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z_erofs_fill_bio_vec() can read off the end of compressed_bvecs[]

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Here's an erofs filesystem that causes a crash:

# wget http://www.rtmrtm.org/rtm/erofs7a.img
# mount -t erofs -o loop erofs7a.img /mnt
# cp /mnt/x /tmp/y
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xccccccccccccccd4: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1449 Comm: cp Not tainted 6.17.0-12747-g859be217ee9e #35 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: FreeBSD BHYVE/BHYVE, BIOS 14.0 10/17/2021
RIP: 0010:z_erofs_runqueue+0x61f/0xc00

My understanding of what leads to the crash:

z_erofs_fill_inode() reads a z_erofs_map_header whose h->h_advise is 1, causing vi->z_advise also to be 1.

z_advise=1 has EXTRECSZ bits that are all zeroes, so that this in z_erofs_map_blocks_ext() yields recsz = 4:

        unsigned int recsz = z_erofs_extent_recsize(vi->z_advise);

With recsz = 4, z_erofs_map_blocks_ext() reads 8 bytes of pa from ext even though I think only the first recsz=4 bytes are valid; perhaps the second "if" isn't quite right:

        if (recsz <= offsetof(struct z_erofs_extent, pstart_hi)) {
                if (recsz <= offsetof(struct z_erofs_extent, pstart_lo)) {
                        ext = erofs_read_metabuf(&map->buf, sb, pos, in_mbox);
                        if (IS_ERR(ext))
                                return PTR_ERR(ext);
                        pa = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)ext);

In the demo filesystem image, the 2nd 4 bytes are 0xffffffff, so pa ends up 0xffffffffffdcffed.

A bit later map->m_pa is set to this invalid pa:

                                map->m_pa = pa;

Then in z_erofs_submit_queue() this map->m_pa results in huge cur and end values:

                cur = mdev.m_pa;
                end = round_up(cur + pcl->pageofs_in + pcl->pclustersize,
                               sb->s_blocksize);

As a result the inner do loop runs for too many iterations, causing "i" to eventually run off the end of pcl->compressed_bvecs[] in z_erofs_fill_bio_vec(), so that zbv.page is not a valid pointer.

Here's a backtrace at the point of the crash:

#0 z_erofs_fill_bio_vec (mc=0xffffffd6024881e8, nr=257,

    pcl=0xffffffd6027d8008, f=0xffffffc6002eb6e0, bvec=<synthetic pointer>)
    at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1522
#1  z_erofs_submit_queue (readahead=<optimized out>, 
    force_fg=<synthetic pointer>, fgq=0xffffffc6002eb5c8, f=0xffffffc6002eb6e0)
    at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1751
#2  z_erofs_runqueue (f=f@entry=0xffffffc6002eb6e0, rapages=rapages@entry=0)
    at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1832
#3  0xffffffff806db358 in z_erofs_read_folio (file=file@entry=0x0, 
    folio=folio@entry=0xffffffc5001459c0) at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1915
#4  0xffffffff8020a45e in filemap_read_folio (file=file@entry=0x0, 
    filler=filler@entry=0xffffffff806db2c6 <z_erofs_read_folio>, 
    folio=folio@entry=0xffffffc5001459c0) at mm/filemap.c:2444
#5  0xffffffff8020cd1e in do_read_cache_folio (mapping=0xffffffd602488588, 
    index=index@entry=0, filler=0xffffffff806db2c6 <z_erofs_read_folio>, 
    filler@entry=0x0, file=0x0, gfp=1051840) at mm/filemap.c:4024
#6  0xffffffff8020cdc8 in read_cache_folio (mapping=<optimized out>, 
    index=index@entry=0, filler=filler@entry=0x0, file=<optimized out>)
    at mm/filemap.c:4056

#7 0xffffffff806d2dae in read_mapping_folio (file=<optimized out>, index=0,
mapping=<optimized out>) at ./include/linux/pagemap.h:999
#8 erofs_bread (buf=buf@entry=0xffffffc6002eb910, offset=1536,
need_kmap=need_kmap@entry=true) at fs/erofs/data.c:40
#9 0xffffffff806d376c in erofs_find_target_block (

    target=target@entry=0xffffffc6002eba00, dir=dir@entry=0xffffffd6024883f0, 
    name=name@entry=0xffffffc6002eb9f0, 
    _ndirents=_ndirents@entry=0xffffffc6002eb9ec) at fs/erofs/namei.c:103
#10 0xffffffff806d3a04 in erofs_namei (dir=dir@entry=0xffffffd6024883f0, 
    name=name@entry=0xffffffd6025a88b0, nid=nid@entry=0xffffffc6002ebab0, 
    d_type=d_type@entry=0xffffffc6002ebaac) at fs/erofs/namei.c:177
#11 0xffffffff806d3cd4 in erofs_lookup (flags=<optimized out>, 
    dentry=0xffffffd6025a8890, dir=0xffffffd6024883f0) at fs/erofs/namei.c:206
#12 erofs_lookup (dir=0xffffffd6024883f0, dentry=0xffffffd6025a8890, 
    flags=<optimized out>) at fs/erofs/namei.c:193
#13 0xffffffff802c4bda in __lookup_slow (name=name@entry=0xffffffc6002ebbf8, 
    dir=dir@entry=0xffffffd6025b7620, flags=flags@entry=1) at fs/namei.c:1816
#14 0xffffffff802c7e8c in lookup_slow (flags=1, dir=0xffffffd6025b7620, 
    name=0xffffffc6002ebbf8) at fs/namei.c:1833
#15 walk_component (nd=0xffffffc6002ebbe8, flags=1) at fs/namei.c:2151
#16 0xffffffff802c883e in lookup_last (nd=0xffffffc6002ebbe8)
    at fs/namei.c:2660
#17 path_lookupat (nd=nd@entry=0xffffffc6002ebbe8, flags=flags@entry=257, 
    path=path@entry=0xffffffc6002ebd28) at fs/namei.c:2684
#18 0xffffffff802c8d58 in filename_lookup (dfd=dfd@entry=-100, 
    name=name@entry=0xffffffd602818040, flags=flags@entry=1, 
    path=path@entry=0xffffffc6002ebd28, root=root@entry=0x0) at fs/namei.c:2713
#19 0xffffffff802be406 in vfs_statx (dfd=dfd@entry=-100, 
    filename=filename@entry=0xffffffd602818040, flags=flags@entry=2048, 
    stat=stat@entry=0xffffffc6002ebdc8, request_mask=request_mask@entry=2047)
    at fs/stat.c:353
#20 0xffffffff802be6e6 in vfs_fstatat (dfd=-100, filename=<optimized out>, 
    stat=0xffffffc6002ebdc8, flags=<optimized out>) at fs/stat.c:375
#21 0xffffffff802be73a in __do_sys_newfstatat (dfd=<optimized out>, 
    filename=<optimized out>, statbuf=0x3ffffff660, flag=<optimized out>)
    at fs/stat.c:542

#22 0xffffffff802be77c in __se_sys_newfstatat (flag=<optimized out>,
statbuf=<optimized out>, filename=<optimized out>, dfd=<optimized out>) at fs/stat.c:536
#23 __riscv_sys_newfstatat (regs=<optimized out>) at fs/stat.c:536 #24 0xffffffff81070d7e in syscall_handler (syscall=<optimized out>,

    regs=0xffffffc6002ebee0) at ./arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h:112

#25 do_trap_ecall_u (regs=0xffffffc6002ebee0) at arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c:343 #26 0xffffffff8107d6ce in handle_exception () at arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S:198

(gdb) print nr
$1 = 257
(gdb) print zbv
$2 = {page = 0xcccccccccccccccc, offset = 41783592, end = 4294967254}

Robert Morris
[email protected]

#1 lore raw

Hi Robert,

Quoted 31 lines · On 2025/10/11 05:19, [email protected] wrote:

Here's an erofs filesystem that causes a crash:

# wget http://www.rtmrtm.org/rtm/erofs7a.img
# mount -t erofs -o loop erofs7a.img /mnt
# cp /mnt/x /tmp/y
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xccccccccccccccd4: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI
CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1449 Comm: cp Not tainted 6.17.0-12747-g859be217ee9e #35 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: FreeBSD BHYVE/BHYVE, BIOS 14.0 10/17/2021
RIP: 0010:z_erofs_runqueue+0x61f/0xc00

My understanding of what leads to the crash:

z_erofs_fill_inode() reads a z_erofs_map_header whose h->h_advise is 1, causing vi->z_advise also to be 1.

z_advise=1 has EXTRECSZ bits that are all zeroes, so that this in z_erofs_map_blocks_ext() yields recsz = 4:

         unsigned int recsz = z_erofs_extent_recsize(vi->z_advise);

With recsz = 4, z_erofs_map_blocks_ext() reads 8 bytes of pa from ext even though I think only the first recsz=4 bytes are valid; perhaps the second "if" isn't quite right:

         if (recsz <= offsetof(struct z_erofs_extent, pstart_hi)) {
                 if (recsz <= offsetof(struct z_erofs_extent, pstart_lo)) {
                         ext = erofs_read_metabuf(&map->buf, sb, pos, in_mbox);
                         if (IS_ERR(ext))
                                 return PTR_ERR(ext);
                         pa = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)ext);
Quoted 2 lines

In the demo filesystem image, the 2nd 4 bytes are 0xffffffff, so pa ends up 0xffffffffffdcffed.

Thanks for the report!

In the new encoded extents (kernel >= 6.15), if recsz == 4, it will start with 8-byte physical offset and then follows compressed length so I think this part is correct.

In other words, we have to handle the new 64-bit 0xffffffffffdcffed physical offset.

Quoted 11 lines

A bit later map->m_pa is set to this invalid pa:

                                 map->m_pa = pa;

Then in z_erofs_submit_queue() this map->m_pa results in huge cur and end values:

                 cur = mdev.m_pa;
                 end = round_up(cur + pcl->pageofs_in + pcl->pclustersize,
                                sb->s_blocksize);

The issue I think is due to an overflowed calculation somewhere, let me try to investigate more to bail out the overflowed case.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

Quoted 79 lines

As a result the inner do loop runs for too many iterations, causing "i" to eventually run off the end of pcl->compressed_bvecs[] in z_erofs_fill_bio_vec(), so that zbv.page is not a valid pointer.

Here's a backtrace at the point of the crash:

#0 z_erofs_fill_bio_vec (mc=0xffffffd6024881e8, nr=257,

     pcl=0xffffffd6027d8008, f=0xffffffc6002eb6e0, bvec=<synthetic pointer>)
     at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1522
#1  z_erofs_submit_queue (readahead=<optimized out>,
     force_fg=<synthetic pointer>, fgq=0xffffffc6002eb5c8, f=0xffffffc6002eb6e0)
     at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1751
#2  z_erofs_runqueue (f=f@entry=0xffffffc6002eb6e0, rapages=rapages@entry=0)
     at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1832
#3  0xffffffff806db358 in z_erofs_read_folio (file=file@entry=0x0,
     folio=folio@entry=0xffffffc5001459c0) at fs/erofs/zdata.c:1915
#4  0xffffffff8020a45e in filemap_read_folio (file=file@entry=0x0,
     filler=filler@entry=0xffffffff806db2c6 <z_erofs_read_folio>,
     folio=folio@entry=0xffffffc5001459c0) at mm/filemap.c:2444
#5  0xffffffff8020cd1e in do_read_cache_folio (mapping=0xffffffd602488588,
     index=index@entry=0, filler=0xffffffff806db2c6 <z_erofs_read_folio>,
     filler@entry=0x0, file=0x0, gfp=1051840) at mm/filemap.c:4024
#6  0xffffffff8020cdc8 in read_cache_folio (mapping=<optimized out>,
     index=index@entry=0, filler=filler@entry=0x0, file=<optimized out>)
     at mm/filemap.c:4056

#7 0xffffffff806d2dae in read_mapping_folio (file=<optimized out>, index=0,
mapping=<optimized out>) at ./include/linux/pagemap.h:999
#8 erofs_bread (buf=buf@entry=0xffffffc6002eb910, offset=1536,
need_kmap=need_kmap@entry=true) at fs/erofs/data.c:40
#9 0xffffffff806d376c in erofs_find_target_block (

     target=target@entry=0xffffffc6002eba00, dir=dir@entry=0xffffffd6024883f0,
     name=name@entry=0xffffffc6002eb9f0,
     _ndirents=_ndirents@entry=0xffffffc6002eb9ec) at fs/erofs/namei.c:103
#10 0xffffffff806d3a04 in erofs_namei (dir=dir@entry=0xffffffd6024883f0,
     name=name@entry=0xffffffd6025a88b0, nid=nid@entry=0xffffffc6002ebab0,
     d_type=d_type@entry=0xffffffc6002ebaac) at fs/erofs/namei.c:177
#11 0xffffffff806d3cd4 in erofs_lookup (flags=<optimized out>,
     dentry=0xffffffd6025a8890, dir=0xffffffd6024883f0) at fs/erofs/namei.c:206
#12 erofs_lookup (dir=0xffffffd6024883f0, dentry=0xffffffd6025a8890,
     flags=<optimized out>) at fs/erofs/namei.c:193
#13 0xffffffff802c4bda in __lookup_slow (name=name@entry=0xffffffc6002ebbf8,
     dir=dir@entry=0xffffffd6025b7620, flags=flags@entry=1) at fs/namei.c:1816
#14 0xffffffff802c7e8c in lookup_slow (flags=1, dir=0xffffffd6025b7620,
     name=0xffffffc6002ebbf8) at fs/namei.c:1833
#15 walk_component (nd=0xffffffc6002ebbe8, flags=1) at fs/namei.c:2151
#16 0xffffffff802c883e in lookup_last (nd=0xffffffc6002ebbe8)
     at fs/namei.c:2660
#17 path_lookupat (nd=nd@entry=0xffffffc6002ebbe8, flags=flags@entry=257,
     path=path@entry=0xffffffc6002ebd28) at fs/namei.c:2684
#18 0xffffffff802c8d58 in filename_lookup (dfd=dfd@entry=-100,
     name=name@entry=0xffffffd602818040, flags=flags@entry=1,
     path=path@entry=0xffffffc6002ebd28, root=root@entry=0x0) at fs/namei.c:2713
#19 0xffffffff802be406 in vfs_statx (dfd=dfd@entry=-100,
     filename=filename@entry=0xffffffd602818040, flags=flags@entry=2048,
     stat=stat@entry=0xffffffc6002ebdc8, request_mask=request_mask@entry=2047)
     at fs/stat.c:353
#20 0xffffffff802be6e6 in vfs_fstatat (dfd=-100, filename=<optimized out>,
     stat=0xffffffc6002ebdc8, flags=<optimized out>) at fs/stat.c:375
#21 0xffffffff802be73a in __do_sys_newfstatat (dfd=<optimized out>,
     filename=<optimized out>, statbuf=0x3ffffff660, flag=<optimized out>)
     at fs/stat.c:542

#22 0xffffffff802be77c in __se_sys_newfstatat (flag=<optimized out>,
statbuf=<optimized out>, filename=<optimized out>, dfd=<optimized out>) at fs/stat.c:536
#23 __riscv_sys_newfstatat (regs=<optimized out>) at fs/stat.c:536 #24 0xffffffff81070d7e in syscall_handler (syscall=<optimized out>,

     regs=0xffffffc6002ebee0) at ./arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall.h:112

#25 do_trap_ecall_u (regs=0xffffffc6002ebee0) at arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c:343 #26 0xffffffff8107d6ce in handle_exception () at arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S:198

(gdb) print nr
$1 = 257
(gdb) print zbv
$2 = {page = 0xcccccccccccccccc, offset = 41783592, end = 4294967254}

Robert Morris
[email protected]