linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/3] ext4: sanity check the block and cluster size at mount time

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:26:08 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     kernel@...p.com, bp@...en8.de, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: sanity check the block and cluster size at mount time

If the block size or cluster size is insane, reject the mount.  This
is important for security reasons (although we shouldn't be just
depending on this check).

Ref: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539661
Ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332506
Reported-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Reported-by: Nikolay Borisov <kernel@...p.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h  |  1 +
 fs/ext4/super.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 53d6d463ac4d..bdf1e5ee8642 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ struct ext4_io_submit {
 #define	EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE		65536
 #define EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE		10
 #define EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE		16
+#define EXT4_MAX_CLUSTER_LOG_SIZE	30
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 # define EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE(s)		((s)->s_blocksize)
 #else
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 35ccbdc2d64e..12f50ef56fe1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -3567,7 +3567,15 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (blocksize < EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE ||
 	    blocksize > EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
-		       "Unsupported filesystem blocksize %d", blocksize);
+		       "Unsupported filesystem blocksize %d (%d)",
+			 blocksize, le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_block_size));
+		goto failed_mount;
+	}
+	if (le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_block_size) >
+	    (EXT4_MAX_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE - EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE)) {
+		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+			 "Invalid log block size: %u",
+			 le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_block_size));
 		goto failed_mount;
 	}
 
@@ -3699,6 +3707,13 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 				 "block size (%d)", clustersize, blocksize);
 			goto failed_mount;
 		}
+		if (le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_cluster_size) >
+		    (EXT4_MAX_CLUSTER_LOG_SIZE - EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_LOG_SIZE)) {
+			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+				 "Invalid log cluster size: %u",
+				 le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_cluster_size));
+			goto failed_mount;
+		}
 		sbi->s_cluster_bits = le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_cluster_size) -
 			le32_to_cpu(es->s_log_block_size);
 		sbi->s_clusters_per_group =
-- 
2.11.0.rc0.7.gbe5a750

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