From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Opus 4.6 \(1M context\)" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] fs: ext4: validate log2_block_size from superblock at mount
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:12:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260402-fs-ext4-buffer-overflows-v1-1-b9f8a909fe58@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402-fs-ext4-buffer-overflows-v1-0-b9f8a909fe58@pengutronix.de>
The superblock's log2_block_size field is read from disk and used
throughout the ext4 code without validation. EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE() computes
1 << (log2_block_size + 10), so a crafted value of 22 or larger causes
undefined behavior from shifting an int by >= 32 bits.
This leads to wrong allocation sizes for indirect block buffers and
enables downstream buffer overflows in every function that reads
block-sized data.
Validate that log2_block_size does not exceed the maximum defined by
EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE (65536 byte blocks) at mount time, rejecting
the filesystem early if it does.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
fs/ext4/ext4_common.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c
index a38593105f..094293a069 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_common.c
@@ -514,6 +514,14 @@ int ext4fs_mount(struct ext_filesystem *fs)
goto fail;
}
+ if (le32_to_cpu(data->sblock.log2_block_size) >
+ EXT2_MAX_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE - EXT2_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE) {
+ dev_err(fs->dev, "invalid block size %u\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(data->sblock.log2_block_size));
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto fail;
+ }
+
if (le32_to_cpu(data->sblock.revision_level) == 0) {
fs->inodesz = 128;
fs->gdsize = 32;
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 10:12 [PATCH 0/5] fs: ext4: protection against corrupted filesystems Sascha Hauer
2026-04-02 10:12 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-04-02 10:12 ` [PATCH 2/5] fs: ext4: reject superblocks with zero inodesz, gdsize or inodes_per_group Sascha Hauer
2026-04-02 10:12 ` [PATCH 3/5] fs: ext4: fix OOB read and infinite loop in ext_iterate() Sascha Hauer
2026-04-02 10:45 ` Sascha Hauer
2026-04-02 10:12 ` [PATCH 4/5] fs: ext4: reject dirents with too-small direntlen to prevent infinite loops Sascha Hauer
2026-04-02 10:12 ` [PATCH 5/5] fs: ext4: validate extent eh_entries against buffer capacity Sascha Hauer
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