[PATCH] f2fs: validate orphan inode entry count
From: Wenjie Qi
Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 07:49:45 EST
f2fs_recover_orphan_inodes() trusts the orphan block entry_count when
replaying orphan inodes from the checkpoint pack. A corrupted
entry_count larger than F2FS_ORPHANS_PER_BLOCK makes the recovery loop
read past the ino[] array and interpret footer or following data as
inode numbers.
On a crafted image, mounting an unpatched kernel can drive orphan
recovery into f2fs_bug_on() and panic the kernel. Validate entry_count
before consuming entries so corrupted checkpoint data fails the mount
with -EFSCORRUPTED and requests fsck instead.
Fixes: 127e670abfa7 ("f2fs: add checkpoint operations")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi <qiwenjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index c00a6b6ebcbd..fc72b69ff769 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -943,6 +943,7 @@ int f2fs_recover_orphan_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
for (i = 0; i < orphan_blocks; i++) {
struct folio *folio;
struct f2fs_orphan_block *orphan_blk;
+ unsigned int entry_count;
folio = f2fs_get_meta_folio(sbi, start_blk + i);
if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
@@ -951,7 +952,17 @@ int f2fs_recover_orphan_inodes(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
}
orphan_blk = folio_address(folio);
- for (j = 0; j < le32_to_cpu(orphan_blk->entry_count); j++) {
+ entry_count = le32_to_cpu(orphan_blk->entry_count);
+ if (entry_count > F2FS_ORPHANS_PER_BLOCK) {
+ f2fs_err(sbi, "invalid orphan inode entry count %u",
+ entry_count);
+ set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK);
+ err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ for (j = 0; j < entry_count; j++) {
nid_t ino = le32_to_cpu(orphan_blk->ino[j]);
err = recover_orphan_inode(sbi, ino);
--
2.43.0