Hi I've got an email that shows these syslog lines: hpfs: filesystem error: warning: spare dnodes used, try chkdsk hpfs: You really don't want any checks? You are crazy... hpfs: hpfs_map_sector(): read error hpfs: code page support is disabled ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in strcmp+0x6f/0xc0 lib/string.c:283 Read of size 1 at addr ffff8880116728a6 by task syz-executor411/6741 It seems that you deliberately turned off checking by using the parameter check=none. The HPFS driver will not check metadata for corruption if "check=none" is used, you should use the default "check=normal" or enable extra time-consuming checks using "check=strict". The code that checks extended attributes in the fnode is in the function hpfs_map_fnode, the branch "if ((fnode = hpfs_map_sector(s, ino, bhp, FNODE_RD_AHEAD))) { if (hpfs_sb(s)->sb_chk) {" - fixes for checking extended attributes should go there. If you get a KASAN warning when using "check=normal" or "check=strict", report it and I will fix it; with "check=none" it is not supposed to work. Mikulas On Sun, 20 Jul 2025, Antoni Pokusinski wrote: > The addresses of the extended attributes are computed using the > fnode_ea() and next_ea() functions which refer to the fields residing in > a given fnode. There are no sanity checks for the returned values, so in > the case of corrupted data in the fnode, the ea addresses are invalid. > > Fix the bug by adding ea_valid_addr() function which checks if a given > extended attribute resides within the range of the ea array of a given > fnode. > > Reported-by: syzbot+fa88eb476e42878f2844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=fa88eb476e42878f2844 > Tested-by: syzbot+fa88eb476e42878f2844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Antoni Pokusinski <apokusinski01@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > fs/hpfs/anode.c | 2 +- > fs/hpfs/ea.c | 6 +++--- > fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h | 5 +++++ > fs/hpfs/map.c | 2 +- > 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/anode.c b/fs/hpfs/anode.c > index c14c9a035ee0..f347cdd94a5c 100644 > --- a/fs/hpfs/anode.c > +++ b/fs/hpfs/anode.c > @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ void hpfs_remove_fnode(struct super_block *s, fnode_secno fno) > if (!fnode_is_dir(fnode)) hpfs_remove_btree(s, &fnode->btree); > else hpfs_remove_dtree(s, le32_to_cpu(fnode->u.external[0].disk_secno)); > ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode); > - for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea)) > + for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end && ea_valid_addr(fnode, ea); ea = next_ea(ea)) > if (ea_indirect(ea)) > hpfs_ea_remove(s, ea_sec(ea), ea_in_anode(ea), ea_len(ea)); > hpfs_ea_ext_remove(s, le32_to_cpu(fnode->ea_secno), fnode_in_anode(fnode), le32_to_cpu(fnode->ea_size_l)); > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/ea.c b/fs/hpfs/ea.c > index 102ba18e561f..d7ada7f5a7ae 100644 > --- a/fs/hpfs/ea.c > +++ b/fs/hpfs/ea.c > @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ int hpfs_read_ea(struct super_block *s, struct fnode *fnode, char *key, > char ex[4 + 255 + 1 + 8]; > struct extended_attribute *ea; > struct extended_attribute *ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode); > - for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea)) > + for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end && ea_valid_addr(fnode, ea); ea = next_ea(ea)) > if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) { > if (ea_indirect(ea)) > goto indirect; > @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ char *hpfs_get_ea(struct super_block *s, struct fnode *fnode, char *key, int *si > secno a; > struct extended_attribute *ea; > struct extended_attribute *ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode); > - for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea)) > + for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end && ea_valid_addr(fnode, ea); ea = next_ea(ea)) > if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) { > if (ea_indirect(ea)) > return get_indirect_ea(s, ea_in_anode(ea), ea_sec(ea), *size = ea_len(ea)); > @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void hpfs_set_ea(struct inode *inode, struct fnode *fnode, const char *key, > unsigned char h[4]; > struct extended_attribute *ea; > struct extended_attribute *ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode); > - for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end; ea = next_ea(ea)) > + for (ea = fnode_ea(fnode); ea < ea_end && ea_valid_addr(fnode, ea); ea = next_ea(ea)) > if (!strcmp(ea->name, key)) { > if (ea_indirect(ea)) { > if (ea_len(ea) == size) > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h > index 237c1c23e855..c65ce60d7d9a 100644 > --- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h > +++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h > @@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ static inline struct extended_attribute *next_ea(struct extended_attribute *ea) > return (struct extended_attribute *)((char *)ea + 5 + ea->namelen + ea_valuelen(ea)); > } > > +static inline bool ea_valid_addr(struct fnode *fnode, struct extended_attribute *ea) > +{ > + return ((char *)ea >= (char *)&fnode->ea) && ((char *)ea < (char *)&fnode->ea + sizeof(fnode->ea)); > +} > + > static inline secno ea_sec(struct extended_attribute *ea) > { > return le32_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__le32 *)((char *)ea + 9 + ea->namelen))); > diff --git a/fs/hpfs/map.c b/fs/hpfs/map.c > index ecd9fccd1663..0016dcbf1b1f 100644 > --- a/fs/hpfs/map.c > +++ b/fs/hpfs/map.c > @@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct fnode *hpfs_map_fnode(struct super_block *s, ino_t ino, struct buffer_hea > } > ea = fnode_ea(fnode); > ea_end = fnode_end_ea(fnode); > - while (ea != ea_end) { > + while (ea != ea_end && ea_valid_addr(fnode, ea)) { > if (ea > ea_end) { > hpfs_error(s, "bad EA in fnode %08lx", > (unsigned long)ino); > -- > 2.25.1 >