From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:60483 "EHLO out3-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755307AbeDTPMZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:12:25 -0400 Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: don't allow r/w mounts if metadata blocks overlap the" failed to apply to 3.18-stable tree To: tytso@mit.edu Cc: From: Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:12:18 +0200 Message-ID: <1524237138164140@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to . thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >>From 18db4b4e6fc31eda838dd1c1296d67dbcb3dc957 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Theodore Ts'o Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 22:10:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: don't allow r/w mounts if metadata blocks overlap the superblock If some metadata block, such as an allocation bitmap, overlaps the superblock, it's very likely that if the file system is mounted read/write, the results will not be pretty. So disallow r/w mounts for file systems corrupted in this particular way. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 7cd022c344d1..edcfe6956eba 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -2335,6 +2335,8 @@ static int ext4_check_descriptors(struct super_block *sb, ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "ext4_check_descriptors: " "Block bitmap for group %u overlaps " "superblock", i); + if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) + return 0; } if (block_bitmap < first_block || block_bitmap > last_block) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "ext4_check_descriptors: " @@ -2347,6 +2349,8 @@ static int ext4_check_descriptors(struct super_block *sb, ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "ext4_check_descriptors: " "Inode bitmap for group %u overlaps " "superblock", i); + if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) + return 0; } if (inode_bitmap < first_block || inode_bitmap > last_block) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "ext4_check_descriptors: " @@ -2359,6 +2363,8 @@ static int ext4_check_descriptors(struct super_block *sb, ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "ext4_check_descriptors: " "Inode table for group %u overlaps " "superblock", i); + if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) + return 0; } if (inode_table < first_block || inode_table + sbi->s_itb_per_group - 1 > last_block) {