From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Sasha Levin" <sashal@kernel.org>, hexlabsecurity@proton.me
Cc: "Alasdair Kergon" <agk@redhat.com>,
"Mike Snitzer" <snitzer@kernel.org>,
dm-devel@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: Patch "dm array: validate array block headers on read" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:35:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-181810@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261016180222.4058164-1-sashal@kernel.org>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
- [High] dm array: array_block_check() fails to validate value_size against info
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commit 3c810b656c43751de89392b584e21daeb9a84fcd
Author: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Patch "dm array: validate array block headers on read" has been added to the 6.6-stable tree
This commit backports upstream commit 296578772308 to validate on-disk
array_block headers in array_block_check() by checking that value_size is
non-zero, max_entries matches calc_max_entries(), and nr_entries does not
exceed max_entries.
> diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c
> index 798c9c53a3435..fb65e82dab890 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c
[ ... ]
> @@ -74,6 +83,26 @@ static int array_block_check(struct dm_block_validator *v,
> return -EILSEQ;
> }
>
> + nr_entries = le32_to_cpu(bh_le->nr_entries);
> + max_entries = le32_to_cpu(bh_le->max_entries);
> + value_size = le32_to_cpu(bh_le->value_size);
> +
> + if (!value_size) {
> + DMERR_LIMIT("%s failed: value_size is zero", __func__);
> + return -EILSEQ;
> + }
> +
> + if (max_entries != calc_max_entries(value_size, size_of_block)) {
> + DMERR_LIMIT("%s failed: max_entries %u invalid for value_size %u",
> + __func__, max_entries, value_size);
> + return -EILSEQ;
> + }
> +
> + if (nr_entries > max_entries) {
> + DMERR_LIMIT("%s failed: too many entries", __func__);
> + return -EILSEQ;
> + }
> +
> return 0;
> }
[Severity: High]
Does validating max_entries and nr_entries only against the on-disk
bh_le->value_size in array_block_check() still allow out-of-bounds reads
in element_at() and trigger the BUG_ON() checks in fill_ablock() and
trim_ablock() when bh_le->value_size does not match info->value_type.size?
In drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c, neither get_ablock() nor
__shadow_ablock() checks that the on-disk ab->value_size matches
info->value_type.size after dm_tm_read_lock() or dm_tm_shadow_block()
validates the block:
drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c:get_ablock() {
r = dm_tm_read_lock(info->btree_info.tm, b, &array_validator, block);
if (r)
return r;
*ab = dm_block_data(*block);
return 0;
}
However, element_at() computes entry offsets using info->value_type.size
rather than ab->value_size:
drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c:element_at() {
unsigned char *entry = (unsigned char *) (ab + 1);
entry += index * info->value_type.size;
return entry;
}
If a corrupted or crafted on-disk array_block header has a smaller
value_size than info->value_type.size (for example, value_size = 1,
max_entries = 4072, and nr_entries = 4072 in a 4096-byte block when
info->value_type.size is 8 in dm-cache or dm-bitset), array_block_check()
succeeds. Callers that iterate up to le32_to_cpu(ab->nr_entries), such as
dm_array_cursor_next() and dm_array_cursor_get_value() (via
dm_cache_load_mappings()), walk_ablock(), on_entries() (via
inc_ablock_entries() and dec_ablock_entries()), and trim_ablock(), will
still advance index up to 4071 while element_at() strides by
info->value_type.size, reading past the end of the dm-bufio block buffer.
Conversely, if on-disk bh_le->value_size is larger than
info->value_type.size, array_block_check() accepts a smaller
ab->max_entries than the capacity computed from info->value_type.size in
dm_array_resize() -> array_resize(). When array_resize() passes new_nr up
to resize->max_entries into fill_ablock() or trim_ablock(), it can still
trigger BUG_ON(new_nr > le32_to_cpu(ab->max_entries)):
drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-array.c:fill_ablock() {
uint32_t nr_entries, delta, i;
struct dm_btree_value_type *vt = &info->value_type;
BUG_ON(new_nr > le32_to_cpu(ab->max_entries));
BUG_ON(new_nr < le32_to_cpu(ab->nr_entries));
...
}
Should get_ablock() and __shadow_ablock() also verify that
le32_to_cpu((*ab)->value_size) == info->value_type.size before using or
incrementing the block entries?
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