linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: always verify the magic number in xattr blocks

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 23:12:02 -0600
From:   Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wen Xu <wen.xu@...ech.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: always verify the magic number in xattr blocks

On Jun 12, 2018, at 10:52 PM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> 
> If there an inode points to a block which is also some other type of
> metadata block (such as a block allocation bitmap), the
> buffer_verified flag can be set when it was validated as that other
> metadata block type; however, it would make a really terrible external
> attribute block.  The reason why we use the verified flag is to avoid
> constantly reverifying the block.  However, it doesn't take much
> overhead to make sure the magic number of the xattr block is correct,
> and this will avoid potential crashes.
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199997
> 
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>

This also could be a problem with other incorrectly-shared blocks that
use the verified flag (e.g. directory leaf blocks), etc.  Should we
separate these into BH_verified_dir, BH_verified_ibmap, BH_verified_bbmap,
and BH_verified_xattr to avoid the potential conflicts?

It looks like we still have enough free bits to handle this.

That said, this patch is still an improvement over the current state.

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>

> ---
> fs/ext4/xattr.c | 6 +++---
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> index 230ba79715f6..0263692979ec 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
> @@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ __ext4_xattr_check_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *bh,
> {
> 	int error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> 
> -	if (buffer_verified(bh))
> -		return 0;
> -
> 	if (BHDR(bh)->h_magic != cpu_to_le32(EXT4_XATTR_MAGIC) ||
> 	    BHDR(bh)->h_blocks != cpu_to_le32(1))
> 		goto errout;
> +	if (buffer_verified(bh))
> +		return 0;
> +
> 	error = -EFSBADCRC;
> 	if (!ext4_xattr_block_csum_verify(inode, bh))
> 		goto errout;
> --
> 2.18.0.rc0
> 


Cheers, Andreas






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