linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] ext4: fail ext4_iget if special inode unallocated

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Message-ID: <20230106104706.2410740-2-libaokun1@huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2023 18:47:05 +0800
From:   Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.cz>,
        <ritesh.list@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>,
        <libaokun1@...wei.com>,
        Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: fail ext4_iget if special inode unallocated

In ext4_fill_super(), EXT4_ORPHAN_FS flag is cleared after
ext4_orphan_cleanup() is executed. Therefore, when __ext4_iget() is
called to get an inode whose i_nlink is 0 when the flag exists, no error
is returned. If the inode is a special inode, a null pointer dereference
may occur. If the value of i_nlink is 0 for any inodes (except boot loader
inodes) got by using the EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL flag, the current file system
is corrupted. Therefore, make the ext4_iget() function return an error if
it gets such an abnormal special inode.

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199179
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216541
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216539
Reported-by: Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 9d9f414f99fe..3f7cfa91ba89 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4872,13 +4872,6 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 		goto bad_inode;
 	raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&iloc);
 
-	if ((ino == EXT4_ROOT_INO) && (raw_inode->i_links_count == 0)) {
-		ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
-				 "iget: root inode unallocated");
-		ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
-		goto bad_inode;
-	}
-
 	if ((flags & EXT4_IGET_HANDLE) &&
 	    (raw_inode->i_links_count == 0) && (raw_inode->i_mode == 0)) {
 		ret = -ESTALE;
@@ -4951,10 +4944,13 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
 	 * NeilBrown 1999oct15
 	 */
 	if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
-		if ((inode->i_mode == 0 ||
+		if ((inode->i_mode == 0 || (flags & EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL) ||
 		     !(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_ORPHAN_FS)) &&
 		    ino != EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO) {
 			/* this inode is deleted */
+			if (flags & EXT4_IGET_SPECIAL)
+				ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
+						 "iget: special inode unallocated");
 			ret = -ESTALE;
 			goto bad_inode;
 		}
-- 
2.31.1