[PATCH] fsck.erofs: xattr: validate h_shared_count before shared entry loop
Utkal Singh
singhutkal015 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 15 18:38:11 AEDT 2026
The h_shared_count field in erofs_xattr_ibody_header is a raw u8 read
directly from the on-disk image. erofs_verify_xattr() subtracts
h_shared_count * sizeof(erofs_xattr_entry) from 'remaining' without
first checking whether that product fits within the available space:
remaining -= xattr_hdr_size; /* remaining = xattr_isize - 12 */
for (i = 0; i < xattr_shared_count; ++i) {
...
remaining -= xattr_entry_size; /* can go deeply negative */
}
while (remaining > 0) { /* silently skipped! */
/* inline xattr validation never runs */
}
A crafted image with h_shared_count=100 and xattr_isize=12 causes
remaining to reach -400. The subsequent while(remaining > 0) loop
is never entered, so all inline xattr entries are silently skipped
and fsck.erofs reports the image as clean despite corruption.
Fix by checking that h_shared_count * xattr_entry_size does not
exceed the remaining space before the loop, returning -EFSCORRUPTED
on violation.
Signed-off-by: Utkal Singh <singhutkal015 at gmail.com>
---
fsck/main.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fsck/main.c b/fsck/main.c
index 16cc627..a3cd50d 100644
--- a/fsck/main.c
+++ b/fsck/main.c
@@ -378,6 +378,20 @@ static int erofs_verify_xattr(struct erofs_inode *inode)
ofs = erofs_blkoff(sbi, addr) + xattr_hdr_size;
addr += xattr_hdr_size;
remaining -= xattr_hdr_size;
+ /* Validate shared count fits within remaining xattr space.
+ * h_shared_count is a raw u8 from disk; if it exceeds the
+ * available space, remaining goes negative and the inline
+ * xattr validation loop at line 396 is silently skipped,
+ * causing fsck to miss structurally corrupt xattr data.
+ */
+ if ((unsigned int)xattr_shared_count * xattr_entry_size >
+ (unsigned int)remaining) {
+ erofs_err("nid %llu: h_shared_count %u exceeds xattr_isize %u",
+ (unsigned long long)inode->nid,
+ xattr_shared_count, inode->xattr_isize);
+ ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ goto out;
+ }
for (i = 0; i < xattr_shared_count; ++i) {
if (ofs >= erofs_blksiz(sbi)) {
if (ofs != erofs_blksiz(sbi)) {
--
2.43.0
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