Re: [PATCH] erofs: fix unsigned underflow in z_erofs_lz4_handle_overlap()

Gao Xiang
2026-04-09T13:22:51Z

Hi Junrui,

On 2026/4/9 14:57, Junrui Luo wrote:
> In z_erofs_lz4_handle_overlap(), the index expression
> "rq->outpages - rq->inpages + i" is computed in unsigned arithmetic.
> If outpages < inpages, the subtraction wraps to a large value and
> the subsequent rq->out[] access reads past the decompressed_pages
> array.
>
> z_erofs_map_sanity_check() does not enforce m_plen <= m_llen, so a
> crafted image declaring m_plen > m_llen can produce outpages < inpages.
>
> The in-place branch is currently unreachable: it requires both
> partial_decoding == false and omargin > 0, but these are mutually
> exclusive. partial_decoding == false requires pcl->length == m_llen,
> which in turn requires (offset + end == m_la + m_llen) where
> offset + end is page-aligned from folio boundaries. This forces
> m_la + m_llen to be page-aligned, making oend page-aligned and
> omargin zero.
>
> Nonetheless, guard the branch with an explicit outpages >= inpages
> check so the underflow cannot occur if future changes break this
> alignment invariant.
>
> Fixes: 598162d05080 ("erofs: support decompress big pcluster for lz4 backend")
> Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>

After the second thinking, I think this patch is better for
easy stable backporting since other algorithms can already
handle such case (although we should return earilier in
z_erofs_map_sanity_check() formally), and I will submit a
follow-up patch to revise the related code, but it's not
for backporting.

How about refine the commit message as below:

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erofs: fix unsigned underflow in z_erofs_lz4_handle_overlap()

Some crafted images can have illegal (!partial_decoding &&
m_llen < m_plen) extents, and the LZ4 inplace decompression path
can be wrongly hit, but it cannot handle (outpages < inpages)
properly: "outpages - inpages" wraps to a large value and
the subsequent rq->out[] access reads past the decompressed_pages
array.

However, such crafted cases can correctly result in a corruption
report in the normal LZ4 non-inplace path.

Let's add an additional check to fix this for backporting.

Reproducible image (base64-encoded gzipped blob):

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ywAAAAAAAADwu14ATsEYtgBQAAA=

$ mount -t erofs -o cache_strategy=disabled foo.erofs /mnt
$ dd if=/mnt/data of=/dev/null bs=4096 count=1

Fixes: 598162d05080 ("erofs: support decompress big pcluster for lz4 backend")
Reported-by: Yuhao Jiang <danisjiang@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Junrui Luo <moonafterrain@outlook.com>

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Could you send a quick v2 for this so I can apply?

Thanks,
Gao Xiang