[PATCH 0/2] ocfs2: validate active orphan slots during inode read

[PATCH 0/2] ocfs2: validate active orphan slots during inode read

[ZhengYuan Huang]

OCFS2 trusts active ordinary and append-DIO orphan slots read from dinodes.
A corrupted slot can therefore index osb_orphan_wipes or the slot-local
system-inode cache outside their allocations before the corruption is
reported.

Patch 1 validates the ordinary orphan slot used by inode wipe processing.
Patch 2 validates the append-DIO orphan slot used by DIO completion and
orphan recovery.  Both checks reject corrupt metadata at the existing inode
validation boundary.

ZhengYuan Huang (2):
  ocfs2: validate orphan slot during inode read
  ocfs2: validate DIO orphan slot during inode read

Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>

 fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 1/2] ocfs2: validate orphan slot during inode read

[ZhengYuan Huang]

[BUG]
A corrupted dinode with OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL can carry an
i_orphaned_slot outside the mounted filesystem slot range.
ocfs2_wipe_inode() uses it to index osb_orphan_wipes before looking
up the orphan directory, causing an out-of-bounds memory access.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b767c00 by task kworker/u8:3/85
Call Trace:
 ...
 ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
 ocfs2_wipe_inode+0x292/0xf70 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:840
 ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1155 [inline]
 ocfs2_evict_inode+0x6c9/0x1170 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1295
 evict+0x38e/0x8f0 fs/inode.c:810
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1914 [inline]
 iput fs/inode.c:1966 [inline]
 iput+0x55b/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:1926
 ocfs2_recover_orphans+0x610/0xe40 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:2374
 ocfs2_complete_recovery+0x5af/0xd00 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1373
 ...

[CAUSE]
ocfs2_validate_inode_block() validates i_suballoc_slot but leaves
the active ordinary orphan slot unchecked. Downstream consumers
assume that the value is smaller than osb->max_slots.

[FIX]
Reject an active i_orphaned_slot outside the slot range during
dinode validation, before the inode reaches orphan wipe processing.

Fixes: b4df6ed8db0c ("[PATCH] ocfs2: fix orphan recovery deadlock")
Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 41db7dd39ed9..358ab3535366 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1528,6 +1528,14 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL) &&
+	    le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
+		rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: orphaned slot %u\n",
+				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+				 le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot));
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Reject dinodes whose i_mode does not name one of the seven
 	 * canonical POSIX file types.  ocfs2_populate_inode() copies
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 2/2] ocfs2: validate DIO orphan slot during inode read

[ZhengYuan Huang]

[BUG]
A corrupted append-DIO dinode (high byte at offset 0xa1 
corrupted from 0 to 1) can carry an i_dio_orphaned_slot
outside the mounted filesystem slot range and trigger a 
use-after-free error:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b767c00 by task kworker/u8:3/85
Call Trace:
 ...
 ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
 ocfs2_wipe_inode+0x292/0xf70 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:840
 ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1155 [inline]
 ocfs2_evict_inode+0x6c9/0x1170 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1295
 evict+0x38e/0x8f0 fs/inode.c:810
 iput_final fs/inode.c:1914 [inline]
 iput fs/inode.c:1966 [inline]
 iput+0x55b/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:1926
 ocfs2_recover_orphans+0x610/0xe40 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:2374
 ocfs2_complete_recovery+0x5af/0xd00 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1373
 ...

[CAUSE]
ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan() uses i_dio_orphaned_slot to index the
slot-local system inode cache. The dinode validator does not check
this active slot, so an out-of-range value produces an invalid cache
entry pointer that is dereferenced as an inode pointer.

[FIX]
Reject an active i_dio_orphaned_slot outside the slot range during
dinode validation, before DIO orphan recovery can consume it.

Fixes: 06ee5c75b575 ("ocfs2: add functions to add and remove inode in orphan dir")
Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
index 358ab3535366..180107a11046 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
@@ -1536,6 +1536,14 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL) &&
+	    le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
+		rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: DIO orphaned slot %u\n",
+				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
+				 le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot));
+		goto bail;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Reject dinodes whose i_mode does not name one of the seven
 	 * canonical POSIX file types.  ocfs2_populate_inode() copies
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 1/2] ocfs2: validate orphan slot during inode read

[Joseph Qi]

On 8/3/26 11:00 AM, ZhengYuan Huang wrote:
> [BUG]
> A corrupted dinode with OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL can carry an
> i_orphaned_slot outside the mounted filesystem slot range.
> ocfs2_wipe_inode() uses it to index osb_orphan_wipes before looking
> up the orphan directory, causing an out-of-bounds memory access.
> 
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
> Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b767c00 by task kworker/u8:3/85
> Call Trace:
>  ...
>  ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
>  ocfs2_wipe_inode+0x292/0xf70 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:840
>  ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1155 [inline]
>  ocfs2_evict_inode+0x6c9/0x1170 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1295
>  evict+0x38e/0x8f0 fs/inode.c:810
>  iput_final fs/inode.c:1914 [inline]
>  iput fs/inode.c:1966 [inline]
>  iput+0x55b/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:1926
>  ocfs2_recover_orphans+0x610/0xe40 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:2374
>  ocfs2_complete_recovery+0x5af/0xd00 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1373
>  ...
> 
> [CAUSE]
> ocfs2_validate_inode_block() validates i_suballoc_slot but leaves
> the active ordinary orphan slot unchecked. Downstream consumers
> assume that the value is smaller than osb->max_slots.
> 
> [FIX]
> Reject an active i_orphaned_slot outside the slot range during
> dinode validation, before the inode reaches orphan wipe processing.
> 
> Fixes: b4df6ed8db0c ("[PATCH] ocfs2: fix orphan recovery deadlock")
> Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> index 41db7dd39ed9..358ab3535366 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> @@ -1528,6 +1528,14 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
>  
> +	if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_ORPHANED_FL) &&
> +	    le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
> +		rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: orphaned slot %u\n",
> +				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
> +				 le16_to_cpu(di->i_orphaned_slot));
> +		goto bail;
> +	}
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Reject dinodes whose i_mode does not name one of the seven
>  	 * canonical POSIX file types.  ocfs2_populate_inode() copies

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ocfs2: validate DIO orphan slot during inode read

[Joseph Qi]

On 8/3/26 11:00 AM, ZhengYuan Huang wrote:
> [BUG]
> A corrupted append-DIO dinode (high byte at offset 0xa1 
> corrupted from 0 to 1) can carry an i_dio_orphaned_slot
> outside the mounted filesystem slot range and trigger a 
> use-after-free error:
> 
> BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
> Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800b767c00 by task kworker/u8:3/85
> Call Trace:
>  ...
>  ocfs2_get_system_file_inode+0x780/0x820 fs/ocfs2/sysfile.c:102
>  ocfs2_wipe_inode+0x292/0xf70 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:840
>  ocfs2_delete_inode fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1155 [inline]
>  ocfs2_evict_inode+0x6c9/0x1170 fs/ocfs2/inode.c:1295
>  evict+0x38e/0x8f0 fs/inode.c:810
>  iput_final fs/inode.c:1914 [inline]
>  iput fs/inode.c:1966 [inline]
>  iput+0x55b/0x8b0 fs/inode.c:1926
>  ocfs2_recover_orphans+0x610/0xe40 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:2374
>  ocfs2_complete_recovery+0x5af/0xd00 fs/ocfs2/journal.c:1373
>  ...
> 
> [CAUSE]
> ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan() uses i_dio_orphaned_slot to index the
> slot-local system inode cache. The dinode validator does not check
> this active slot, so an out-of-range value produces an invalid cache
> entry pointer that is dereferenced as an inode pointer.
> 
> [FIX]
> Reject an active i_dio_orphaned_slot outside the slot range during
> dinode validation, before DIO orphan recovery can consume it.
> 
> Fixes: 06ee5c75b575 ("ocfs2: add functions to add and remove inode in orphan dir")
> Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> index 358ab3535366..180107a11046 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> @@ -1536,6 +1536,14 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
>  
> +	if ((le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_DIO_ORPHANED_FL) &&
> +	    le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot) >= OCFS2_SB(sb)->max_slots) {
> +		rc = ocfs2_error(sb, "Invalid dinode %llu: DIO orphaned slot %u\n",
> +				 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
> +				 le16_to_cpu(di->i_dio_orphaned_slot));
> +		goto bail;
> +	}
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Reject dinodes whose i_mode does not name one of the seven
>  	 * canonical POSIX file types.  ocfs2_populate_inode() copies

Re: [PATCH 0/2] ocfs2: validate active orphan slots during inode read

[Andrew Morton]

On Mon,  3 Aug 2026 11:00:05 +0800 ZhengYuan Huang <gality369@gmail.com> wrote:

> OCFS2 trusts active ordinary and append-DIO orphan slots read from dinodes.
> A corrupted slot can therefore index osb_orphan_wipes or the slot-local
> system-inode cache outside their allocations before the corruption is
> reported.

Thanks.  AI review raised several possible issues, all pre-existing. 
"out of bound access", "crash the kernel", "out-of-bounds heap access",
"triggering this crash", etc.  All the usual things (seriously!).

	https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260803030007.3993199-1-gality369@gmail.com

None of which stands in the way of your fixes.

The best I can do with this onslaught is to make maintainers aware then
move on.

I do wish that Sashiko was more organized about these drive-by bug
reports.  Retain them in some lookable-uppable way for maintainers to
look at when they have time.  This has been suggested to the Sashiko
developers.  Perhaps one day...