Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: validate ACL entry sizes in f2fs_acl_from_disk()

[Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>]

On 6/15/26 15:19, Zhang Cen wrote:
> f2fs_acl_count() only validates the aggregate ACL xattr length. A
> malformed ACL can still place ACL_USER or ACL_GROUP in a slot that only
> contains struct f2fs_acl_entry_short bytes, and f2fs_acl_from_disk()
> then reads entry->e_id before verifying that a full entry fits.
> 
> Require a short entry before reading e_tag and e_perm, and require a
> full entry before reading e_id for ACL_USER and ACL_GROUP. Return
> -EFSCORRUPTED from these new truncated-entry checks, while keeping the
> pre-existing -EINVAL paths unchanged.
> 
> Validation reproduced this kernel report:
> KASAN slab-out-of-bounds in __f2fs_get_acl+0x6fb/0x7e0
> RIP: 0033:0x7f4b835ea7aa
> The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888114589960 which belongs
> to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8
> The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 8-byte
> region [ffff888114589960, ffff888114589968)
> Read of size 4
> Call trace:
>   dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 (?:?)
>   print_report+0xce/0x630 (?:?)
>   __f2fs_get_acl+0x6fb/0x7e0 (fs/f2fs/acl.c:169)
>   srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?)
>   __virt_addr_valid+0x224/0x430 (?:?)
>   kasan_report+0xe0/0x110 (?:?)
>   __f2fs_get_acl+0x5/0x7e0 (fs/f2fs/acl.c:169)
>   __get_acl+0x281/0x380 (?:?)
>   vfs_get_acl+0x10b/0x190 (?:?)
>   do_get_acl+0x2a/0x410 (?:?)
>   do_get_acl+0x9/0x410 (?:?)
>   do_getxattr+0xe8/0x260 (?:?)
>   filename_getxattr+0xd1/0x140 (?:?)
>   do_getname+0x2d/0x2d0 (?:?)
>   path_getxattrat+0x16c/0x200 (?:?)
>   lock_release+0xc8/0x290 (?:?)
>   cgroup_update_frozen+0x9d/0x320 (?:?)
>   lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xea/0x1a0 (?:?)
>   trace_hardirqs_on+0x1a/0x170 (?:?)
>   _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x50 (?:?)
>   do_syscall_64+0x115/0x6a0 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:87)
>   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f (?:?)
> 

Cc: stable@kernel.org

> Fixes: af48b85b8cd3 ("f2fs: add xattr and acl functionalities")
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.5
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Cen <rollkingzzc@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>

Thanks,