Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] ocfs2: reject non-inline dinodes with i_size and zero i_clusters

[Joseph Qi]

On 5/19/26 7:04 PM, Michael Bommarito wrote:
> On a volume mounted without OCFS2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_SPARSE_ALLOC, a
> non-inline regular file with non-zero i_size and zero i_clusters is
> structurally malformed: the extent map declares no allocated clusters
> yet the size header claims content exists.  Keep rejecting that shape,
> but express it through a shared predicate so the same invariant is
> available to normal inode reads and online filecheck.
> 
> The same zero-cluster shape is also malformed for non-inline directories.
> ocfs2 directory growth allocates backing storage before advancing
> i_size, and ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el() later walks until ctx->pos reaches
> i_size_read(inode).  A forged directory dinode with a huge i_size and no
> clusters would repeatedly fail on holes while advancing through the
> claimed size.
> 
> Sparse regular files remain exempt: on sparse-alloc volumes, truncate can
> legitimately grow i_size without allocating clusters.  System inodes and
> inline-data dinodes also retain their separate storage rules.
> 
> Mirror the check in ocfs2_filecheck_validate_inode_block() as well.
> filecheck reports through its own error namespace, so malformed
> size/cluster state is logged as a filecheck invalid-inode result rather
> than via ocfs2_error(), but it must not proceed into
> ocfs2_populate_inode().
> 
> Fixes: b657c95c1108 ("ocfs2: Wrap inode block reads in a dedicated function.")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260517111015.3187935-1-michael.bommarito%40gmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Michael Bommarito <michael.bommarito@xxxxxxxxx>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7

Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/inode.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> index 992980ea98046..432eac01c1763 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/inode.c
> @@ -82,6 +82,24 @@ static bool ocfs2_dinode_has_unexpected_rdev(struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
>  	return !S_ISCHR(mode) && !S_ISBLK(mode) && di->id1.dev1.i_rdev != 0;
>  }
>  
> +static bool ocfs2_dinode_has_size_without_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
> +						   struct ocfs2_dinode *di)
> +{
> +	umode_t mode = le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode);
> +
> +	if (le32_to_cpu(di->i_flags) & OCFS2_SYSTEM_FL)
> +		return false;
> +	if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL)
> +		return false;
> +	if (!le64_to_cpu(di->i_size) || le32_to_cpu(di->i_clusters))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return !ocfs2_sparse_alloc(OCFS2_SB(sb)) && S_ISREG(mode);
> +}
> +
>  void ocfs2_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	unsigned int flags = OCFS2_I(inode)->ip_attr;
> @@ -1563,6 +1581,33 @@ int ocfs2_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
>  		goto bail;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Non-inline directories must not have i_size without allocated
> +	 * clusters: directory growth adds storage before advancing i_size,
> +	 * and readdir walks i_size block-by-block.  A forged directory
> +	 * with zero clusters and a huge i_size would repeatedly fault on
> +	 * holes while advancing through the claimed size.
> +	 *
> +	 * Non-inline regular files have the same invariant on non-sparse
> +	 * volumes.  Sparse regular files are different: truncate can
> +	 * legitimately grow i_size without allocating clusters, so keep
> +	 * the sparse-alloc carveout for S_IFREG only.  System inodes and
> +	 * inline-data dinodes have their own storage rules.
> +	 */
> +	if (ocfs2_dinode_has_size_without_clusters(sb, di)) {
> +		if (S_ISDIR(le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode)))
> +			rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
> +					 "Invalid dinode #%llu: directory i_size %llu with i_clusters 0 and no inline-data flag\n",
> +					 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
> +					 (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->i_size));
> +		else
> +			rc = ocfs2_error(sb,
> +					 "Invalid dinode #%llu: regular file i_size %llu with i_clusters 0 and no inline-data flag on non-sparse volume\n",
> +					 (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
> +					 (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->i_size));
> +		goto bail;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (le16_to_cpu(di->i_dyn_features) & OCFS2_INLINE_DATA_FL) {
>  		struct ocfs2_inline_data *data = &di->id2.i_data;
>  
> @@ -1712,6 +1757,21 @@ static int ocfs2_filecheck_validate_inode_block(struct super_block *sb,
>  		     le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode),
>  		     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->id1.dev1.i_rdev));
>  		rc = -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_INVALIDINO;
> +		goto bail;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (ocfs2_dinode_has_size_without_clusters(sb, di)) {
> +		if (S_ISDIR(le16_to_cpu(di->i_mode)))
> +			mlog(ML_ERROR,
> +			     "Filecheck: invalid dinode #%llu: directory i_size %llu with i_clusters 0 and no inline-data flag\n",
> +			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
> +			     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->i_size));
> +		else
> +			mlog(ML_ERROR,
> +			     "Filecheck: invalid dinode #%llu: regular file i_size %llu with i_clusters 0 and no inline-data flag on non-sparse volume\n",
> +			     (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr,
> +			     (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(di->i_size));
> +		rc = -OCFS2_FILECHECK_ERR_INVALIDINO;
>  	}
>  
>  bail: