[PATCH 6.19 021/781] gfs2: Fix use-after-free in iomap inline data write path

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-02-25T01:27:51Z

From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>

[ Upstream commit faddeb848305e79db89ee0479bb0e33380656321 ]

The inline data buffer head (dibh) is being released prematurely in
gfs2_iomap_begin() via release_metapath() while iomap->inline_data
still points to dibh->b_data. This causes a use-after-free when
iomap_write_end_inline() later attempts to write to the inline data
area.

The bug sequence:
1. gfs2_iomap_begin() calls gfs2_meta_inode_buffer() to read inode
metadata into dibh
2. Sets iomap->inline_data = dibh->b_data + sizeof(struct gfs2_dinode)
3. Calls release_metapath() which calls brelse(dibh), dropping refcount
to 0
4. kswapd reclaims the page (~39ms later in the syzbot report)
5. iomap_write_end_inline() tries to memcpy() to iomap->inline_data
6. KASAN detects use-after-free write to freed memory

Fix by storing dibh in iomap->private and incrementing its refcount
with get_bh() in gfs2_iomap_begin(). The buffer is then properly
released in gfs2_iomap_end() after the inline write completes,
ensuring the page stays alive for the entire iomap operation.

Note: A C reproducer is not available for this issue. The fix is based
on analysis of the KASAN report and code review showing the buffer head
is freed before use.

[agruenba: Take buffer head reference in gfs2_iomap_begin() to avoid
leaks in gfs2_iomap_get() and gfs2_iomap_alloc().]

Reported-by: syzbot+ea1cd4aa4d1e98458a55@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=ea1cd4aa4d1e98458a55
Fixes: d0a22a4b03b8 ("gfs2: Fix iomap write page reclaim deadlock")
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/gfs2/bmap.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
index 131091520de6b..fdcac8e3f2ba2 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/bmap.c
@@ -1127,10 +1127,18 @@ static int gfs2_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
goto out_unlock;
break;
default:
- goto out_unlock;
+ goto out;
}

ret = gfs2_iomap_begin_write(inode, pos, length, flags, iomap, &mp);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_unlock;
+
+out:
+ if (iomap->type == IOMAP_INLINE) {
+ iomap->private = metapath_dibh(&mp);
+ get_bh(iomap->private);
+ }

out_unlock:
release_metapath(&mp);
@@ -1144,6 +1152,9 @@ static int gfs2_iomap_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length,
struct gfs2_inode *ip = GFS2_I(inode);
struct gfs2_sbd *sdp = GFS2_SB(inode);

+ if (iomap->private)
+ brelse(iomap->private);
+
switch (flags & (IOMAP_WRITE | IOMAP_ZERO)) {
case IOMAP_WRITE:
if (flags & IOMAP_DIRECT)
--
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