From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Zhao Gongyi" <zhaogongyi@bytedance.com>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix OOB memmove in ext4_xattr_set_entry
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:34:44 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260918103445.1CC2B1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260918101249.43643-1-zhaogongyi@bytedance.com>
> A corrupted filesystem can leave an inode marked as having inline data
> while the system.data xattr is missing. ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock()
> then asks ext4_xattr_set_entry() to remove an entry even though
> ext4_xattr_ibody_find() left the search state at the insertion position.
>
> In the syzkaller reproducer, the old xattr value offset is smaller than
> min_offs. ext4_xattr_set_entry() then computes val - first_val for
> memmove(), the length wraps to a huge size_t, and memmove() can run out of
> the xattr buffer. This results in an out-of-bounds memmove and a kernel
> page fault.
>
> A crafted corrupted ext4 image can trigger this while inline data is being
> converted out of the inode. Treat the inconsistent inline/xattr state as
> filesystem corruption before updating the xattr entry.
>
> [ ... ]
> 120 seconds without triggering KASAN, Oops, a memmove fault, or panic.
>
> Fixes: 67cf5b09a46f ("ext4: add the basic function for inline data support")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.8+
> Signed-off-by: Zhao Gongyi <zhaogongyi@bytedance.com>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!
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