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ext4: validate ea_ino and size in check_xattrs
authorDeepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:32:45 +0000 (19:02 +0530)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:36:08 +0000 (08:36 -0400)
commit44d2a72f4d64655f906ba47a5e108733f59e6f28
treee1c075bd09efba7092a01dc2e44939e5099a5cb7
parent57295e835408d8d425bef58da5253465db3d6888
ext4: validate ea_ino and size in check_xattrs

During xattr block validation, check_xattrs() processes xattr entries
without validating that entries claiming to use EA inodes have non-zero
sizes. Corrupted filesystems may contain xattr entries where e_value_size
is zero but e_value_inum is non-zero, indicating invalid xattr data.

Add validation in check_xattrs() to detect this corruption pattern early
and return -EFSCORRUPTED, preventing invalid xattr entries from causing
issues throughout the ext4 codebase.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reported-by: syzbot+4c9d23743a2409b80293@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=4c9d23743a2409b80293
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <20250923133245.1091761-1-kartikey406@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/xattr.c