* Re: [PATCH] ext4: validate dirents before splitting a directory
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@ 2026-10-01 19:46 ` syzbot
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> #syz test: upstream
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> syzbot reported a slab-use-after-free write in do_split() while
> renaming an entry in a directory that is being converted into an
> indexed (htree) directory by make_indexed_dir():
>
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dx_move_dirents [inline]
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_split+0x1241/0x1e90
> Write of size 90458 at addr ffff88803b38ac6e by task syz.0.17/6003
>
> do_split() builds a map of the leaf's dirents and then moves a subset
> of them to a new block. dx_move_dirents() trusts map[i].offs and uses
> the rec_len found there as the length of a memset(). With a corrupted
> or crafted directory block, a bogus map entry makes that rec_len
> garbage (here 90464), turning the memset() into an out-of-bounds write
> that can corrupt arbitrary memory.
>
> Validate each entry that is about to be moved with
> ext4_check_dir_entry() before using it, and bail out with
> -EFSCORRUPTED if the entry does not lie inside the block. This is the
> same class of validation already used elsewhere in the directory code.
>
> This is a filesystem-corruption hardening issue; the crash needs a
> corrupt directory, which is why it is not reachable on a consistent
> filesystem. The syzbot "introduced by" bisection pointed at an
> unrelated btrfs commit and can be ignored.
>
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=09bec78ee77613a3efdd
> ---
> fs/ext4/namei.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index a6386c1d237f..b2ec222b15e4 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -1951,6 +1951,25 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
> goto journal_error;
> }
> map -= count;
> + /*
> + * The map is built from the on-disk dirents, so its entries should
> + * always refer to valid dirents. However, if the leaf block is
> + * corrupted (e.g. a crafted image), a bogus map entry can make
> + * dx_move_dirents() read a rec_len from an arbitrary location and use
> + * it as the length of a memset(), writing far out of bounds. Validate
> + * every entry we are about to move before using it.
> + */
> + for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
> + unsigned int off = map[i].offs << 2;
> +
> + if (off > blocksize - sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_2) ||
> + ext4_check_dir_entry(dir, NULL,
> + (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *)(data1 + off),
> + *bh, data1, blocksize, off)) {
> + err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + }
> dx_sort_map(map, count);
> /* Ensure that neither split block is over half full */
> size = 0;
> --
> 2.51.0
>
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