linux-kernel - [PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix wrong search.here in clone

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Message-ID: <20251216123945.391988-2-wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:39:38 +0800
From: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@...il.com>
To: syzbot+f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@...il.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: xattr: fix wrong search.here in clone_block

syzbot reported a KASAN out-of-bounds Read in ext4_xattr_set_entry()[1].

When xattr_find_entry() returns -ENODATA, search.here still points to the
position after the last valid entry. ext4_xattr_block_set() clones the xattr
block because the original block maybe shared and must not be modified in
place.

In the clone_block, search.here is recomputed unconditionally from the old
offset, which may place it past search.first. This results in a negative
reset size and an out-of-bounds memmove() in ext4_xattr_set_entry().

Fix this by initializing search.here correctly when search.not_found is set.

#syz test

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1

Fixes: fd48e9acdf2 (ext4: Unindent codeblock in ext4_xattr_block_set)
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+f792df426ff0f5ceb8d1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext4/xattr.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 2e02efbddaac..cc30abeb7f30 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1980,7 +1980,10 @@ ext4_xattr_block_set(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			goto cleanup;
 		s->first = ENTRY(header(s->base)+1);
 		header(s->base)->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
-		s->here = ENTRY(s->base + offset);
+		if (s->not_found)
+			s->here = s->first;
+		else
+			s->here = ENTRY(s->base + offset);
 		s->end = s->base + bs->bh->b_size;

 		/*
-- 
2.43.0