linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: validate allocator type to prevent BUG_ON in ocfs2_block_group

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <10be03f1-1ab1-44d0-b9c8-89cfc668c304@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 16:25:14 +0800
From: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>
Cc: ocfs2-devel@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 syzbot+44c564a3cb08605f34a1@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
 Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>, Mark Fasheh <mark@...heh.com>,
 Heming Zhao <heming.zhao@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: validate allocator type to prevent BUG_ON in
 ocfs2_block_group_search



On 2026/1/4 09:40, Deepanshu Kartikey wrote:
> A corrupted filesystem image can have an inode allocator with the
> OCFS2_BITMAP_FL flag incorrectly set, making ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap()
> return true. When the code later calls ocfs2_block_group_search(),
> it triggers BUG_ON(ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap(inode)) causing a kernel panic.
> 
But ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap() checks ip_blkno.

Thanks,
Joseph

> Call trace:
>   ocfs2_block_group_search+0x1c7/0x2c0 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1611
>   ocfs2_search_chain+0x38a/0x1010 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1764
>   ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits+0x3a4/0x650 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1978
>   ocfs2_claim_new_inode+0x95/0x130 fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:2137
>   ocfs2_mknod_locked+0x129/0x510 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:568
>   ocfs2_mknod+0x5c7/0x11d0 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:802
>   ocfs2_create+0x136/0x170 fs/ocfs2/namei.c:852
> 
> Add validation in ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits() to check that the
> allocator inode type matches the expected type:
> - Global bitmap allocator must have OCFS2_BITMAP_FL flag set
> - Other allocators (inode, extent) must NOT have OCFS2_BITMAP_FL set
> 
> This follows the existing pattern of validating OCFS2_CHAIN_FL in the
> same function and uses ocfs2_error() for graceful error handling.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+44c564a3cb08605f34a1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=44c564a3cb08605f34a1
> Tested-by: syzbot+44c564a3cb08605f34a1@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
> index 8e6e5235b30c..fb72c062a8d5 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
> @@ -813,6 +813,26 @@ static int ocfs2_reserve_suballoc_bits(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Validate allocator type matches expected bitmap type.
> +	 * Global bitmap must have BITMAP flag, other allocators must not.
> +	 * This prevents a corrupted filesystem from triggering BUG_ON
> +	 * in ocfs2_block_group_search() or ocfs2_cluster_group_search().
> +	 */
> +	if (type == GLOBAL_BITMAP_SYSTEM_INODE) {
> +		if (!ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap(alloc_inode)) {
> +			status = ocfs2_error(alloc_inode->i_sb,
> +					     "Global bitmap %llu missing bitmap flag\n",
> +					     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno));
> +			goto bail;
> +		}
> +	} else if (ocfs2_is_cluster_bitmap(alloc_inode)) {
> +		status = ocfs2_error(alloc_inode->i_sb,
> +				     "Allocator %llu has invalid bitmap flag\n",
> +				     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(fe->i_blkno));
> +		goto bail;
> +	}
> +
>  	free_bits = le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.bitmap1.i_total) -
>  		le32_to_cpu(fe->id1.bitmap1.i_used);
>