[PATCH 6.1 112/312] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-04-08T18:11:42Z

From: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>

commit b1d682f1990c19fb1d5b97d13266210457092bcd upstream.

Fix an issue arising when ext4 features has_journal, ea_inode, and encrypt
are activated simultaneously, leading to ENOSPC when creating an encrypted
file.

Fix by passing XATTR_CREATE flag to xattr_set_handle function if a handle
is specified, i.e., when the function is called in the control flow of
creating a new inode. This aligns the number of jbd2 credits set_handle
checks for with the number allocated for creating a new inode.

ext4_set_context must not be called with a non-null handle (fs_data) if
fscrypt context xattr is not guaranteed to not exist yet. The only other
usage of this function currently is when handling the ioctl
FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY, which calls it with fs_data=NULL.

Fixes: c1a5d5f6ab21eb7e ("ext4: improve journal credit handling in set xattr paths")

Co-developed-by: Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260207100148.724275-4-simon.weber.39@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
fs/ext4/crypto.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
@@ -169,10 +169,17 @@ static int ext4_set_context(struct inode
*/

if (handle) {
+ /*
+ * Since the inode is new it is ok to pass the
+ * XATTR_CREATE flag. This is necessary to match the
+ * remaining journal credits check in the set_handle
+ * function with the credits allocated for the new
+ * inode.
+ */
res = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION,
EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT,
- ctx, len, 0);
+ ctx, len, XATTR_CREATE);
if (!res) {
ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT);
ext4_clear_inode_state(inode,