[PATCH] erofs: limit the level of fs stacking for file-backed mounts
Gao Xiang
hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Sat Nov 22 00:46:47 AEDT 2025
Otherwise, it could cause potential kernel stack overflow (e.g., EROFS
mounting itself).
Fixes: fb176750266a ("erofs: add file-backed mount support")
Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>
---
fs/erofs/super.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/erofs/super.c b/fs/erofs/super.c
index f3f8d8c066e4..d408921d74d0 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/super.c
@@ -639,6 +639,22 @@ static int erofs_fc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sbi->blkszbits = PAGE_SHIFT;
if (!sb->s_bdev) {
+ /*
+ * (File-backed mounts) EROFS claims it's safe to nest other
+ * fs contexts (including its own) due to self-controlled RO
+ * accesses/contexts and no side-effect changes that need to
+ * context save & restore so it can reuse the current thread
+ * context. However, it still needs to bump `s_stack_depth` to
+ * avoid kernel stack overflow from nested filesystems.
+ */
+ if (erofs_is_fileio_mode(sbi)) {
+ sb->s_stack_depth =
+ file_inode(sbi->dif0.file)->i_sb->s_stack_depth + 1;
+ if (sb->s_stack_depth > FILESYSTEM_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
+ erofs_err(sb, "maximum fs stacking depth exceeded");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
sb->s_blocksize = PAGE_SIZE;
sb->s_blocksize_bits = PAGE_SHIFT;
--
2.43.5
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