[PATCH v2 03/11] dm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds
Bryam Vargas via B4 Relay <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:26:56 -0500
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From: Bryam Vargas <[email protected]> Two more fields decoded from the cache device go unbounded. The kset key_num drives cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop in cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker, but only the magic and a fixed-seed CRC are checked first, so a non-last kset whose key_num exceeds the PCACHE_KSET_KEYS_MAX buffer reads past its end before the CRC compare. A key's intra-segment offset and length in cache_key_decode() are taken verbatim, so a key running past its segment is replayed into the cache tree and the data CRC check and every later read hit then copy adjacent persistent memory into the caller's bio -- an out-of-bounds read that leaks to user space. Both fields are controlled by whoever supplies the cache device (CAP_SYS_ADMIN); the CRC seed is public. Add kset_onmedia_valid() to bound key_num before any kset read, and reject a key whose offset plus length, computed in 64 bits, exceeds the segment data_size. Valid metadata is unaffected. Fixes: 1d57628ff95b ("dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper") Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <[email protected]> --- drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c | 8 ++++---- drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c | 10 +++++++++- drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c | 8 ++++---- 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h index 919736379b76..d9e3e09f18e3 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h @@ -506,6 +506,27 @@ static inline u32 cache_key_data_crc(struct pcache_cache_key *key) return crc32c(PCACHE_CRC_SEED, data, key->len); } +/** + * kset_onmedia_valid - Validate a kset header read from the cache device. + * @kset_onmedia: Pointer to the kset copied from on-media metadata. + * + * The magic and CRC are attacker-computable (fixed public seed). A non-last + * kset stores key_num keys inline, and cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop + * read struct_size(.., data, key_num) bytes from a buffer sized for + * PCACHE_KSET_KEYS_MAX keys, so key_num must be bounded before any such use. + */ +static inline bool kset_onmedia_valid(struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *kset_onmedia) +{ + if (kset_onmedia->magic != PCACHE_KSET_MAGIC) + return false; + + if (!(kset_onmedia->flags & PCACHE_KSET_FLAGS_LAST) && + kset_onmedia->key_num > PCACHE_KSET_KEYS_MAX) + return false; + + return true; +} + static inline u32 cache_kset_crc(struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *kset_onmedia) { u32 crc_size; diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c index 02fa0ce03134..1ed513745023 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ static bool need_gc(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cache_pos *dirty_t return false; } - /* Check if kset_onmedia is corrupted */ - if (kset_onmedia->magic != PCACHE_KSET_MAGIC) { - pcache_dev_debug(pcache, "gc error: magic is not as expected. key_tail: %u:%u magic: %llx, expected: %llx\n", + /* Reject a corrupted or out-of-bounds kset before reading its keys */ + if (!kset_onmedia_valid(kset_onmedia)) { + pcache_dev_debug(pcache, "gc error: invalid kset. key_tail: %u:%u magic: %llx, key_num: %u\n", key_tail->cache_seg->cache_seg_id, key_tail->seg_off, - kset_onmedia->magic, PCACHE_KSET_MAGIC); + kset_onmedia->magic, kset_onmedia->key_num); return false; } diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c index 8eec5238c5da..f4459b2e1b3b 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c @@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ int cache_key_decode(struct pcache_cache *cache, key->cache_pos.cache_seg = &cache->segments[key_onmedia->cache_seg_id]; key->cache_pos.seg_off = key_onmedia->cache_seg_off; + if ((u64)key->cache_pos.seg_off + key->len > + key->cache_pos.cache_seg->segment.data_size) { + pcache_dev_err(pcache, "key seg_off %u + len %u exceeds segment data size %u\n", + key->cache_pos.seg_off, key->len, + key->cache_pos.cache_seg->segment.data_size); + return -EIO; + } + key->seg_gen = key_onmedia->seg_gen; key->flags = key_onmedia->flags; @@ -784,7 +792,7 @@ int cache_replay(struct pcache_cache *cache) goto out; } - if (kset_onmedia->magic != PCACHE_KSET_MAGIC || + if (!kset_onmedia_valid(kset_onmedia) || kset_onmedia->crc != cache_kset_crc(kset_onmedia)) { break; } diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c index 7751468d5118..34c34b448e04 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c @@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ static inline bool is_cache_clean(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cach return true; } - /* Check if the magic number matches the expected value */ - if (kset_onmedia->magic != PCACHE_KSET_MAGIC) { - pcache_dev_debug(pcache, "dirty_tail: %u:%u magic: %llx, not expected: %llx\n", + /* Reject a corrupted or out-of-bounds kset before reading its keys */ + if (!kset_onmedia_valid(kset_onmedia)) { + pcache_dev_debug(pcache, "dirty_tail: %u:%u invalid kset magic: %llx, key_num: %u\n", dirty_tail->cache_seg->cache_seg_id, dirty_tail->seg_off, - kset_onmedia->magic, PCACHE_KSET_MAGIC); + kset_onmedia->magic, kset_onmedia->key_num); return true; } -- 2.43.0