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authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2023-04-29 07:06:28 +0300
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>2023-05-14 01:02:46 +0300
commit5354b2af34064a4579be8bc0e2f15a7b70f14b5f (patch)
tree3773ab319b4d2d73fb10a769dca60c37f0f8f1b2 /fs/ext4/super.c
parent949f95ff39bf188e594e7ecd8e29b82eb108f5bf (diff)
downloadlinux-5354b2af34064a4579be8bc0e2f15a7b70f14b5f.tar.xz
ext4: allow ext4_get_group_info() to fail
Previously, ext4_get_group_info() would treat an invalid group number as BUG(), since in theory it should never happen. However, if a malicious attaker (or fuzzer) modifies the superblock via the block device while it is the file system is mounted, it is possible for s_first_data_block to get set to a very large number. In that case, when calculating the block group of some block number (such as the starting block of a preallocation region), could result in an underflow and very large block group number. Then the BUG_ON check in ext4_get_group_info() would fire, resutling in a denial of service attack that can be triggered by root or someone with write access to the block device. For a quality of implementation perspective, it's best that even if the system administrator does something that they shouldn't, that it will not trigger a BUG. So instead of BUG'ing, ext4_get_group_info() will call ext4_error and return NULL. We also add fallback code in all of the callers of ext4_get_group_info() that it might NULL. Also, since ext4_get_group_info() was already borderline to be an inline function, un-inline it. The results in a next reduction of the compiled text size of ext4 by roughly 2k. Cc: stable@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230430154311.579720-2-tytso@mit.edu Reported-by: syzbot+e2efa3efc15a1c9e95c3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=69b28112e098b070f639efb356393af3ffec4220 Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ext4/super.c')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index d39f386e9baf..4037c8611c02 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ void ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(struct super_block *sb,
struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
int ret;
+ if (!grp || !gdp)
+ return;
if (flags & EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT) {
ret = ext4_test_and_set_bit(EXT4_GROUP_INFO_BBITMAP_CORRUPT_BIT,
&grp->bb_state);