* [PATCH v4] md/raid5: validate payload size before calculating payload_len
@ 2026-09-07 15:51 Martin Wilck
2026-09-12 5:36 ` yu kuai
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Martin Wilck @ 2026-09-07 15:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Yu Kuai, Song Liu
Cc: Xiao Ni, Li Nan, linux-raid, Martin Wilck, Junrui Luo, stable
Commit b0cc3ae97e89 ("md/raid5: validate payload size before accessing
journal metadata") introduced a bounds check to verify that a given payload
fits into the current metadata block. In order to calculate the payload
size, it has to access the members payload->header.type and payload->size,
the offset of which may already be past the end of the metadata block,
because the loop condition only checks that the first byte of the payload
is inside, and the payload entries have variable sizes. Later on,
payload->checksum[0] and payload->checksum[1] are accessed without
verifying that payload->size is large enough.
Add another check to make sure that payload->size can be safely
accessed, and make sure that the checksum fields are accessible.
This issue has been found by AI (gemma4, Gemini) during a backport
review.
Cc: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: b0cc3ae97e89 ("md/raid5: validate payload size before accessing journal metadata")
Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
---
Changes v3 -> v4 (Yu Kuai)
* use u32 instead of uint32_t
* use <= in loop condition
Changes v2 -> v3: Fixed another issue reported by Sashiko
* Modify loop condition to make sure the payload->header.type can be accessed
Changes v1 -> v2: Fixed issues reported by Sashiko
* fix use of wrong variable name payload_len instead of mb_offset
* add checks to ensure payload->size is large enough to hold the checksum values
---
drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index 7b7546bfa21f..62460e231f02 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -2001,27 +2001,36 @@ r5l_recovery_verify_data_checksum_for_mb(struct r5l_log *log,
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;
- while (mb_offset < le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size)) {
+ while (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_header) <= le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size)) {
+ u32 payload_size;
sector_t payload_len;
payload = (void *)mb + mb_offset;
payload_flush = (void *)mb + mb_offset;
if (le16_to_cpu(payload->header.type) == R5LOG_PAYLOAD_DATA) {
+ if (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_data_parity)
+ > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ goto mismatch;
+ payload_size = le32_to_cpu(payload->size) >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
payload_len = sizeof(struct r5l_payload_data_parity) +
- (sector_t)sizeof(__le32) *
- (le32_to_cpu(payload->size) >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9));
- if (mb_offset + payload_len > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ (sector_t)sizeof(__le32) * payload_size;
+ if (mb_offset + payload_len > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size) ||
+ payload_size < 1)
goto mismatch;
if (r5l_recovery_verify_data_checksum(
log, ctx, page, log_offset,
payload->checksum[0]) < 0)
goto mismatch;
} else if (le16_to_cpu(payload->header.type) == R5LOG_PAYLOAD_PARITY) {
+ if (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_data_parity)
+ > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ goto mismatch;
+ payload_size = le32_to_cpu(payload->size) >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9);
payload_len = sizeof(struct r5l_payload_data_parity) +
- (sector_t)sizeof(__le32) *
- (le32_to_cpu(payload->size) >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9));
- if (mb_offset + payload_len > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ (sector_t)sizeof(__le32) * payload_size;
+ if (mb_offset + payload_len > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size) ||
+ payload_size < conf->max_degraded)
goto mismatch;
if (r5l_recovery_verify_data_checksum(
log, ctx, page, log_offset,
@@ -2035,6 +2044,9 @@ r5l_recovery_verify_data_checksum_for_mb(struct r5l_log *log,
payload->checksum[1]) < 0)
goto mismatch;
} else if (le16_to_cpu(payload->header.type) == R5LOG_PAYLOAD_FLUSH) {
+ if (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_flush)
+ > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ goto mismatch;
payload_len = sizeof(struct r5l_payload_flush) +
(sector_t)le32_to_cpu(payload_flush->size);
if (mb_offset + payload_len > le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
@@ -2096,7 +2108,7 @@ r5c_recovery_analyze_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log,
mb_offset = sizeof(struct r5l_meta_block);
log_offset = r5l_ring_add(log, ctx->pos, BLOCK_SECTORS);
- while (mb_offset < le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size)) {
+ while (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_header) < le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size)) {
sector_t payload_len;
int dd;
@@ -2106,6 +2118,9 @@ r5c_recovery_analyze_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log,
if (le16_to_cpu(payload->header.type) == R5LOG_PAYLOAD_FLUSH) {
int i, count;
+ if (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_flush) >
+ le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ return -EINVAL;
payload_len = sizeof(struct r5l_payload_flush) +
(sector_t)le32_to_cpu(payload_flush->size);
if (mb_offset + payload_len >
@@ -2130,6 +2145,9 @@ r5c_recovery_analyze_meta_block(struct r5l_log *log,
}
/* DATA or PARITY payload */
+ if (mb_offset + sizeof(struct r5l_payload_data_parity) >
+ le32_to_cpu(mb->meta_size))
+ return -EINVAL;
payload_len = sizeof(struct r5l_payload_data_parity) +
(sector_t)sizeof(__le32) *
(le32_to_cpu(payload->size) >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 9));
--
2.51.0
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* Re: [PATCH v4] md/raid5: validate payload size before calculating payload_len
2026-09-07 15:51 [PATCH v4] md/raid5: validate payload size before calculating payload_len Martin Wilck
@ 2026-09-12 5:36 ` yu kuai
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: yu kuai @ 2026-09-12 5:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Wilck, Song Liu, yu kuai
Cc: Xiao Ni, Li Nan, linux-raid, Martin Wilck, Junrui Luo, stable
在 2026/9/7 23:51, Martin Wilck 写道:
> Commit b0cc3ae97e89 ("md/raid5: validate payload size before accessing
> journal metadata") introduced a bounds check to verify that a given payload
> fits into the current metadata block. In order to calculate the payload
> size, it has to access the members payload->header.type and payload->size,
> the offset of which may already be past the end of the metadata block,
> because the loop condition only checks that the first byte of the payload
> is inside, and the payload entries have variable sizes. Later on,
> payload->checksum[0] and payload->checksum[1] are accessed without
> verifying that payload->size is large enough.
>
> Add another check to make sure that payload->size can be safely
> accessed, and make sure that the checksum fields are accessible.
>
> This issue has been found by AI (gemma4, Gemini) during a backport
> review.
>
> Cc: Junrui Luo<moonafterrain@outlook.com>
> Cc:stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: b0cc3ae97e89 ("md/raid5: validate payload size before accessing journal metadata")
> Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck<mwilck@suse.com>
> ---
> Changes v3 -> v4 (Yu Kuai)
>
> * use u32 instead of uint32_t
> * use <= in loop condition
>
> Changes v2 -> v3: Fixed another issue reported by Sashiko
>
> * Modify loop condition to make sure the payload->header.type can be accessed
>
> Changes v1 -> v2: Fixed issues reported by Sashiko
>
> * fix use of wrong variable name payload_len instead of mb_offset
> * add checks to ensure payload->size is large enough to hold the checksum values
> ---
> drivers/md/raid5-cache.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
Applied to md-7.3
--
Thanks,
Kuai
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