linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 31/32] ext4: strong binding of xattr inode references

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:54:24 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 31/32] ext4: strong binding of xattr inode references

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 06:49:38PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> To verify that a xattr entry is not pointing to the wrong xattr inode,
> we currently check that the target inode has EXT4_EA_INODE_FL flag set and
> also the entry size matches the target inode size.
> 
> For stronger validation, also incorporate crc32c hash of the value into
> the e_hash field. This is done regardless of whether the entry lives in
> the inode body or external attribute block.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>

Added to the ext4 patch queue, thanks.

					- Ted