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ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations
commit 892e1cf upstream. The cached ei->i_inline_size can become stale between the initial size check and when ext4_update_inline_data()/ext4_create_inline_data() use it. Although ext4_get_max_inline_size() reads the correct value at the time of the check, concurrent xattr operations can modify i_inline_size before ext4_write_lock_xattr() is acquired. This causes ext4_update_inline_data() and ext4_create_inline_data() to work with stale capacity values, leading to a BUG_ON() crash in ext4_write_inline_data(): kernel BUG at fs/ext4/inline.c:1331! BUG_ON(pos + len > EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_size); The race window: 1. ext4_get_max_inline_size() reads i_inline_size = 60 (correct) 2. Size check passes for 50-byte write 3. [Another thread adds xattr, i_inline_size changes to 40] 4. ext4_write_lock_xattr() acquires lock 5. ext4_update_inline_data() uses stale i_inline_size = 60 6. Attempts to write 50 bytes but only 40 bytes actually available 7. BUG_ON() triggers Fix this by recalculating i_inline_size via ext4_find_inline_data_nolock() immediately after acquiring xattr_sem. This ensures ext4_update_inline_data() and ext4_create_inline_data() work with current values that are protected from concurrent modifications. This is similar to commit a54c461 ("ext4: fix race writing to an inline_data file while its xattrs are changing") which fixed i_inline_off staleness. This patch addresses the related i_inline_size staleness issue. Reported-by: syzbot+f3185be57d7e8dda32b8@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=f3185be57d7e8dda32b8 Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20251020060936.474314-1-kartikey406@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -418,7 +418,12 @@ static int ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
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return -ENOSPC;
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ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
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/*
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* ei->i_inline_size may have changed since the initial check
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* if other xattrs were added. Recalculate to ensure
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* ext4_update_inline_data() validates against current capacity.
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*/
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(void) ext4_find_inline_data_nolock(inode);
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if (ei->i_inline_off)
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ret = ext4_update_inline_data(handle, inode, len);
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else

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