[PATCH v2] virtiofs: validate fixed-output response length

[PATCH v2] virtiofs: validate fixed-output response length

[Byeongchan Sung]

A short successful virtiofs response can leave the fixed-output
portion of the request argument buffer unwritten. The completion path
nevertheless copies the full declared output to the request destination,
allowing stale allocator contents to reach callers such as
fuse_statfs().

Require successful fixed-output responses to contain their complete
declared output. Continue to permit a shorter final argument only for
out_argvar requests. Reject positive and internal restart error values,
require valid error replies to be header-only, and do not copy output
arguments from error replies.

A header-only FUSE_STATFS success returned stale fields in nine of
nine calls across three boots. The fixed kernel rejected the short
response and preserved complete replies, valid error replies, and
variable-output controls.

Fixes: a62a8ef9d97d ("virtio-fs: add virtiofs filesystem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Byeongchan Sung <tjdqudcks0424@naver.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Reject positive and internal restart error values.
- Require error replies to be header-only.
- Rate-limit malformed-response warnings.
- Rely on the existing FUSE pr_fmt prefix.
- Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org.
- Use the author's real name consistently.

 fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index f15e516ebcb5c..fffbe08d9114a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
  */
 
+#include "fuse_i.h"
+
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include "dev.h"
-#include "fuse_i.h"
 #include "fuse_dev_i.h"
 
 /* Used to help calculate the FUSE connection's max_pages limit for a request's
@@ -730,6 +731,10 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 	unsigned int num_out;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	/* Error replies contain only the output header. */
+	if (req->out.h.error)
+		goto out;
+
 	remaining = req->out.h.len - sizeof(req->out.h);
 	num_in = args->in_numargs - args->in_pages;
 	num_out = args->out_numargs - args->out_pages;
@@ -755,6 +760,7 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 	if (args->out_argvar)
 		args->out_args[args->out_numargs - 1].size = remaining;
 
+out:
 	kfree(req->argbuf);
 	req->argbuf = NULL;
 }
@@ -762,19 +768,46 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 /* Verify that the server properly follows the FUSE protocol */
 static bool virtio_fs_verify_response(struct fuse_req *req, unsigned int len)
 {
+	struct fuse_args *args = req->args;
 	struct fuse_out_header *oh = &req->out.h;
+	unsigned int expected;
 
 	if (len < sizeof(*oh)) {
-		pr_warn("virtio-fs: response too short (%u)\n", len);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("response too short (%u)\n", len);
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (oh->len != len) {
-		pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.len mismatch (%u != %u)\n", oh->len, len);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("oh.len mismatch (%u != %u)\n",
+				    oh->len, len);
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (oh->unique != req->in.h.unique) {
-		pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.unique mismatch (%llu != %llu)\n",
-			oh->unique, req->in.h.unique);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("oh.unique mismatch (%llu != %llu)\n",
+				    oh->unique, req->in.h.unique);
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (oh->error <= -ERESTARTSYS || oh->error > 0) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("invalid error value (%d)\n", oh->error);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (oh->error) {
+		if (len != sizeof(*oh)) {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("error response too long (%u)\n",
+					    len);
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	expected = sizeof(*oh) +
+		   fuse_len_args(args->out_numargs, args->out_args);
+	if (len > expected ||
+	    (len < expected &&
+	     (!args->out_argvar ||
+	      expected - len > args->out_args[args->out_numargs - 1].size))) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("invalid response length (%u, expected %u)\n",
+				    len, expected);
 		return false;
 	}
 	return true;
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH v2] virtiofs: validate fixed-output response length

[sungbyeongchan]

A short successful virtiofs response can leave the fixed-output
portion of the request argument buffer unwritten. The completion path
nevertheless copies the full declared output to the request destination,
allowing stale allocator contents to reach callers such as
fuse_statfs().

Require successful fixed-output responses to contain their complete
declared output. Continue to permit a shorter final argument only for
out_argvar requests. Reject positive and internal restart error values,
require valid error replies to be header-only, and do not copy output
arguments from error replies.

A header-only FUSE_STATFS success returned stale fields in nine of
nine calls across three boots. The fixed kernel rejected the short
response and preserved complete replies, valid error replies, and
variable-output controls.

Fixes: a62a8ef9d97d ("virtio-fs: add virtiofs filesystem")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: sungbyeongchan <tjdqudcks0424@naver.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- Reject positive and internal restart error values.
- Require error replies to be header-only.
- Rate-limit malformed-response warnings.
- Rely on the existing FUSE pr_fmt prefix.
- Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org.
- Use the reporter identity consistently.

 fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
index f15e516ebcb5c..fffbe08d9114a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
  */
 
+#include "fuse_i.h"
+
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include "dev.h"
-#include "fuse_i.h"
 #include "fuse_dev_i.h"
 
 /* Used to help calculate the FUSE connection's max_pages limit for a request's
@@ -730,6 +731,10 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 	unsigned int num_out;
 	unsigned int i;
 
+	/* Error replies contain only the output header. */
+	if (req->out.h.error)
+		goto out;
+
 	remaining = req->out.h.len - sizeof(req->out.h);
 	num_in = args->in_numargs - args->in_pages;
 	num_out = args->out_numargs - args->out_pages;
@@ -755,6 +760,7 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 	if (args->out_argvar)
 		args->out_args[args->out_numargs - 1].size = remaining;
 
+out:
 	kfree(req->argbuf);
 	req->argbuf = NULL;
 }
@@ -762,19 +768,46 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
 /* Verify that the server properly follows the FUSE protocol */
 static bool virtio_fs_verify_response(struct fuse_req *req, unsigned int len)
 {
+	struct fuse_args *args = req->args;
 	struct fuse_out_header *oh = &req->out.h;
+	unsigned int expected;
 
 	if (len < sizeof(*oh)) {
-		pr_warn("virtio-fs: response too short (%u)\n", len);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("response too short (%u)\n", len);
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (oh->len != len) {
-		pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.len mismatch (%u != %u)\n", oh->len, len);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("oh.len mismatch (%u != %u)\n",
+				    oh->len, len);
 		return false;
 	}
 	if (oh->unique != req->in.h.unique) {
-		pr_warn("virtio-fs: oh.unique mismatch (%llu != %llu)\n",
-			oh->unique, req->in.h.unique);
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("oh.unique mismatch (%llu != %llu)\n",
+				    oh->unique, req->in.h.unique);
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (oh->error <= -ERESTARTSYS || oh->error > 0) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("invalid error value (%d)\n", oh->error);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (oh->error) {
+		if (len != sizeof(*oh)) {
+			pr_warn_ratelimited("error response too long (%u)\n",
+					    len);
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	expected = sizeof(*oh) +
+		   fuse_len_args(args->out_numargs, args->out_args);
+	if (len > expected ||
+	    (len < expected &&
+	     (!args->out_argvar ||
+	      expected - len > args->out_args[args->out_numargs - 1].size))) {
+		pr_warn_ratelimited("invalid response length (%u, expected %u)\n",
+				    len, expected);
 		return false;
 	}
 	return true;
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH v2] virtiofs: validate fixed-output response length

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 03:24:08AM +0900, sungbyeongchan wrote:
> A short successful virtiofs response can leave the fixed-output
> portion of the request argument buffer unwritten. The completion path
> nevertheless copies the full declared output to the request destination,
> allowing stale allocator contents to reach callers such as
> fuse_statfs().
> 
> Require successful fixed-output responses to contain their complete
> declared output. Continue to permit a shorter final argument only for
> out_argvar requests. Reject positive and internal restart error values,
> require valid error replies to be header-only, and do not copy output
> arguments from error replies.
> 
> A header-only FUSE_STATFS success returned stale fields in nine of
> nine calls across three boots. The fixed kernel rejected the short
> response and preserved complete replies, valid error replies, and
> variable-output controls.
> 
> Fixes: a62a8ef9d97d ("virtio-fs: add virtiofs filesystem")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: sungbyeongchan <tjdqudcks0424@naver.com>

Real name please.

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Reject positive and internal restart error values.
> - Require error replies to be header-only.
> - Rate-limit malformed-response warnings.
> - Rely on the existing FUSE pr_fmt prefix.
> - Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org.
> - Use the reporter identity consistently.
> 
>  fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> index f15e516ebcb5c..fffbe08d9114a 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
>   * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
>   */
>  
> +#include "fuse_i.h"
> +

Why is this moved?



>  #include <linux/fs.h>
>  #include <linux/dax.h>
>  #include <linux/pci.h>
> @@ -20,7 +22,6 @@
>  #include <linux/cleanup.h>
>  #include <linux/uio.h>
>  #include "dev.h"
> -#include "fuse_i.h"
>  #include "fuse_dev_i.h"
>  
>  /* Used to help calculate the FUSE connection's max_pages limit for a request's
> @@ -730,6 +731,10 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
>  	unsigned int num_out;
>  	unsigned int i;
>  
> +	/* Error replies contain only the output header. */
> +	if (req->out.h.error)
> +		goto out;

But no error is returned?

>  	if (len < sizeof(*oh)) {
> -		pr_warn("virtio-fs: response too short (%u)\n", len);
> +		pr_warn_ratelimited("response too short (%u)\n", len);

Isn't these ratelimited() changes separate from the original issue here?
That should be a separate patch.

thanks,

greg k-h

Re: [PATCH v2] virtiofs: validate fixed-output response length

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 11:11:14PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 03:24:08AM +0900, sungbyeongchan wrote:
> > A short successful virtiofs response can leave the fixed-output
> > portion of the request argument buffer unwritten. The completion path
> > nevertheless copies the full declared output to the request destination,
> > allowing stale allocator contents to reach callers such as
> > fuse_statfs().
> > 
> > Require successful fixed-output responses to contain their complete
> > declared output. Continue to permit a shorter final argument only for
> > out_argvar requests. Reject positive and internal restart error values,
> > require valid error replies to be header-only, and do not copy output
> > arguments from error replies.
> > 
> > A header-only FUSE_STATFS success returned stale fields in nine of
> > nine calls across three boots. The fixed kernel rejected the short
> > response and preserved complete replies, valid error replies, and
> > variable-output controls.
> > 
> > Fixes: a62a8ef9d97d ("virtio-fs: add virtiofs filesystem")
> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> > Assisted-by: LLM
> > Signed-off-by: sungbyeongchan <tjdqudcks0424@naver.com>
> 
> Real name please.

a missing space I guess?

> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Reject positive and internal restart error values.
> > - Require error replies to be header-only.
> > - Rate-limit malformed-response warnings.
> > - Rely on the existing FUSE pr_fmt prefix.
> > - Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org.
> > - Use the reporter identity consistently.
> > 
> >  fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >  1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> > index f15e516ebcb5c..fffbe08d9114a 100644
> > --- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> > +++ b/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
> > @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
> >   * Copyright (C) 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
> >   */
> >  
> > +#include "fuse_i.h"
> > +
> 
> Why is this moved?
> 
> 
> 
> >  #include <linux/fs.h>
> >  #include <linux/dax.h>
> >  #include <linux/pci.h>
> > @@ -20,7 +22,6 @@
> >  #include <linux/cleanup.h>
> >  #include <linux/uio.h>
> >  #include "dev.h"
> > -#include "fuse_i.h"
> >  #include "fuse_dev_i.h"
> >  
> >  /* Used to help calculate the FUSE connection's max_pages limit for a request's
> > @@ -730,6 +731,10 @@ static void copy_args_from_argbuf(struct fuse_args *args, struct fuse_req *req)
> >  	unsigned int num_out;
> >  	unsigned int i;
> >  
> > +	/* Error replies contain only the output header. */
> > +	if (req->out.h.error)
> > +		goto out;
> 
> But no error is returned?
> 
> >  	if (len < sizeof(*oh)) {
> > -		pr_warn("virtio-fs: response too short (%u)\n", len);
> > +		pr_warn_ratelimited("response too short (%u)\n", len);
> 
> Isn't these ratelimited() changes separate from the original issue here?
> That should be a separate patch.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h