[PATCH] nilfs2: fix slab-out-of-bounds in nilfs_direct_propagate after truncation
Ryusuke Konishi <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:39:43 +0900
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-nilfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Shuangpeng Bai reported that KASAN detected a slab-out-of-bounds error in nilfs_direct_propagate() during testing. Analysis revealed that after truncating a file, a node block immediately below the B-tree root was not deleted. Instead, it remained in the B-tree node cache in a dirty state. The log writer subsequently detected this block and incorrectly invoked nilfs_direct_propagate() on it, which is designed to handle only data blocks in direct mapping. B-tree nodes in the cache are managed by virtual block numbers, and their logical keys typically exceed the range expected by direct mapping. Consequently, processing such a node as a direct mapping entry triggers a slab-out-of-bounds access. The root cause is that when a B-tree mapping collapses into a direct mapping during truncation, an intermediate node block pointed to by the root node is left behind as garbage instead of being explicitly deleted. This resolves the issue by adding a nilfs_btree_discard() operation to delete the remaining intermediate node block during the conversion. A 'deform' flag is added to the bop_delete interface to explicitly signal that the deletion is part of a mapping transformation. This allows the B-tree mapping implementation to perform the necessary cleanup and discarding of the residual node structure that would be otherwise be left orphaned after the transition. Reported-by: Shuangpeng Bai <[email protected]> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Fixes: 36a580eb489f ("nilfs2: direct block mapping") Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi <[email protected]> --- Hi Viacheslav, Please apply this for the next cycle. This fixes a flaw in the original B-tree implementation related to truncation and resolves the reported out-of-bounds memory access issue. Thanks, Ryusuke Konishi fs/nilfs2/bmap.c | 2 +- fs/nilfs2/bmap.h | 2 +- fs/nilfs2/btree.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- fs/nilfs2/direct.c | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c index 5f0f1f283af0..83f6ea30cc8b 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.c @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static int nilfs_bmap_do_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, __u64 key) return ret; } - return bmap->b_ops->bop_delete(bmap, key); + return bmap->b_ops->bop_delete(bmap, key, false); } /** diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.h b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.h index 4656df392722..a72f3c308a5d 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/bmap.h +++ b/fs/nilfs2/bmap.h @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct nilfs_bmap_operations { int (*bop_lookup_contig)(const struct nilfs_bmap *, __u64, __u64 *, unsigned int); int (*bop_insert)(struct nilfs_bmap *, __u64, __u64); - int (*bop_delete)(struct nilfs_bmap *, __u64); + int (*bop_delete)(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, __u64 key, bool deform); void (*bop_clear)(struct nilfs_bmap *); int (*bop_propagate)(struct nilfs_bmap *, struct buffer_head *); diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c index 64d5f7c5ab44..64bac66af25b 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/btree.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/btree.c @@ -1425,6 +1425,28 @@ static void nilfs_btree_shrink(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, path[level].bp_bh = NULL; } +/** + * nilfs_btree_discard - discard the last node for the mapping transformation + * @btree: bmap struct of btree + * @path: array of nilfs_btree_path struct + * @level: level of the B-tree node being operated on + * @keyp: argument for passing a key (unused) + * @ptrp: argument for passing a pointer (unused) + */ +static void nilfs_btree_discard(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, + struct nilfs_btree_path *path, int level, + __u64 *keyp, __u64 *ptrp) +{ + struct nilfs_btree_node *root = nilfs_btree_get_root(btree); + + nilfs_btree_node_delete(root, 0, NULL, NULL, + NILFS_BTREE_ROOT_NCHILDREN_MAX); + nilfs_btree_node_set_level(root, level); + + nilfs_btnode_delete(path[level].bp_bh); + path[level].bp_bh = NULL; +} + static void nilfs_btree_nop(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, struct nilfs_btree_path *path, int level, __u64 *keyp, __u64 *ptrp) @@ -1435,7 +1457,7 @@ static int nilfs_btree_prepare_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, struct nilfs_btree_path *path, int *levelp, struct nilfs_bmap_stats *stats, - struct inode *dat) + struct inode *dat, bool deform) { struct buffer_head *bh; struct nilfs_btree_node *node, *parent, *sib; @@ -1522,15 +1544,17 @@ static int nilfs_btree_prepare_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, if (nilfs_btree_node_get_nchildren(node) - 1 <= NILFS_BTREE_ROOT_NCHILDREN_MAX) { path[level].bp_op = nilfs_btree_shrink; - stats->bs_nblocks += 2; - level++; - path[level].bp_op = nilfs_btree_nop; - goto shrink_root_child; + } else if (deform) { + path[level].bp_op = nilfs_btree_discard; } else { path[level].bp_op = nilfs_btree_do_delete; stats->bs_nblocks++; goto out; } + stats->bs_nblocks += 2; + level++; + path[level].bp_op = nilfs_btree_nop; + goto shrink_root_child; } } @@ -1581,7 +1605,7 @@ static void nilfs_btree_commit_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, nilfs_bmap_set_dirty(btree); } -static int nilfs_btree_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, __u64 key) +static int nilfs_btree_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, __u64 key, bool deform) { struct nilfs_btree_path *path; @@ -1601,7 +1625,8 @@ static int nilfs_btree_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *btree, __u64 key) dat = NILFS_BMAP_USE_VBN(btree) ? nilfs_bmap_get_dat(btree) : NULL; - ret = nilfs_btree_prepare_delete(btree, path, &level, &stats, dat); + ret = nilfs_btree_prepare_delete(btree, path, &level, &stats, dat, + deform); if (ret < 0) goto out; nilfs_btree_commit_delete(btree, path, level, dat); diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/direct.c b/fs/nilfs2/direct.c index 8bd0b1374e25..b8643d3aa2f8 100644 --- a/fs/nilfs2/direct.c +++ b/fs/nilfs2/direct.c @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ static int nilfs_direct_insert(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, __u64 key, __u64 ptr) return ret; } -static int nilfs_direct_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, __u64 key) +static int nilfs_direct_delete(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, __u64 key, bool deform) { union nilfs_bmap_ptr_req req; struct inode *dat; @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int nilfs_direct_delete_and_convert(struct nilfs_bmap *bmap, /* no need to allocate any resource for conversion */ /* delete */ - ret = bmap->b_ops->bop_delete(bmap, key); + ret = bmap->b_ops->bop_delete(bmap, key, true); if (ret < 0) return ret; -- 2.43.0