[lvc-project] [PATCH] fs/jfs: Prevent integer overflow in AG size calculation

Rand Deeb rand.sec96 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 20 12:52:31 MSK 2025


The JFS filesystem calculates allocation group (AG) size using 1 <<
l2agsize in dbExtendFS(). When l2agsize exceeds 31 (possible with >2TB
aggregates on 32-bit systems), this 32-bit shift operation causes undefined
behavior and improper AG sizing.

On 32-bit architectures:
- Left-shifting 1 by 32+ bits results in 0 due to integer overflow
- This creates invalid AG sizes (0 or garbage values) in
sbi->bmap->db_agsize
- Subsequent block allocations would reference invalid AG structures
- Could lead to:
  - Filesystem corruption during extend operations
  - Kernel crashes due to invalid memory accesses
  - Security vulnerabilities via malformed on-disk structures

Fix by casting to s64 before shifting:
bmp->db_agsize = (s64)1 << l2agsize;

This ensures 64-bit arithmetic even on 32-bit architectures. The cast
matches the data type of db_agsize (s64) and follows similar patterns in
JFS block calculation code.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Signed-off-by: Rand Deeb <rand.sec96 at gmail.com>
---
 fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
index f9009e4f9ffd..edb22cf9521a 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c
@@ -3403,7 +3403,7 @@ int dbExtendFS(struct inode *ipbmap, s64 blkno,	s64 nblocks)
 	oldl2agsize = bmp->db_agl2size;
 
 	bmp->db_agl2size = l2agsize;
-	bmp->db_agsize = 1 << l2agsize;
+	bmp->db_agsize = (s64)1 << l2agsize;
 
 	/* compute new number of AG */
 	agno = bmp->db_numag;
-- 
2.34.1




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