Re: [PATCH v2] nilfs2: validate segment number in nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo()

From: Viacheslav Dubeyko

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 16:55:26 EST


On Tue, 2026-09-15 at 16:52 -0300, Aldo Ariel Panzardo wrote:
> nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo() subtracts the caller-provided segment
> number
> from the total number of segments without first checking its range.
> If
> the requested number is greater than the total, the unsigned
> subtraction
> wraps and the function may process segment numbers outside the
> filesystem.
>
> Cache the total while holding the metadata semaphore and return no
> entries
> when the starting segment number is at or beyond the end.
>
> Fixes: 6c98cd4ecb0a ("nilfs2: segment usage file")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Aldo Ariel Panzardo <qwe.aldo@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/nilfs2/sufile.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c b/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c
> index eceedca026..573646c5f7 100644
> --- a/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c
> +++ b/fs/nilfs2/sufile.c
> @@ -870,10 +870,14 @@ ssize_t nilfs_sufile_get_suinfo(struct inode
> *sufile, __u64 segnum, void *buf,
>  
>   down_read(&NILFS_MDT(sufile)->mi_sem);
>  
> + nsegs = nilfs_sufile_get_nsegments(sufile);
> + if (segnum >= nsegs) {
> + ret = 0;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
>   segusages_per_block =
> nilfs_sufile_segment_usages_per_block(sufile);
> - nsegs = min_t(unsigned long,
> -       nilfs_sufile_get_nsegments(sufile) - segnum,
> -       nsi);
> + nsegs = min_t(unsigned long, nsegs - segnum, nsi);
>   for (i = 0; i < nsegs; i += n, segnum += n) {
>   n = min_t(unsigned long,
>     segusages_per_block -

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Slava.