Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: add debug printk to trace xattr validation path
From: syzbot
Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 09:37:09 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] ext4: add debug printk to trace xattr validation path
Author: kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master
Add temporary printk statements to trace the inline xattr validation
code path for debugging syzbot use-after-free in xattr_find_entry().
This helps determine whether __xattr_check_inode() is being called
before ext4_xattr_ibody_get() accesses inline xattr entries, and
what the IFIRST/ITAIL gap values are at each stage.
Not for upstream submission - debug only.
Reported-by: syzbot+fb32afec111a7d61b939@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=fb32afec111a7d61b939
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 4 ++++
fs/ext4/xattr.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 396dc3a5d16b..af3a6992bf20 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5331,11 +5331,15 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) {
if (ei->i_extra_isize == 0) {
+ printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: i_extra_isize == 0, skipping xattr check\n",
+ inode->i_ino);
/* The extra space is currently unused. Use it. */
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct ext4_inode) & 3);
ei->i_extra_isize = sizeof(struct ext4_inode) -
EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE;
} else {
+ printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: calling ext4_iget_extra_inode\n",
+ inode->i_ino);
ret = ext4_iget_extra_inode(inode, raw_inode, ei);
if (ret)
goto bad_inode;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
index 7bf9ba19a89d..abc27521a3a8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ int
__xattr_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_xattr_ibody_header *header,
void *end, const char *function, unsigned int line)
{
+ printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: __xattr_check_inode called, IFIRST=%px end=%px gap=%ld\n",
+ inode->i_ino, IFIRST(header), end,
+ (long)(end - (void *)IFIRST(header)));
return check_xattrs(inode, NULL, IFIRST(header), end, IFIRST(header),
function, line);
}
@@ -645,6 +648,8 @@ ext4_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
if (!ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR))
return -ENODATA;
+ printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: ext4_xattr_ibody_get called, EXT4_STATE_XATTR is set\n",
+ inode->i_ino);
error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
if (error)
return error;
@@ -652,6 +657,9 @@ ext4_xattr_ibody_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
end = ITAIL(inode, raw_inode);
entry = IFIRST(header);
+ printk("DEBUG: inode %lu: ibody_get IFIRST=%px end=%px gap=%ld\n",
+ inode->i_ino, entry, end,
+ (long)(end - (void *)entry));
error = xattr_find_entry(inode, &entry, end, name_index, name, 0);
if (error)
goto cleanup;
--
2.43.0