From: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
To: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
baijiaju1990@gmail.com, r33s3n6@gmail.com, zzzccc427@gmail.com,
mark@fasheh.com, jlbec@evilplan.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ocfs2: reject inconsistent local xattr entries
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:46:48 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6ea12771-a57e-49b0-9679-6a47d9bfd395@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806085012.2650042-1-gality369@gmail.com>
On 8/6/26 4:50 PM, ZhengYuan Huang wrote:
> [BUG]
> A corrupt OCFS2 xattr entry can set OCFS2_XATTR_ENTRY_LOCAL while
> keeping xe_value_size larger than OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE. When that
> entry reaches namevalue_size_xe(), the filesystem hits its BUG_ON:
>
> kernel BUG at fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:231!
> Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
> RIP: 0010:namevalue_size_xe fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:231 [inline]
> RIP: 0010:ocfs2_xa_block_wipe_namevalue+0x2e4/0x330 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:1638
> Call Trace:
> ocfs2_xa_wipe_namevalue fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:1470 [inline]
> ocfs2_xa_remove_entry+0xae/0x1d0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:1941
> ocfs2_xa_remove fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:2043 [inline]
> ocfs2_xa_set+0x11a8/0x30a0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:2247
> ocfs2_xattr_ibody_set+0x302/0xc50 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:2795
> __ocfs2_xattr_set_handle+0x7e6/0xdb0 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3416
> ocfs2_xattr_set+0x1447/0x2610 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:3650
> ocfs2_xattr_security_set+0x37/0x50 fs/ocfs2/xattr.c:7241
> __vfs_removexattr+0x14d/0x1d0 fs/xattr.c:518
> cap_inode_killpriv+0x29/0x50 security/commoncap.c:355
> security_inode_killpriv+0x105/0x220 security/security.c:2724
> setattr_prepare+0x147/0x8a0 fs/attr.c:219
> ocfs2_setattr+0x504/0x1fd0 fs/ocfs2/file.c:1148
> notify_change+0x4b5/0x1030 fs/attr.c:546
> do_truncate+0x1d2/0x230 fs/open.c:68
> handle_truncate fs/namei.c:3596 [inline]
> do_open fs/namei.c:3979 [inline]
> path_openat+0x260f/0x2ce0 fs/namei.c:4134
> do_filp_open+0x1f6/0x430 fs/namei.c:4161
> do_sys_openat2+0x117/0x1c0 fs/open.c:1437
> ...
>
> [CAUSE]
> namevalue_size_xe() assumes that local entries contain an inline value
> no larger than OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE. Existing xattr metadata
> validation only checks whether the value fits the storage region, and
> cached entries can reach lookup and bucket maintenance paths without a
> semantic check. A corrupt entry can therefore be passed to
> namevalue_size_xe().
>
> [FIX]
> Validate the local/value-size invariant in the existing flat and bucket
> metadata validators and before accepting matched entries or traversing
> bucket entries in paths that call namevalue_size_xe(). Return an OCFS2
> corruption error instead of firing the assertion.
>
> Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>
Looks fine.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> v2:
> - Rebase onto the ACL lock-order fix in linux-next.
> - Reuse the existing xattr metadata validators.
> - Keep validation in cached lookup and bucket maintenance paths.
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/xattr.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> index 35bcbb0ff607..e955126e4d7d 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/xattr.c
> @@ -237,6 +237,21 @@ static int namevalue_size_xe(struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
> return namevalue_size(xe->xe_name_len, value_len);
> }
>
> +static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> + struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe)
> +{
> + u64 value_len = le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size);
> +
> + if (value_len > OCFS2_XATTR_INLINE_SIZE &&
> + ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe))
> + return ocfs2_error(sb,
> + "Invalid local xattr in block %llu: value size %llu\n",
> + (unsigned long long)blkno,
> + (unsigned long long)value_len);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
>
> static int ocfs2_xattr_bucket_get_name_value(struct super_block *sb,
> struct ocfs2_xattr_header *xh,
> @@ -992,7 +1007,7 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries_flat(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> size_t entries_limit = region_size;
> size_t nv_limit = region_size;
> size_t max_entries;
> - int i;
> + int i, ret;
>
> if (region_size < sizeof(*xh))
> return ocfs2_error(sb,
> @@ -1012,6 +1027,11 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries_flat(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
> size_t name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
> size_t value_offset;
> + u64 value_len = le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size);
> +
> + ret = ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(sb, blkno, xe);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
>
> if (name_offset > nv_limit ||
> xe->xe_name_len > nv_limit - name_offset)
> @@ -1026,8 +1046,7 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_entries_flat(struct super_block *sb, u64 blkno,
> (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
>
> if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
> - if (le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size) >
> - nv_limit - value_offset)
> + if (value_len > nv_limit - value_offset)
> return ocfs2_error(sb,
> "Invalid xattr in block %llu: entry %d value is out of bounds\n",
> (unsigned long long)blkno,
> @@ -1112,7 +1131,7 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_bucket(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
> size_t entries_limit = sb->s_blocksize;
> size_t nv_limit = sb->s_blocksize;
> size_t max_entries;
> - int i;
> + int i, ret;
>
> if (region_size < sizeof(*xh))
> return ocfs2_error(sb,
> @@ -1140,6 +1159,11 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_bucket(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
> size_t block_off = name_offset >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
> size_t block_offset = name_offset % nv_limit;
> size_t value_offset;
> + u64 value_len = le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size);
> +
> + ret = ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(sb, blkno, xe);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
>
> if (name_offset >= region_size || block_off >= bucket->bu_blocks)
> return ocfs2_error(sb,
> @@ -1158,8 +1182,7 @@ static int ocfs2_validate_xattr_bucket(struct ocfs2_xattr_bucket *bucket,
> (unsigned long long)blkno, i);
>
> if (ocfs2_xattr_is_local(xe)) {
> - if (le64_to_cpu(xe->xe_value_size) >
> - nv_limit - value_offset)
> + if (value_len > nv_limit - value_offset)
> return ocfs2_error(sb,
> "Invalid xattr bucket %llu: entry %d value is out of bounds\n",
> (unsigned long long)blkno,
> @@ -1307,7 +1330,7 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(struct inode *inode, int name_index,
> {
> struct ocfs2_xattr_entry *entry;
> size_t name_len;
> - int i, name_offset, cmp = 1;
> + int i, name_offset, cmp = 1, ret;
>
> if (name == NULL)
> return -EINVAL;
> @@ -1330,6 +1353,12 @@ static int ocfs2_xattr_find_entry(struct inode *inode, int name_index,
> return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> }
> cmp = memcmp(name, (xs->base + name_offset), name_len);
> + if (!cmp) {
> + ret = ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(inode->i_sb,
> + OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, entry);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + }
> }
> if (cmp == 0)
> break;
> @@ -4041,6 +4070,10 @@ static int ocfs2_find_xe_in_bucket(struct inode *inode,
>
> xe_name = bucket_block(bucket, block_off) + new_offset;
> if (!memcmp(name, xe_name, name_len)) {
> + ret = ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(inode->i_sb,
> + OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_blkno, xe);
> + if (ret)
> + break;
> *xe_index = i;
> *found = 1;
> ret = 0;
> @@ -4681,6 +4714,9 @@ static int ocfs2_defrag_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
> xe = xh->xh_entries;
> end = OCFS2_XATTR_BUCKET_SIZE;
> for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(xh->xh_count); i++, xe++) {
> + ret = ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(inode->i_sb, blkno, xe);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
> len = namevalue_size_xe(xe);
>
> @@ -4963,6 +4999,9 @@ static int ocfs2_divide_xattr_bucket(struct inode *inode,
> name_value_len = 0;
> for (i = 0; i < start; i++) {
> xe = &xh->xh_entries[i];
> + ret = ocfs2_validate_xattr_entry(inode->i_sb, blk, xe);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> name_value_len += namevalue_size_xe(xe);
> if (le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset) < name_offset)
> name_offset = le16_to_cpu(xe->xe_name_offset);
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