linux-kernel - Forwarded: [PATCH] ocfs2: add check for free bits before allocation in ocfs2_move

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Message-ID: <695a53bb.050a0220.a1b6.038a.GAE@google.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 03:49:15 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+7960178e777909060224@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] ocfs2: add check for free bits before allocation
 in ocfs2_move_extent()

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Subject: [PATCH] ocfs2: add check for free bits before allocation in ocfs2_move_extent()
Author: kartikey406@...il.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

Add a check to verify the group descriptor has enough free bits before
attempting allocation in ocfs2_move_extent(). This prevents a kernel
BUG_ON crash in ocfs2_block_group_set_bits() when the move_extents ioctl
is called on a crafted or corrupted filesystem.

The existing validation in ocfs2_validate_gd_self() only checks static
metadata consistency (bg_free_bits_count <= bg_bits) when the descriptor
is first read from disk. However, during move_extents operations,
multiple allocations can exhaust the free bits count below the requested
allocation size, triggering BUG_ON(le16_to_cpu(bg->bg_free_bits_count)
num_bits).

The debug trace shows the issue clearly:
  - Block group 32 validated with bg_free_bits_count=427
  - Repeated allocations decreased count: 427 -> 171 -> 43 -> ... -> 1
  - Final request for 2 bits with only 1 available triggers BUG_ON

By adding an early check in ocfs2_move_extent() right after
ocfs2_find_victim_alloc_group(), we return -ENOSPC gracefully instead of
crashing the kernel. This also avoids unnecessary work in
ocfs2_probe_alloc_group() and __ocfs2_move_extent() when the allocation
will fail.

Reported-by: syzbot+7960178e777909060224@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=7960178e777909060224
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>
---
v2:
  - Fixed missing '<' in commit message (Joseph)
  - Moved check right after ocfs2_find_victim_alloc_group() to fail
    early and avoid unnecessary work (Joseph)
---
 fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
index 99637e34d9da..524e6ea1fa0a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
@@ -662,6 +662,12 @@ static int ocfs2_move_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
 		goto out_commit;
 	}

+	gd = (struct ocfs2_group_desc *)gd_bh->b_data;
+	if (le16_to_cpu(gd->bg_free_bits_count) < len) {
+		ret = -ENOSPC;
+		goto out_commit;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * probe the victim cluster group to find a proper
 	 * region to fit wanted movement, it even will perform
-- 
2.43.0