[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] ocfs2: add boundary check to ocfs2_check_dir_entry()

Dmitry Antipov dmantipov at yandex.ru
Mon Oct 13 09:28:26 MSK 2025


In 'ocfs2_check_dir_entry()', add extra check whether at least the
smallest possible dirent may be located at the specified offset
within bh's data, thus preventing an out-of-bounds accesses below.

Reported-by: syzbot+b20bbf680bb0f2ecedae at syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b20bbf680bb0f2ecedae
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov at yandex.ru>
---
v2: adjust error message (Heming Zhao)
---
 fs/ocfs2/dir.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
index ece0462a5d26..b9bf1428a3d9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dir.c
@@ -302,8 +302,21 @@ static int ocfs2_check_dir_entry(struct inode *dir,
 				 unsigned long offset)
 {
 	const char *error_msg = NULL;
-	const int rlen = le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
-	const unsigned long next_offset = ((char *) de - buf) + rlen;
+	unsigned long next_offset;
+	int rlen;
+
+	if (offset > size - OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(1)) {
+		/* Dirent is (maybe partially) beyond the buffer
+		 * boundaries so touching 'de' members is unsafe.
+		 */
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "directory entry (#%llu: offset=%lu) "
+		     "too close to end or out-of-bounds",
+		     (unsigned long long)OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno, offset);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	rlen = le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len);
+	next_offset = ((char *) de - buf) + rlen;
 
 	if (unlikely(rlen < OCFS2_DIR_REC_LEN(1)))
 		error_msg = "rec_len is smaller than minimal";
-- 
2.51.0




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