[PATCH v2] md: validate bblog_size when loading v1.x badblocks metadata
From: Yuchao Zhang
Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 00:46:24 EST
In super_1_load(), when the on-disk feature_map does not have
MD_FEATURE_BAD_BLOCKS set but sb->bblog_offset is non-zero,
rdev->badblocks.shift is initialized to 0 without validating
sb->bblog_size. The same field is validated in the
MD_FEATURE_BAD_BLOCKS branch ("sectors > (PAGE_SIZE / 512)"), but this
branch bypasses that check.
A forged on-disk superblock (malicious storage device or crafted
image) can therefore carry an oversized sb->bblog_size. When bad
blocks are later recorded, super_1_sync() sets bb->size from
sb->bblog_size and md_write_metadata() issues a bio larger than the
single rdev->bb_page, reading beyond the page and leaking kernel
memory contents to disk.
sb->bblog_size is never modified by the kernel between load and sync,
and the MD_FEATURE_BAD_BLOCKS branch already validates it, so checking
it in this branch is sufficient to cover both paths.
Fix this by rejecting an oversized sb->bblog_size with -EINVAL,
matching the existing check in the MD_FEATURE_BAD_BLOCKS branch.
Fixes: 2699b67223ac ("md: load/store badblock list from v1.x metadata")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yuchao Zhang <ndaugoing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 680b34a63cb3..1caa92b40f9a 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))) {
--
2.53.0