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<title>ext4: only check dquot_initialize_needed() when debugging</title>
<updated>2023-06-14T09:17:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-08T14:06:40+00:00</published>
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commit dea9d8f7643fab07bf89a1155f1f94f37d096a5e upstream.

ext4_xattr_block_set() relies on its caller to call dquot_initialize()
on the inode.  To assure that this has happened there are WARN_ON
checks.  Unfortunately, this is subject to false positives if there is
an antagonist thread which is flipping the file system at high rates
between r/o and rw.  So only do the check if EXT4_XATTR_DEBUG is
enabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230608044056.GA1418535@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit dea9d8f7643fab07bf89a1155f1f94f37d096a5e upstream.

ext4_xattr_block_set() relies on its caller to call dquot_initialize()
on the inode.  To assure that this has happened there are WARN_ON
checks.  Unfortunately, this is subject to false positives if there is
an antagonist thread which is flipping the file system at high rates
between r/o and rw.  So only do the check if EXT4_XATTR_DEBUG is
enabled.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230608044056.GA1418535@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Revert "ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled"</title>
<updated>2023-06-14T09:17:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-08T13:57:04+00:00</published>
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commit 1b29243933098cdbc31b579b5616e183b4275e2f upstream.

This reverts commit a44be64bbecb15a452496f60db6eacfee2b59c79.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/653b3359-2005-21b1-039d-c55ca4cffdcc@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 1b29243933098cdbc31b579b5616e183b4275e2f upstream.

This reverts commit a44be64bbecb15a452496f60db6eacfee2b59c79.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/653b3359-2005-21b1-039d-c55ca4cffdcc@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ext4: enable the lazy init thread when remounting read/write</title>
<updated>2023-06-09T08:48:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-27T03:57:29+00:00</published>
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commit eb1f822c76beeaa76ab8b6737ab9dc9f9798408c upstream.

In commit a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting
r/w until quota is re-enabled") we defer clearing tyhe SB_RDONLY flag
in struct super.  However, we didn't defer when we checked sb_rdonly()
to determine the lazy itable init thread should be enabled, with the
next result that the lazy inode table initialization would not be
properly started.  This can cause generic/231 to fail in ext4's
nojournal mode.

Fix this by moving when we decide to start or stop the lazy itable
init thread to after we clear the SB_RDONLY flag when we are
remounting the file system read/write.

Fixes a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until...")

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230527035729.1001605-1-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit eb1f822c76beeaa76ab8b6737ab9dc9f9798408c upstream.

In commit a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting
r/w until quota is re-enabled") we defer clearing tyhe SB_RDONLY flag
in struct super.  However, we didn't defer when we checked sb_rdonly()
to determine the lazy itable init thread should be enabled, with the
next result that the lazy inode table initialization would not be
properly started.  This can cause generic/231 to fail in ext4's
nojournal mode.

Fix this by moving when we decide to start or stop the lazy itable
init thread to after we clear the SB_RDONLY flag when we are
remounting the file system read/write.

Fixes a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until...")

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230527035729.1001605-1-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem for ea_inode's</title>
<updated>2023-06-09T08:48:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-24T03:49:51+00:00</published>
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commit aff3bea95388299eec63440389b4545c8041b357 upstream.

Treat i_data_sem for ea_inodes as being in their own lockdep class to
avoid lockdep complaints about ext4_setattr's use of inode_lock() on
normal inodes potentially causing lock ordering with i_data_sem on
ea_inodes in ext4_xattr_inode_write().  However, ea_inodes will be
operated on by ext4_setattr(), so this isn't a problem.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=298c5d8fb4a128bc27b0
Reported-by: syzbot+298c5d8fb4a128bc27b0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-5-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit aff3bea95388299eec63440389b4545c8041b357 upstream.

Treat i_data_sem for ea_inodes as being in their own lockdep class to
avoid lockdep complaints about ext4_setattr's use of inode_lock() on
normal inodes potentially causing lock ordering with i_data_sem on
ea_inodes in ext4_xattr_inode_write().  However, ea_inodes will be
operated on by ext4_setattr(), so this isn't a problem.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=298c5d8fb4a128bc27b0
Reported-by: syzbot+298c5d8fb4a128bc27b0@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-5-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: disallow ea_inodes with extended attributes</title>
<updated>2023-06-09T08:48:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-24T03:49:50+00:00</published>
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commit 2bc7e7c1a3bc9bd0cbf0f71006f6fe7ef24a00c2 upstream.

An ea_inode stores the value of an extended attribute; it can not have
extended attributes itself, or this will cause recursive nightmares.
Add a check in ext4_iget() to make sure this is the case.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+e44749b6ba4d0434cd47@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-4-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 2bc7e7c1a3bc9bd0cbf0f71006f6fe7ef24a00c2 upstream.

An ea_inode stores the value of an extended attribute; it can not have
extended attributes itself, or this will cause recursive nightmares.
Add a check in ext4_iget() to make sure this is the case.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+e44749b6ba4d0434cd47@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-4-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: set lockdep subclass for the ea_inode in ext4_xattr_inode_cache_find()</title>
<updated>2023-06-09T08:48:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-24T03:49:49+00:00</published>
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commit b928dfdcb27d8fa59917b794cfba53052a2f050f upstream.

If the ea_inode has been pushed out of the inode cache while there is
still a reference in the mb_cache, the lockdep subclass will not be
set on the inode, which can lead to some lockdep false positives.

Fixes: 33d201e0277b ("ext4: fix lockdep warning about recursive inode locking")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+d4b971e744b1f5439336@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-3-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b928dfdcb27d8fa59917b794cfba53052a2f050f upstream.

If the ea_inode has been pushed out of the inode cache while there is
still a reference in the mb_cache, the lockdep subclass will not be
set on the inode, which can lead to some lockdep false positives.

Fixes: 33d201e0277b ("ext4: fix lockdep warning about recursive inode locking")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: syzbot+d4b971e744b1f5439336@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-3-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: add EA_INODE checking to ext4_iget()</title>
<updated>2023-06-09T08:48:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-05-24T03:49:48+00:00</published>
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commit b3e6bcb94590dea45396b9481e47b809b1be4afa upstream.

Add a new flag, EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE which indicates whether the inode
is expected to have the EA_INODE flag or not.  If the flag is not
set/clear as expected, then fail the iget() operation and mark the
file system as corrupted.

This commit also makes the ext4_iget() always perform the
is_bad_inode() check even when the inode is already inode cache.  This
allows us to remove the is_bad_inode() check from the callers of
ext4_iget() in the ea_inode code.

Reported-by: syzbot+cbb68193bdb95af4340a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: syzbot+62120febbd1ee3c3c860@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: syzbot+edce54daffee36421b4c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-2-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b3e6bcb94590dea45396b9481e47b809b1be4afa upstream.

Add a new flag, EXT4_IGET_EA_INODE which indicates whether the inode
is expected to have the EA_INODE flag or not.  If the flag is not
set/clear as expected, then fail the iget() operation and mark the
file system as corrupted.

This commit also makes the ext4_iget() always perform the
is_bad_inode() check even when the inode is already inode cache.  This
allows us to remove the is_bad_inode() check from the callers of
ext4_iget() in the ea_inode code.

Reported-by: syzbot+cbb68193bdb95af4340a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: syzbot+62120febbd1ee3c3c860@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Reported-by: syzbot+edce54daffee36421b4c@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230524034951.779531-2-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: Fix best extent lstart adjustment logic in ext4_mb_new_inode_pa()</title>
<updated>2023-05-24T16:30:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ojaswin Mujoo</name>
<email>ojaswin@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-03-25T08:13:39+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9 ]

When the length of best extent found is less than the length of goal extent
we need to make sure that the best extent atleast covers the start of the
original request. This is done by adjusting the ac_b_ex.fe_logical (logical
start) of the extent.

While doing so, the current logic sometimes results in the best extent's
logical range overflowing the goal extent. Since this best extent is later
added to the inode preallocation list, we have a possibility of introducing
overlapping preallocations. This is discussed in detail here [1].

As per Jan's suggestion, to fix this, replace the existing logic with the
below logic for adjusting best extent as it keeps fragmentation in check
while ensuring logical range of best extent doesn't overflow out of goal
extent:

1. Check if best extent can be kept at end of goal range and still cover
   original start.
2. Else, check if best extent can be kept at start of goal range and still
   cover original start.
3. Else, keep the best extent at start of original request.

Also, add a few extra BUG_ONs that might help catch errors faster.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y+OGkVvzPN0RMv0O@li-bb2b2a4c-3307-11b2-a85c-8fa5c3a69313.ibm.com

Suggested-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo &lt;ojaswin@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) &lt;ritesh.list@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f96aca6d415b36d1f90db86c1a8cd7e2e9d7ab0e.1679731817.git.ojaswin@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 93cdf49f6eca5e23f6546b8f28457b2e6a6961d9 ]

When the length of best extent found is less than the length of goal extent
we need to make sure that the best extent atleast covers the start of the
original request. This is done by adjusting the ac_b_ex.fe_logical (logical
start) of the extent.

While doing so, the current logic sometimes results in the best extent's
logical range overflowing the goal extent. Since this best extent is later
added to the inode preallocation list, we have a possibility of introducing
overlapping preallocations. This is discussed in detail here [1].

As per Jan's suggestion, to fix this, replace the existing logic with the
below logic for adjusting best extent as it keeps fragmentation in check
while ensuring logical range of best extent doesn't overflow out of goal
extent:

1. Check if best extent can be kept at end of goal range and still cover
   original start.
2. Else, check if best extent can be kept at start of goal range and still
   cover original start.
3. Else, keep the best extent at start of original request.

Also, add a few extra BUG_ONs that might help catch errors faster.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/Y+OGkVvzPN0RMv0O@li-bb2b2a4c-3307-11b2-a85c-8fa5c3a69313.ibm.com

Suggested-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo &lt;ojaswin@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) &lt;ritesh.list@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/f96aca6d415b36d1f90db86c1a8cd7e2e9d7ab0e.1679731817.git.ojaswin@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: set goal start correctly in ext4_mb_normalize_request</title>
<updated>2023-05-24T16:30:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kemeng Shi</name>
<email>shikemeng@huaweicloud.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-03-03T17:21:01+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b07ffe6927c75d99af534d685282ea188d9f71a6 ]

We need to set ac_g_ex to notify the goal start used in
ext4_mb_find_by_goal. Set ac_g_ex instead of ac_f_ex in
ext4_mb_normalize_request.
Besides we should assure goal start is in range [first_data_block,
blocks_count) as ext4_mb_initialize_context does.

[ Added a check to make sure size is less than ar-&gt;pright; otherwise
  we could end up passing an underflowed value of ar-&gt;pright - size to
  ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(), which will trigger a BUG_ON later on.
  - TYT ]

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi &lt;shikemeng@huaweicloud.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) &lt;ritesh.list@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230303172120.3800725-2-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b07ffe6927c75d99af534d685282ea188d9f71a6 ]

We need to set ac_g_ex to notify the goal start used in
ext4_mb_find_by_goal. Set ac_g_ex instead of ac_f_ex in
ext4_mb_normalize_request.
Besides we should assure goal start is in range [first_data_block,
blocks_count) as ext4_mb_initialize_context does.

[ Added a check to make sure size is less than ar-&gt;pright; otherwise
  we could end up passing an underflowed value of ar-&gt;pright - size to
  ext4_get_group_no_and_offset(), which will trigger a BUG_ON later on.
  - TYT ]

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi &lt;shikemeng@huaweicloud.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) &lt;ritesh.list@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230303172120.3800725-2-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>ext4: allow ext4_get_group_info() to fail</title>
<updated>2023-05-24T16:30:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2023-04-29T04:06:28+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 5354b2af34064a4579be8bc0e2f15a7b70f14b5f ]

Previously, ext4_get_group_info() would treat an invalid group number
as BUG(), since in theory it should never happen.  However, if a
malicious attaker (or fuzzer) modifies the superblock via the block
device while it is the file system is mounted, it is possible for
s_first_data_block to get set to a very large number.  In that case,
when calculating the block group of some block number (such as the
starting block of a preallocation region), could result in an
underflow and very large block group number.  Then the BUG_ON check in
ext4_get_group_info() would fire, resutling in a denial of service
attack that can be triggered by root or someone with write access to
the block device.

For a quality of implementation perspective, it's best that even if
the system administrator does something that they shouldn't, that it
will not trigger a BUG.  So instead of BUG'ing, ext4_get_group_info()
will call ext4_error and return NULL.  We also add fallback code in
all of the callers of ext4_get_group_info() that it might NULL.

Also, since ext4_get_group_info() was already borderline to be an
inline function, un-inline it.  The results in a next reduction of the
compiled text size of ext4 by roughly 2k.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230430154311.579720-2-tytso@mit.edu
Reported-by: syzbot+e2efa3efc15a1c9e95c3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=69b28112e098b070f639efb356393af3ffec4220
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 5354b2af34064a4579be8bc0e2f15a7b70f14b5f ]

Previously, ext4_get_group_info() would treat an invalid group number
as BUG(), since in theory it should never happen.  However, if a
malicious attaker (or fuzzer) modifies the superblock via the block
device while it is the file system is mounted, it is possible for
s_first_data_block to get set to a very large number.  In that case,
when calculating the block group of some block number (such as the
starting block of a preallocation region), could result in an
underflow and very large block group number.  Then the BUG_ON check in
ext4_get_group_info() would fire, resutling in a denial of service
attack that can be triggered by root or someone with write access to
the block device.

For a quality of implementation perspective, it's best that even if
the system administrator does something that they shouldn't, that it
will not trigger a BUG.  So instead of BUG'ing, ext4_get_group_info()
will call ext4_error and return NULL.  We also add fallback code in
all of the callers of ext4_get_group_info() that it might NULL.

Also, since ext4_get_group_info() was already borderline to be an
inline function, un-inline it.  The results in a next reduction of the
compiled text size of ext4 by roughly 2k.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230430154311.579720-2-tytso@mit.edu
Reported-by: syzbot+e2efa3efc15a1c9e95c3@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=69b28112e098b070f639efb356393af3ffec4220
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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