From: Chandradhar Kumar <chandradhar.2003@gmail.com>
To: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>, Yu Kuai <yukuai@fygo.io>,
Li Nan <magiclinan@didiglobal.com>, Xiao Ni <xiao@kernel.org>,
linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Chandradhar Kumar <chandradhar.2003@gmail.com>,
syzbot+9e3014263a35700ab49b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH] md: enforce MD_SB_DISKS bounds across v0.90 superblock paths
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:53:04 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261113152311.13949-1-chandradhar.2003@gmail.com> (raw)
The legacy v0.90 superblock format (mdp_super_t) embeds a fixed-size
array of MD_SB_DISKS (27) disk descriptors (sb->disks[27]). Currently,
several configuration and metadata load paths fail to enforce this
upper bound, allowing mddev->raid_disks, rdev->raid_disk, or
rdev->desc_nr to exceed MD_SB_DISKS - 1 and trigger an out-of-bounds
array access in super_90_sync():
UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in drivers/md/md.c:1740:29
index 124 is out of range for type 'mdp_disk_t [27]'
Fix this across all entry points and harden super_90_sync():
1. In super_90_load(), reject superblocks with sb->raid_disks >
MD_SB_DISKS or an out-of-bounds sb->this_disk.number. Validating
this_disk.number also prevents an out-of-bounds read in
super_90_validate() when indexing sb->disks[rdev->desc_nr].
2. In raid_disks_store(), slot_store(), and md_set_array_info(),
reject disk counts or slot indices >= MD_SB_DISKS for persistent
v0.90 arrays even before mddev->max_disks is populated.
3. In super_90_sync(), reset rdev2->desc_nr = -1 prior to bounds
checking so that if an excess spare exceeds MD_SB_DISKS, skipping
it does not leave a stale desc_nr that later corrupts sb->this_disk.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: syzbot+9e3014263a35700ab49b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9e3014263a35700ab49b
Signed-off-by: Chandradhar Kumar <chandradhar.2003@gmail.com>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 03e35386a802..a72f98cdad54 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1407,7 +1407,9 @@ static int super_90_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev, int minor
goto abort;
}
- if (sb->raid_disks <= 0 || sb->raid_disks > MD_SB_DISKS)
+ if (sb->raid_disks <= 0 || sb->raid_disks > MD_SB_DISKS ||
+ sb->this_disk.number < 0 ||
+ sb->this_disk.number >= MD_SB_DISKS)
goto abort;
if (md_csum_fold(calc_sb_csum(sb)) != md_csum_fold(sb->sb_csum)) {
@@ -1621,6 +1623,10 @@ static void super_90_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
struct md_rdev *rdev2;
int next_spare = mddev->raid_disks;
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mddev->raid_disks <= 0 ||
+ mddev->raid_disks > MD_SB_DISKS))
+ return;
+
/* make rdev->sb match mddev data..
*
* 1/ zero out disks
@@ -1693,6 +1699,8 @@ static void super_90_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
int desc_nr;
int is_active = test_bit(In_sync, &rdev2->flags);
+ rdev2->desc_nr = -1;
+
if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0 &&
sb->minor_version >= 91)
/* we have nowhere to store the recovery_offset,
@@ -1707,6 +1715,12 @@ static void super_90_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
desc_nr = rdev2->raid_disk;
else
desc_nr = next_spare++;
+
+ if (desc_nr < 0 || desc_nr >= MD_SB_DISKS) {
+ pr_warn("md: %s: desc_nr %d out of range for rdev %pg, skipping",
+ mdname(mddev), desc_nr, rdev2->bdev);
+ continue;
+ }
rdev2->desc_nr = desc_nr;
d = &sb->disks[rdev2->desc_nr];
nr_disks++;
@@ -1736,7 +1750,7 @@ static void super_90_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
d->state |= (1<<MD_DISK_FAILFAST);
}
/* now set the "removed" and "faulty" bits on any missing devices */
- for (i=0 ; i < mddev->raid_disks ; i++) {
+ for (i = 0 ; i < mddev->raid_disks && i < MD_SB_DISKS; i++) {
mdp_disk_t *d = &sb->disks[i];
if (d->state == 0 && d->number == 0) {
d->number = i;
@@ -1752,7 +1766,10 @@ static void super_90_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
sb->failed_disks = failed;
sb->spare_disks = spare;
- sb->this_disk = sb->disks[rdev->desc_nr];
+ if (rdev->desc_nr >= 0 && rdev->desc_nr < MD_SB_DISKS)
+ sb->this_disk = sb->disks[rdev->desc_nr];
+ else
+ memset(&sb->this_disk, 0, sizeof(sb->this_disk));
sb->sb_csum = calc_sb_csum(sb);
}
@@ -3374,6 +3391,10 @@ slot_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len)
if (slot >= rdev->mddev->raid_disks &&
slot >= rdev->mddev->raid_disks + rdev->mddev->delta_disks)
return -ENOSPC;
+ if (rdev->mddev->persistent &&
+ rdev->mddev->major_version == 0 &&
+ slot >= MD_SB_DISKS)
+ return -ENOSPC;
rdev->raid_disk = slot;
/* assume it is working */
clear_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
@@ -4462,8 +4483,14 @@ raid_disks_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
mddev->delta_disks = n - olddisks;
mddev->raid_disks = n;
mddev->reshape_backwards = (mddev->delta_disks < 0);
- } else
- mddev->raid_disks = n;
+ } else {
+ if ((mddev->persistent && mddev->major_version == 0 &&
+ n > MD_SB_DISKS) ||
+ (mddev->max_disks && n > mddev->max_disks))
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ else
+ mddev->raid_disks = n;
+ }
out_unlock:
memalloc_noio_restore(noio_flags);
mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
@@ -7951,6 +7978,15 @@ int md_set_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, struct mdu_array_info_s *info)
mddev->ctime = ktime_get_real_seconds();
return 0;
}
+
+ if (info->raid_disks < 0 ||
+ (!info->not_persistent && info->major_version == 0 &&
+ info->raid_disks > MD_SB_DISKS)) {
+ pr_warn("md: %s: invalid raid_disks %d for v0.90 superblock\n",
+ mdname(mddev), info->raid_disks);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
mddev->major_version = MD_MAJOR_VERSION;
mddev->minor_version = MD_MINOR_VERSION;
mddev->patch_version = MD_PATCHLEVEL_VERSION;
--
2.56.0
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