so a crafted or
truncated log can present an item whose format declares more regions than
were logged. The trailing ri_buf[] slots are then NULL, and the reorder,
readahead and replay code dereference them.
For example, an XFS_LI_INODE item declaring two regions but logging only
the format region leaves ri_buf[1] NULL, and mount-time recovery faults
dereferencing it as the log dinode:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
RIP: xlog_recover_inode_commit_pass2 (fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item_recover.c:370)
Call Trace:
xlog_recover_items_pass2 (fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c:2011)
xlog_recover_commit_trans (fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c:2078)
xlog_recovery_process_trans (fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c:2328)
xlog_recover_process_data (fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c:2502)
xlog_recover (fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c:3486)
xfs_log_mount (fs/xfs/xfs_log.c:667)
xfs_mountfs (fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c:1039)
xfs_fs_fill_super (fs/xfs/xfs_super.c:1965)
get_tree_bdev_flags (fs/super.c:1680)
__x64_sys_mount (fs/namespace.c:4433)
Whether an item logged all its declared regions is a generic log format
property, not a per-item-type concern, so reject any item with a missing
region in xlog_recover_commit_trans() before the item ops run.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: Xiang Mei <xmei5@asu.edu>
Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Weiming Shi <bestswngs@gmail.com>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 09e6678ca487..5250d512a392 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2039,6 +2039,17 @@ xlog_recover_commit_trans(
hlist_del_init(&trans->r_list);
+ /*
+ * Reject an item missing a region its format declared; the NULL slot
+ * would be dereferenced by the reorder and replay code.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry(item, &trans->r_itemq, ri_list) {
+ if (XFS_IS_CORRUPT(log->l_mp,
+ item->ri_total == 0 ||
+ item->ri_cnt != item->ri_total))
+ return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ }
+
error = xlog_recover_reorder_trans(log, trans, pass);
if (error)
return error;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-17 19:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-17 19:24 [PATCH v2 0/2] xfs: add a log item verifier pass to recovery Weiming Shi
2026-07-17 19:24 ` Weiming Shi [this message]
2026-07-17 22:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] xfs: reject log items with missing regions during recovery Dave Chinner
2026-07-17 19:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] xfs: verify recovered inode log items in pass1 Weiming Shi
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