[PATCH 1/2] md: fix bblog_size-driven OOB read in super_1_load() and super_1_sync()
From: zjamg
Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 04:48:54 EST
In super_1_load(), when the on-disk feature_map does not have the
MD_FEATURE_BAD_BLOCKS flag set, but sb->bblog_offset is non-zero,
rdev->badblocks.shift is initialized to 0 while completely bypassing
the sectors > (PAGE_SIZE / 512) validation check on sb->bblog_size.
Subsequently, when badblocks are updated, super_1_sync() enables the
MD_FEATURE_BAD_BLOCKS feature flag and assigns bb->size directly from
sb->bblog_size without validating that bb->size fits within the single
allocated rdev->bb_page (which is PAGE_SIZE, or PAGE_SIZE / 512 sectors).
When md_update_sb() later writes metadata via md_write_metadata(), an
unvalidated bb->size (e.g. 0xFFFF) results in a bio whose length exceeds
the backing page, causing out-of-bounds reads into kernel memory during
block I/O and leaking kernel slab/page contents to disk.
Fix this by:
1. Validating sb->bblog_size in the 'else if (sb->bblog_offset != 0)'
branch of super_1_load(), returning -EINVAL on oversized values.
2. Clamping bb->size in super_1_sync() to PAGE_SIZE / 512 to ensure it
never exceeds the backing rdev->bb_page capacity.
Fixes: 2699b67223ac ("md: load/store badblock list from v1.x metadata")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: zjamg <ndaugoing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 680b34a63cb3..d2433cf41e65 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1934,8 +1934,11 @@ static int super_1_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev, int minor_
if (!badblocks_set(&rdev->badblocks, sector, count, 1))
return -EINVAL;
}
- } else if (sb->bblog_offset != 0)
+ } else if (sb->bblog_offset != 0) {
+ if (le16_to_cpu(sb->bblog_size) > (PAGE_SIZE / 512))
+ return -EINVAL;
rdev->badblocks.shift = 0;
+ }
if ((le32_to_cpu(sb->feature_map) &
(MD_FEATURE_PPL | MD_FEATURE_MULTIPLE_PPLS))) {
@@ -2313,7 +2316,8 @@ static void super_1_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
bb->sector = (rdev->sb_start +
(int)le32_to_cpu(sb->bblog_offset));
- bb->size = le16_to_cpu(sb->bblog_size);
+ bb->size = min_t(sector_t, le16_to_cpu(sb->bblog_size),
+ PAGE_SIZE / 512);
}
}
--
2.53.0