linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/2] ext2: Use kvmalloc() for group descriptor array

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 17:47:23 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        syzbot+0f2f7e65a3007d39539f@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ext2: Use kvmalloc() for group descriptor array

Array of group descriptor block buffers can get rather large. In theory
in can reach 1MB for perfectly valid filesystem and even more for
maliciously crafted ones. Use kvmalloc() to allocate the array to avoid
straining memory allocator with large order allocations unnecessarily.

Reported-by: syzbot+0f2f7e65a3007d39539f@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 fs/ext2/super.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index c94955b6701c..8cdeaf70ac36 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static void ext2_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 	db_count = sbi->s_gdb_count;
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
-	kfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
+	kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
 	kfree(sbi->s_debts);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	}
 	db_count = (sbi->s_groups_count + EXT2_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb) - 1) /
 		   EXT2_DESC_PER_BLOCK(sb);
-	sbi->s_group_desc = kmalloc_array(db_count,
+	sbi->s_group_desc = kvmalloc_array(db_count,
 					   sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
 					   GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (sbi->s_group_desc == NULL) {
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);
 failed_mount_group_desc:
-	kfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
+	kvfree(sbi->s_group_desc);
 	kfree(sbi->s_debts);
 failed_mount:
 	brelse(bh);
-- 
2.35.3