From: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
To: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, djwong@kernel.org
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>,
syzbot+b0a0670332b6b3230a0a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] ext4: check folio uptodate state in ext4_page_mkwrite()
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 07:27:42 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251122015742.362444-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> (raw)
When delayed block allocation fails due to filesystem corruption,
ext4's writeback error handling invalidates affected folios by calling
mpage_release_unused_pages() with invalidate=true, which explicitly
clears the uptodate flag:
static void mpage_release_unused_pages(..., bool invalidate)
{
...
if (invalidate) {
block_invalidate_folio(folio, 0, folio_size(folio));
folio_clear_uptodate(folio);
}
}
If ext4_page_mkwrite() is subsequently called on such a non-uptodate
folio, it can proceed to mark the folio dirty without checking its
state. This triggers a warning in __folio_mark_dirty():
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5 at mm/page-writeback.c:2960
__folio_mark_dirty+0x578/0x880
Call Trace:
fault_dirty_shared_page+0x16e/0x2d0
do_wp_page+0x38b/0xd20
handle_pte_fault+0x1da/0x450
__handle_mm_fault+0x652/0x13b0
handle_mm_fault+0x22a/0x6f0
do_user_addr_fault+0x200/0x8a0
exc_page_fault+0x81/0x1b0
This scenario occurs when:
1. A write with delayed allocation marks a folio dirty (uptodate=1)
2. Writeback attempts block allocation but detects filesystem corruption
3. Error handling calls mpage_release_unused_pages(invalidate=true),
which clears the uptodate flag via folio_clear_uptodate()
4. A subsequent ftruncate() triggers ext4_truncate()
5. ext4_block_truncate_page() attempts to zero the page tail
6. This triggers a write fault on the mmap'd page
7. ext4_page_mkwrite() is called with the non-uptodate folio
8. Without checking uptodate, it proceeds to mark the folio dirty
9. __folio_mark_dirty() triggers: WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio_test_uptodate())
Fix this by checking folio_test_uptodate() early in ext4_page_mkwrite()
and returning VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if the folio is not uptodate. This prevents
attempting to write to invalidated folios and properly signals the error
to userspace.
The check is placed early, before the delalloc/journal/normal code paths,
as none of these paths should proceed with a non-uptodate folio.
Reported-by: syzbot+b0a0670332b6b3230a0a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Tested-by: syzbot+b0a0670332b6b3230a0a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b0a0670332b6b3230a0a
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index e99306a8f47c..18a029362c1f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6688,6 +6688,14 @@ vm_fault_t ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
if (err)
goto out_ret;
+ folio_lock(folio);
+ if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+ ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ folio_unlock(folio);
+
/*
* On data journalling we skip straight to the transaction handle:
* there's no delalloc; page truncated will be checked later; the
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-22 1:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-22 1:57 Deepanshu Kartikey [this message]
2025-11-30 2:06 ` [PATCH v2] ext4: check folio uptodate state in ext4_page_mkwrite() Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-02 12:24 ` Zhang Yi
2025-12-03 1:37 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-03 6:52 ` Zhang Yi
2025-12-03 7:43 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-03 15:46 ` Theodore Tso
2025-12-03 17:04 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-03 18:40 ` Theodore Tso
2025-12-03 21:35 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-12-03 22:33 ` Theodore Tso
2025-12-04 9:54 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-05 2:18 ` Theodore Tso
2025-12-05 3:31 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-05 3:33 ` Matthew Wilcox
2025-12-05 13:37 ` Theodore Tso
2025-12-05 14:28 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2026-01-05 2:08 ` Deepanshu Kartikey
2025-12-03 21:54 ` Matthew Wilcox
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