Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: don't append a directory block already mapped in the inode
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Date: Sun Oct 04 2026 - 14:49:54 EST
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Subject: [PATCH] ext4: don't append a directory block already mapped in the inode
Author: adrianox@xxxxxxxxx
#syz test: upstream master
---
fs/ext4/namei.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 3b9740c1c16d..7b356baf7bd4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -83,6 +83,36 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_append(handle_t *handle,
bh = ext4_bread(handle, inode, *block, EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE);
if (IS_ERR(bh))
return bh;
+
+ /*
+ * The logical block was a hole, but a corrupt block bitmap can make
+ * the allocator hand out a physical block that is already in use,
+ * possibly by another block of this very inode. Callers such as
+ * do_split()/make_indexed_dir() assume the newly appended block is
+ * distinct from the blocks they are about to modify; if it aliases
+ * one of them, moving directory entries between the two buffers
+ * corrupts the directory. Make sure the new block is not already
+ * mapped by this inode.
+ */
+ for (map.m_lblk = 0; map.m_lblk < *block; ) {
+ map.m_len = *block - map.m_lblk;
+ err = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0);
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto out;
+ if (err == 0) {
+ map.m_lblk++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (unlikely(map.m_pblk == bh->b_blocknr)) {
+ EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
+ "new block %llu already mapped",
+ (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+ err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ map.m_lblk += map.m_len;
+ }
+
inode->i_size += inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
--
2.51.0