linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/2] ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group

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Message-Id: <20230430154311.579720-3-tytso@mit.edu>
Date:   Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:43:11 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     syzbot+e2efa3efc15a1c9e95c3@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa()

If a malicious fuzzer overwrites the ext4 superblock while it is
mounted such that the s_first_data_block is set to a very large
number, the calculation of the block group can underflow, and trigger
a BUG_ON check.  Change this to be an ext4_warning so that we don't
crash the kernel.

Reported-by: syzbot+e2efa3efc15a1c9e95c3@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=69b28112e098b070f639efb356393af3ffec4220
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index dc13734f399d..9c7881a4ea75 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5047,7 +5047,11 @@ ext4_mb_release_group_pa(struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
 	trace_ext4_mb_release_group_pa(sb, pa);
 	BUG_ON(pa->pa_deleted == 0);
 	ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(sb, pa->pa_pstart, &group, &bit);
-	BUG_ON(group != e4b->bd_group && pa->pa_len != 0);
+	if (unlikely(group != e4b->bd_group && pa->pa_len != 0)) {
+		ext4_warning(sb, "bad group: expected %u, group %u, pa_start %llu",
+			     e4b->bd_group, group, pa->pa_pstart);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	mb_free_blocks(pa->pa_inode, e4b, bit, pa->pa_len);
 	atomic_add(pa->pa_len, &EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mb_discarded);
 	trace_ext4_mballoc_discard(sb, NULL, group, bit, pa->pa_len);
-- 
2.31.0