Re: [PATCH ext4 v4] ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir()

"Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4
Message-ID <178481171729.796182.15100587696186879447.b4-ty@b4>
On Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:05:19 -0700, Xiang Mei wrote:
> ext4_read_inline_dir() can read a dirent header past the end of its inline
> buffer, triggering a slab-out-of-bounds read during getdents64():
> 
>   BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __ext4_check_dir_entry
>   Read of size 2 at addr ffff88800f3dd23c by task exploit/148
>    ...
>    __ext4_check_dir_entry
>    ext4_read_inline_dir
>    iterate_dir
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir()
      commit: 9333cc809f0a89e001b814155a6cb8903a6274df

Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>
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