* [PATCH v2] isofs: bound empty directory blocks in isofs_read_level3_size()
@ 2026-09-30 4:21 Hui Peng
2026-10-01 8:11 ` Jan Kara
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Hui Peng @ 2026-09-30 4:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Kara
Cc: Matthias Goergens, Anders Larsen, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel,
stable, Hui Peng
isofs_read_level3_size() walks the sections of a level-3 (multi-extent)
directory record and, on encountering a zero length byte (de_len == 0),
moves on to the next block without bound. A crafted image with a long run
of empty blocks between two sections of a multi-extent file can force the
walk to read every block to the end of the device.
Count empty blocks (de_len == 0 at offset == 0) towards the existing
100-section limit. Track empty_blocks in a separate variable from section
count 'i' rather than incrementing 'i' directly, because 'if (i == 1)'
records the start of the second section (ei->i_next_section_block/offset);
incrementing 'i' on empty blocks before the second section is read would
cause 'i' to jump past 1, leaving the next-section pointer uninitialized
(0) and reading past the first extent into unrelated disk data.
Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 with KASAN enabled using a crafted
ISO image containing 150 consecutive empty blocks between two extents:
on the unfixed kernel the loop reads all 150 blocks; whereas with this fix
applied, the loop aborts with "isofs_read_level3_size: More than 100 file
sections/empty blocks ?!?".
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Co-developed-by: Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Document in code comment why empty_blocks is tracked separately from
section count 'i' rather than incrementing 'i' directly (preserving
the 'if (i == 1)' check for the second section pointer), answering Jan
Kara's reviewer feedback.
Changes in v1:
- Combined section and empty-block bounds check into i + empty_blocks > 100.
fs/isofs/inode.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
index 184350d2e6ad..d7b324029a1b 100644
--- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
unsigned long block, offset, block_saved, offset_saved;
int i = 0;
+ int empty_blocks = 0;
int more_entries = 0;
struct iso_directory_record *tmpde = NULL;
struct iso_inode_info *ei = ISOFS_I(inode);
@@ -1200,6 +1201,17 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
de_len = *(unsigned char *) de;
if (de_len == 0) {
+ /*
+ * A zero length byte at the start of a block (offset == 0)
+ * means the whole block is empty. Count that towards the
+ * same 100 limit as file sections, or a chain of empty
+ * blocks could be walked without bound.
+ * Track empty_blocks separately from section count 'i'
+ * so that 'if (i == 1)' correctly identifies the start of
+ * the second section even if an empty block precedes it.
+ */
+ if (offset == 0 && ++empty_blocks + i > 100)
+ goto out_toomany;
brelse(bh);
bh = NULL;
++block;
@@ -1241,7 +1253,7 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
more_entries = de->flags[-high_sierra] & 0x80;
i++;
- if (i > 100)
+ if (i + empty_blocks > 100)
goto out_toomany;
} while (more_entries);
out:
@@ -1258,7 +1270,7 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
return -EIO;
out_toomany:
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: More than 100 file sections ?!?, aborting...\n"
+ printk(KERN_INFO "%s: More than 100 file sections/empty blocks ?!?, aborting...\n"
"isofs_read_level3_size: inode=%llu\n",
__func__, inode->i_ino);
goto out;
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2026-09-30 4:21 [PATCH v2] isofs: bound empty directory blocks in isofs_read_level3_size() Hui Peng
@ 2026-10-01 8:11 ` Jan Kara
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2026-10-01 8:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hui Peng
Cc: Jan Kara, Matthias Goergens, Anders Larsen, linux-fsdevel,
linux-kernel, stable
On Wed 30-09-26 04:21:48, Hui Peng wrote:
> isofs_read_level3_size() walks the sections of a level-3 (multi-extent)
> directory record and, on encountering a zero length byte (de_len == 0),
> moves on to the next block without bound. A crafted image with a long run
> of empty blocks between two sections of a multi-extent file can force the
> walk to read every block to the end of the device.
>
> Count empty blocks (de_len == 0 at offset == 0) towards the existing
> 100-section limit. Track empty_blocks in a separate variable from section
> count 'i' rather than incrementing 'i' directly, because 'if (i == 1)'
> records the start of the second section (ei->i_next_section_block/offset);
> incrementing 'i' on empty blocks before the second section is read would
> cause 'i' to jump past 1, leaving the next-section pointer uninitialized
> (0) and reading past the first extent into unrelated disk data.
>
> Tested in QEMU against Linux 7.3.0-rc3 with KASAN enabled using a crafted
> ISO image containing 150 consecutive empty blocks between two extents:
> on the unfixed kernel the loop reads all 150 blocks; whereas with this fix
> applied, the loop aborts with "isofs_read_level3_size: More than 100 file
> sections/empty blocks ?!?".
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Co-developed-by: Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Goergens <matthias.goergens@gmail.com>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com>
Sorry Hui, I already have a patch from Matthias for this in my tree.
Honza
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Document in code comment why empty_blocks is tracked separately from
> section count 'i' rather than incrementing 'i' directly (preserving
> the 'if (i == 1)' check for the second section pointer), answering Jan
> Kara's reviewer feedback.
>
> Changes in v1:
> - Combined section and empty-block bounds check into i + empty_blocks > 100.
>
> fs/isofs/inode.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/isofs/inode.c b/fs/isofs/inode.c
> index 184350d2e6ad..d7b324029a1b 100644
> --- a/fs/isofs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/isofs/inode.c
> @@ -1173,6 +1173,7 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
> struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
> unsigned long block, offset, block_saved, offset_saved;
> int i = 0;
> + int empty_blocks = 0;
> int more_entries = 0;
> struct iso_directory_record *tmpde = NULL;
> struct iso_inode_info *ei = ISOFS_I(inode);
> @@ -1200,6 +1201,17 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
> de_len = *(unsigned char *) de;
>
> if (de_len == 0) {
> + /*
> + * A zero length byte at the start of a block (offset == 0)
> + * means the whole block is empty. Count that towards the
> + * same 100 limit as file sections, or a chain of empty
> + * blocks could be walked without bound.
> + * Track empty_blocks separately from section count 'i'
> + * so that 'if (i == 1)' correctly identifies the start of
> + * the second section even if an empty block precedes it.
> + */
> + if (offset == 0 && ++empty_blocks + i > 100)
> + goto out_toomany;
> brelse(bh);
> bh = NULL;
> ++block;
> @@ -1241,7 +1253,7 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
> more_entries = de->flags[-high_sierra] & 0x80;
>
> i++;
> - if (i > 100)
> + if (i + empty_blocks > 100)
> goto out_toomany;
> } while (more_entries);
> out:
> @@ -1258,7 +1270,7 @@ static int isofs_read_level3_size(struct inode *inode)
> return -EIO;
>
> out_toomany:
> - printk(KERN_INFO "%s: More than 100 file sections ?!?, aborting...\n"
> + printk(KERN_INFO "%s: More than 100 file sections/empty blocks ?!?, aborting...\n"
> "isofs_read_level3_size: inode=%llu\n",
> __func__, inode->i_ino);
> goto out;
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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