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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] f2fs: fix listxattr handling of corrupted xattr entries" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 5ef5bc304f23c3fe255d4936472378dcb74d0e94
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026070202-tint-clean-159e@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 5ef5bc304f23c3fe255d4936472378dcb74d0e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keshav Verma <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:44:21 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: fix listxattr handling of corrupted xattr entries

Validate the xattr entry before reading its fields in f2fs_listxattr(). Return -EFSCORRUPTED when the entry is outside the valid xattr storage area instead of returning a successful partial result.

Fixes 688078e7f36c ("f2fs: fix to avoid memory leakage in f2fs_listxattr")
Cc [email protected]
Reviewed-by Chao Yu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Keshav Verma <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Jaegeuk Kim <[email protected]>
fs/f2fs/xattr.c +3 -3
index 24cef7e1f56a..ed33e5110f2a 100644
@@ -583,8 +583,6 @@ ssize_t f2fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 		size_t prefix_len;
 		size_t size;
 
-		prefix = f2fs_xattr_prefix(entry->e_name_index, dentry);
-
 		if ((void *)(entry) + sizeof(__u32) > last_base_addr ||
 			(void *)XATTR_NEXT_ENTRY(entry) > last_base_addr) {
 			f2fs_err(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "list inode (%llu) has corrupted xattr",

@@ -594,9 +592,11 @@ ssize_t f2fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 						ERROR_CORRUPTED_XATTR);
 			fserror_report_file_metadata(inode,
 						-EFSCORRUPTED, GFP_NOFS);
-			break;
+			error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
+		prefix = f2fs_xattr_prefix(entry->e_name_index, dentry);
 		if (!prefix)
 			continue;
maintainer
#1 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 f2fs: fix listxattr handling of corrupted xattr entries

From: Keshav Verma <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 5ef5bc304f23c3fe255d4936472378dcb74d0e94 ]

Validate the xattr entry before reading its fields in f2fs_listxattr(). Return -EFSCORRUPTED when the entry is outside the valid xattr storage area instead of returning a successful partial result.

Fixes 688078e7f36c ("f2fs: fix to avoid memory leakage in f2fs_listxattr")
Cc [email protected]
Reviewed-by Chao Yu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Keshav Verma <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Jaegeuk Kim <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
---
 fs/f2fs/xattr.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
fs/f2fs/xattr.c +2 -2
index 4f49b660f9b633..f7fc6e743d656d 100644
@@ -579,8 +579,7 @@ ssize_t f2fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 	last_base_addr = (void *)base_addr + XATTR_SIZE(inode);
 
 	list_for_each_xattr(entry, base_addr) {
-		const struct xattr_handler *handler =
-			f2fs_xattr_handler(entry->e_name_index);
+		const struct xattr_handler *handler;
 		const char *prefix;
 		size_t prefix_len;
 		size_t size;

@@ -594,6 +593,7 @@ ssize_t f2fs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size)
 			goto cleanup;
 		}
 
+		handler = f2fs_xattr_handler(entry->e_name_index);
 		if (!handler || (handler->list && !handler->list(dentry)))
 			continue;
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