* [PATCH v1 1/2] fs: reject negative offsets for SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE in default_llseek()
2026-11-01 6:00 [PATCH v1 0/2] fs: fix and deduplicate whence handling in default_llseek() Siddharth Chintamaneni
@ 2026-11-01 6:00 ` Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-01 6:00 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] fs: use must_set_pos() " Siddharth Chintamaneni
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-01 6:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner
Cc: Jan Kara, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, apais, rlmenge, hargar,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
In default_llseek(), the range checks for SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE compare
the signed loff_t offset directly against inode->i_size:
if (offset >= inode->i_size) {
retval = -ENXIO;
goto out;
}
When a negative offset is supplied to SEEK_HOLE (e.g. lseek(fd, -10,
SEEK_HOLE) on a sysctl file in /proc/sys), the signed comparison evaluates
to false and execution proceeds to:
offset = inode->i_size;
This overwrites the negative offset with a non-negative value before the
final `if (offset >= 0 || unsigned_offsets(file))` check, causing
default_llseek() to update file->f_pos and return inode->i_size instead of
failing with -ENXIO. Similarly, for SEEK_DATA on a file with
FOP_UNSIGNED_OFFSET, a negative offset bypasses the range check and
succeeds via unsigned_offsets(file).
Read the inode size once via i_size_read(inode) after acquiring the inode
lock and compare (unsigned long long)offset >= eof for both SEEK_DATA and
SEEK_HOLE, matching must_set_pos().
Fixes: 982d816581ee ("fs: add SEEK_HOLE and SEEK_DATA flags")
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
---
fs/read_write.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 676728310899..86ce8cea10d7 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -333,13 +333,15 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
loff_t retval;
+ loff_t eof;
retval = inode_lock_killable(inode);
if (retval)
return retval;
+ eof = i_size_read(inode);
switch (whence) {
case SEEK_END:
- offset += i_size_read(inode);
+ offset += eof;
break;
case SEEK_CUR:
if (offset == 0) {
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
* long as offset isn't at the end of the file then the
* offset is data.
*/
- if (offset >= inode->i_size) {
+ if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof) {
retval = -ENXIO;
goto out;
}
@@ -365,11 +367,11 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
* as long as offset isn't i_size or larger, return
* i_size.
*/
- if (offset >= inode->i_size) {
+ if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof) {
retval = -ENXIO;
goto out;
}
- offset = inode->i_size;
+ offset = eof;
break;
}
retval = -EINVAL;
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
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2026-11-01 6:00 [PATCH v1 0/2] fs: fix and deduplicate whence handling in default_llseek() Siddharth Chintamaneni
2026-11-01 6:00 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] fs: reject negative offsets for SEEK_DATA and SEEK_HOLE " Siddharth Chintamaneni
@ 2026-11-01 6:00 ` Siddharth Chintamaneni
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Siddharth Chintamaneni @ 2026-11-01 6:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner
Cc: Jan Kara, linux-fsdevel, linux-kernel, apais, rlmenge, hargar,
Siddharth Chintamaneni
default_llseek() open-codes the same whence switch for SEEK_END,
SEEK_CUR, SEEK_DATA, and SEEK_HOLE that must_set_pos() already implements
for generic_file_llseek_size() and generic_llseek_cookie().
Replace the open-coded switch (whence) block in default_llseek() with a
call to must_set_pos(file, &offset, whence, i_size_read(inode)).
Signed-off-by: Siddharth Chintamaneni <sidchintamaneni@gmail.com>
---
fs/read_write.c | 50 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 86ce8cea10d7..b15522cf96cd 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -333,47 +333,25 @@ loff_t default_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
loff_t retval;
- loff_t eof;
+ int ret;
retval = inode_lock_killable(inode);
if (retval)
return retval;
- eof = i_size_read(inode);
- switch (whence) {
- case SEEK_END:
- offset += eof;
- break;
- case SEEK_CUR:
- if (offset == 0) {
- retval = file->f_pos;
- goto out;
- }
- offset += file->f_pos;
- break;
- case SEEK_DATA:
- /*
- * In the generic case the entire file is data, so as
- * long as offset isn't at the end of the file then the
- * offset is data.
- */
- if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof) {
- retval = -ENXIO;
- goto out;
- }
- break;
- case SEEK_HOLE:
- /*
- * There is a virtual hole at the end of the file, so
- * as long as offset isn't i_size or larger, return
- * i_size.
- */
- if ((unsigned long long)offset >= eof) {
- retval = -ENXIO;
- goto out;
- }
- offset = eof;
- break;
+
+ ret = must_set_pos(file, &offset, whence, i_size_read(inode));
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ retval = ret;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ retval = offset;
+ goto out;
}
+
+ if (whence == SEEK_CUR)
+ offset += file->f_pos;
+
retval = -EINVAL;
if (offset >= 0 || unsigned_offsets(file)) {
if (offset != file->f_pos)
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)
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