[PATCH] gfs2: reject undersized EA records during xattr walks
ZhengYuan Huang <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:04:08 +0800
| Newsgroups | dev.linux.lists.gfs2,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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[BUG] A fuzzed GFS2 image can crash in `ea_split_ea()` while servicing setxattr: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in ea_split_ea+0x1f3/0x230 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:835 Write of size 4 at addr ffff88801550a1c0 by task syz.0.379/950 Call Trace: ... ea_split_ea+0x1f3/0x230 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:835 ea_set_simple_noalloc fs/gfs2/xattr.c:888 [inline] ea_set_simple+0x66f/0x7c0 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:951 ea_foreach_i+0x2a1/0x560 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:112 ea_foreach+0x3cd/0x5d0 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:140 ea_set_i+0x176/0x3d0 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1063 __gfs2_xattr_set+0x8de/0xc60 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1215 gfs2_xattr_set+0x2ed/0x450 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1258 __vfs_setxattr+0x14f/0x1c0 fs/xattr.c:200 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x10b/0x5c0 fs/xattr.c:234 __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x172/0x240 fs/xattr.c:295 vfs_setxattr+0x167/0x390 fs/xattr.c:321 do_setxattr+0x13c/0x180 fs/xattr.c:636 filename_setxattr+0x16b/0x1c0 fs/xattr.c:665 path_setxattrat+0x1d8/0x280 fs/xattr.c:713 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:747 [inline] __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:743 [inline] __x64_sys_setxattr+0xcd/0x150 fs/xattr.c:743 ... Allocated by task 893: kasan_save_stack+0x39/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:77 kasan_save_alloc_info+0x37/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:573 unpoison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:342 [inline] __kasan_slab_alloc+0x9d/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:368 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:252 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4978 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x1f0/0x7d0 mm/slub.c:5295 __do_sys_getcwd+0xe0/0x730 fs/d_path.c:416 __se_sys_getcwd fs/d_path.c:412 [inline] __x64_sys_getcwd+0x59/0x80 fs/d_path.c:412 x64_sys_call+0x15ac/0x26a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:80 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x93/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Freed by task 893: kasan_save_stack+0x39/0x70 mm/kasan/common.c:56 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:77 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:587 kasan_save_free_info mm/kasan/kasan.h:406 [inline] poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:252 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x6f/0xa0 mm/kasan/common.c:284 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:234 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2543 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6642 [inline] kmem_cache_free+0x384/0x7a0 mm/slub.c:6752 __do_sys_getcwd+0x3f8/0x730 fs/d_path.c:446 __se_sys_getcwd fs/d_path.c:412 [inline] __x64_sys_getcwd+0x59/0x80 fs/d_path.c:412 x64_sys_call+0x15ac/0x26a0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:80 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x93/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e and also as: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ea_split_ea+0x1f3/0x230 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:835 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888023742118 by task syz.0.27/395 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0xbe/0x130 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xd1/0x650 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xfb/0x140 mm/kasan/report.c:595 __asan_report_store4_noabort+0x17/0x30 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:385 ea_split_ea+0x1f3/0x230 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:835 ea_set_simple_noalloc fs/gfs2/xattr.c:888 [inline] ea_set_simple+0x66f/0x7c0 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:951 ea_foreach_i+0x2a1/0x560 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:112 ea_foreach+0x334/0x5d0 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:162 ea_set_i+0x176/0x3d0 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1063 __gfs2_xattr_set+0x8de/0xc60 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1215 gfs2_xattr_set+0x2ed/0x450 fs/gfs2/xattr.c:1258 __vfs_setxattr+0x14f/0x1c0 fs/xattr.c:200 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x10b/0x5c0 fs/xattr.c:234 __vfs_setxattr_locked+0x172/0x240 fs/xattr.c:295 vfs_setxattr+0x167/0x390 fs/xattr.c:321 do_setxattr+0x13c/0x180 fs/xattr.c:636 filename_setxattr+0x16b/0x1c0 fs/xattr.c:665 path_setxattrat+0x1d8/0x280 fs/xattr.c:713 __do_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:747 [inline] __se_sys_setxattr fs/xattr.c:743 [inline] __x64_sys_setxattr+0xcd/0x150 fs/xattr.c:743 ... [CAUSE] `ea_foreach_i()` validates only that each EA record has a non-zero `ea_rec_len`, stays within the block, and has a valid type. It never checks that the record span actually covers the layout encoded by `ea_name_len`, `ea_data_len`, and `ea_num_ptrs`. If a malformed record reaches `ea_set_simple()` with `GFS2_EA_REC_LEN(ea) < GFS2_EA_SIZE(ea)`, the unsigned subtraction in the split test underflows and falsely claims there is enough free space. `ea_split_ea()` then writes the new EA header outside the real record. [FIX] Reject EA records whose reserved record length is smaller than their computed layout size in `ea_foreach_i()`, which is the common parse boundary for existing xattr metadata. This stops malformed records before any update path can split or otherwise trust the broken geometry. Signed-off-by: ZhengYuan Huang <[email protected]> --- fs/gfs2/xattr.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c index b9f48d6f10a9..16cf31bde99a 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/xattr.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/xattr.c @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static int ea_foreach_i(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *bh, return -EIO; for (ea = GFS2_EA_BH2FIRST(bh);; prev = ea, ea = GFS2_EA2NEXT(ea)) { + u32 ea_size; + if (!GFS2_EA_REC_LEN(ea)) { gfs2_consist_inode(ip); return -EIO; @@ -109,6 +111,11 @@ static int ea_foreach_i(struct gfs2_inode *ip, struct buffer_head *bh, gfs2_consist_inode(ip); return -EIO; } + ea_size = GFS2_EA_SIZE(ea); + if (GFS2_EA_REC_LEN(ea) < ea_size) { + gfs2_consist_inode(ip); + return -EIO; + } error = ea_call(ip, bh, ea, prev, data); if (error) return error; -- 2.43.0