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From: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
To: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
Cc: "Darrick J . Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
	Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] xfs: bound da-node entry count against the correct geometry
Date: Tue,  7 Jul 2026 16:02:45 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260707190245.3813498-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260707135930.3214701-1-qwe.aldo@gmail.com>

xfs_da3_node_verify() bounds the node entry count against the larger of
the directory and attribute geometries because, as a buffer verifier, it
cannot tell whether the block belongs to the directory or the attribute
tree. When the directory block size exceeds the fs block size (e.g.
mkfs.xfs -n size=64k -b size=4k), an attribute node buffer is a single fs
block that holds only m_attr_geo->node_ents entries, yet a crafted attr
node may claim a count up to m_dir_geo->node_ents and still pass the
verifier.

xfs_da3_node_lookup_int() then indexes btree[] up to that count during
its binary search -- an out-of-bounds read via getxattr/listxattr on a
mounted crafted image.

The buffer verifier is the wrong place to tighten this: it has no fork
context, and the transaction-less read path used by getxattr does not run
xfs_da3_node_set_type() either. xfs_da3_node_lookup_int(), on the other
hand, always runs on that path and holds args->geo, the geometry of the
fork actually being searched. Bound the entry count against
args->geo->node_ents there, before walking the entries.

Fixes: 7ab610f9e0f1 ("xfs: move node entry counts to xfs_da_geometry")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@gmail.com>
---
v2: reworked per Darrick's review.  Do not infer dir-vs-attr from the
    buffer size in the verifier; instead bound the entry count in
    xfs_da3_node_lookup_int() against args->geo->node_ents, the
    geometry of the fork being searched.  cc stable.

 fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
index 9debb95d86fa..95ea3737eb33 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.c
@@ -1787,6 +1787,20 @@ xfs_da3_node_lookup_int(
 		} else
 			expected_level--;
 
+		/*
+		 * The node verifier cannot tell whether this block belongs to
+		 * the directory or the attribute tree, so it only bounds the
+		 * entry count against the larger of the two geometries.  Here
+		 * args->geo is the geometry of the fork we are actually
+		 * searching, so reject a count that would walk btree[] off the
+		 * end of this node buffer.
+		 */
+		if (nodehdr.count > args->geo->node_ents) {
+			xfs_buf_mark_corrupt(blk->bp);
+			xfs_da_mark_sick(args);
+			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+		}
+
 		max = nodehdr.count;
 		blk->hashval = be32_to_cpu(btree[max - 1].hashval);
 
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-07 19:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-07 13:59 [PATCH] xfs: bound da-node entry count against the correct geometry Aldo Ariel Panzardo
2026-07-07 16:29 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-07-07 19:02 ` Aldo Ariel Panzardo [this message]
2026-07-08 15:16   ` [PATCH v2] " Carlos Maiolino

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