linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: validate external journal superblock checksum

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Date:	Mon, 8 Sep 2014 12:43:38 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:	tytso@....edu
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: validate external journal superblock checksum

If the external journal device has metadata_csum enabled, verify
that the superblock checksum matches the block before we try to
mount.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 7045f1d..222ed5d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4372,6 +4372,15 @@ static journal_t *ext4_get_dev_journal(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto out_bdev;
 	}
 
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(es->s_feature_ro_compat) &
+	     EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM) &&
+	    es->s_checksum != ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es)) {
+		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "external journal has "
+				       "corrupt superblock");
+		brelse(bh);
+		goto out_bdev;
+	}
+
 	if (memcmp(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_journal_uuid, es->s_uuid, 16)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "journal UUID does not match");
 		brelse(bh);
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