FAILED: patch "[PATCH] dm-pcache: validate seg_id fields from persistent memory" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 90c990a68460d7b5720e5634cf650eccdf0f4098
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090437-wok-unstable-1b2e@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 90c990a68460d7b5720e5634cf650eccdf0f4098 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:26:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] dm-pcache: validate seg_id fields from persistent memory

cache_pos_decode(), cache_key_decode() and the last-kset branches of
cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker take a cache
segment id from the cache device metadata and index cache->segments[]
with it without checking it against cache->n_segs. That metadata is only
CRC-protected with a fixed public seed, so whoever supplies the cache
device on a table load (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) controls the id; an out-of-range
value forms a wild pcache_cache_segment pointer that is dereferenced and
written through -- an out-of-bounds read and write driven by on-disk data.

Add cache_seg_id_valid() and reject an out-of-range id at each decode
site, failing the operation with -EIO instead of indexing past the array.
Bound the id against the initialized-segment count (cache_info.n_segs)
rather than the physical device total. A forged cache_info.n_segs below
seg_num otherwise leaves segments[cache_info.n_segs..seg_num) as zeroed
structs whose data pointer is NULL, so a forged id in that window would
still be dereferenced. A later patch guarantees cache_info.n_segs <=
seg_num, and a driver-created cache sets the two equal, so valid images
are unaffected.

Fixes: 1d57628ff95b ("dm-pcache: add persistent cache target in device-mapper")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas <hexlabsecurity@proton.me>
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
index bb1ada31e483..e9d2b87174d7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ int cache_pos_decode(struct pcache_cache *cache,
 	if (!latest_addr)
 		return -EIO;
 
+	if (!cache_seg_id_valid(cache, latest.cache_seg_id))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	pos->cache_seg = &cache->segments[latest.cache_seg_id];
 	pos->seg_off = latest.seg_off;
 	*seq = latest.header.seq;
@@ -155,6 +158,7 @@ static int cache_init(struct dm_pcache *pcache)
 	cache->cache_dev = &pcache->cache_dev;
 	cache->n_segs = cache_dev->seg_num;
 	atomic_set(&cache->gc_errors, 0);
+	atomic_set(&cache->writeback_errors, 0);
 	spin_lock_init(&cache->seg_map_lock);
 	spin_lock_init(&cache->key_head_lock);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h
index 27613b56be54..919736379b76 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct pcache_cache {
 		u32 advance;
 		int ret;
 	} writeback_ctx;
+	atomic_t		writeback_errors;
 
 	char gc_kset_onmedia_buf[PCACHE_KSET_ONMEDIA_SIZE_MAX];
 	struct delayed_work	gc_work;
@@ -420,6 +421,20 @@ static inline bool cache_seg_is_ctrl_seg(u32 cache_seg_id)
 	return (cache_seg_id == 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * cache_seg_id_valid - Validate a cache segment id read from the cache device.
+ * @cache: Pointer to the pcache_cache structure.
+ * @cache_seg_id: Segment id decoded from on-media metadata.
+ *
+ * On-media segment ids are only protected by a CRC, which an attacker who can
+ * format the cache device computes over their chosen value. Reject any id that
+ * would index cache->segments[] out of bounds before it is dereferenced.
+ */
+static inline bool cache_seg_id_valid(struct pcache_cache *cache, u32 cache_seg_id)
+{
+	return cache_seg_id < cache->cache_info.n_segs;
+}
+
 /**
  * cache_key_cutfront - Cuts a specified length from the front of a cache key.
  * @key: Pointer to pcache_cache_key structure.
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c
index 94f8b276a021..02fa0ce03134 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c
@@ -74,11 +74,17 @@ static bool need_gc(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cache_pos *dirty_t
  * @cache: Pointer to the pcache_cache structure.
  * @kset_onmedia: Pointer to the kset_onmedia structure for the last kset.
  */
-static void last_kset_gc(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *kset_onmedia)
+static int last_kset_gc(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *kset_onmedia)
 {
 	struct dm_pcache *pcache = CACHE_TO_PCACHE(cache);
 	struct pcache_cache_segment *cur_seg, *next_seg;
 
+	if (!cache_seg_id_valid(cache, kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id)) {
+		pcache_dev_err(pcache, "invalid next_cache_seg_id %u in gc (n_segs %u)\n",
+				kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id, cache->n_segs);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	cur_seg = cache->key_tail.cache_seg;
 
 	next_seg = &cache->segments[kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id];
@@ -94,6 +100,8 @@ static void last_kset_gc(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cache_kset_on
 	spin_lock(&cache->seg_map_lock);
 	__clear_bit(cur_seg->cache_seg_id, cache->seg_map);
 	spin_unlock(&cache->seg_map_lock);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void pcache_cache_gc_fn(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -130,7 +138,11 @@ void pcache_cache_gc_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 			if (dirty_tail.cache_seg == key_tail.cache_seg)
 				break;
 
-			last_kset_gc(cache, kset_onmedia);
+			ret = last_kset_gc(cache, kset_onmedia);
+			if (ret) {
+				atomic_inc(&cache->gc_errors);
+				return;
+			}
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
index e068e878231b..8eec5238c5da 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ int cache_key_decode(struct pcache_cache *cache,
 	key->off = key_onmedia->off;
 	key->len = key_onmedia->len;
 
+	if (!cache_seg_id_valid(cache, key_onmedia->cache_seg_id)) {
+		pcache_dev_err(pcache, "invalid cache_seg_id %u in cache key (n_segs %u)\n",
+				key_onmedia->cache_seg_id, cache->n_segs);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	key->cache_pos.cache_seg = &cache->segments[key_onmedia->cache_seg_id];
 	key->cache_pos.seg_off = key_onmedia->cache_seg_off;
 
@@ -789,6 +795,11 @@ int cache_replay(struct pcache_cache *cache)
 
 			pcache_dev_debug(pcache, "last kset replay, next: %u\n", kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id);
 
+			if (!cache_seg_id_valid(cache, kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id)) {
+				ret = -EIO;
+				goto out;
+			}
+
 			next_seg = &cache->segments[kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id];
 
 			pos->cache_seg = next_seg;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c
index 87a82b3fe836..7751468d5118 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c
@@ -196,12 +196,18 @@ static int cache_kset_insert_tree(struct pcache_cache *cache, struct pcache_cach
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void last_kset_writeback(struct pcache_cache *cache,
+static int last_kset_writeback(struct pcache_cache *cache,
 		struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *last_kset_onmedia)
 {
 	struct dm_pcache *pcache = CACHE_TO_PCACHE(cache);
 	struct pcache_cache_segment *next_seg;
 
+	if (!cache_seg_id_valid(cache, last_kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id)) {
+		pcache_dev_err(pcache, "invalid next_cache_seg_id %u in writeback (n_segs %u)\n",
+				last_kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id, cache->n_segs);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	pcache_dev_debug(pcache, "last kset, next: %u\n", last_kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id);
 
 	next_seg = &cache->segments[last_kset_onmedia->next_cache_seg_id];
@@ -211,6 +217,8 @@ static void last_kset_writeback(struct pcache_cache *cache,
 	cache->dirty_tail.seg_off = 0;
 	cache_encode_dirty_tail(cache);
 	mutex_unlock(&cache->dirty_tail_lock);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void cache_writeback_fn(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -229,6 +237,9 @@ void cache_writeback_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (pcache_is_stopping(pcache))
 		goto unlock;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&cache->writeback_errors))
+		goto unlock;
+
 	kset_onmedia = (struct pcache_cache_kset_onmedia *)cache->wb_kset_onmedia_buf;
 
 	mutex_lock(&cache->dirty_tail_lock);
@@ -241,15 +252,19 @@ void cache_writeback_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	if (kset_onmedia->flags & PCACHE_KSET_FLAGS_LAST) {
-		last_kset_writeback(cache, kset_onmedia);
+		ret = last_kset_writeback(cache, kset_onmedia);
+		if (ret) {
+			atomic_inc(&cache->writeback_errors);
+			goto unlock;
+		}
 		delay = 0;
 		goto queue_work;
 	}
 
 	ret = cache_kset_insert_tree(cache, kset_onmedia);
 	if (ret) {
-		delay = PCACHE_CACHE_WRITEBACK_INTERVAL;
-		goto queue_work;
+		atomic_inc(&cache->writeback_errors);
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	cache_wb_tree_writeback(cache, get_kset_onmedia_size(kset_onmedia));