Re: [syzbot] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Write in ext4_write_inline_data_end

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Fri Aug 20 2021 - 23:45:06 EST


On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 01:10:18AM -0700, syzbot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> syzbot found the following issue on:
>
> HEAD commit: 614cb2751d31 Merge tag 'trace-v5.14-rc6' of git://git.kern..
> git tree: upstream
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=130112c5300000
> kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=f61012d0b1cd846f
> dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=13146364637c7363a7de
> compiler: Debian clang version 11.0.1-2, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1
> syz repro: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.syz?x=104d7cc5300000
> C reproducer: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/repro.c?x=1333ce0e300000
>
> The issue was bisected to:
>
> commit a154d5d83d21af6b9ee32adc5dbcea5ac1fb534c
> Author: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Mar 4 20:38:03 2019 +0000
>
> net: ignore sysctl_devconf_inherit_init_net without SYSCTL
>
> bisection log: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/bisect.txt?x=13f970b6300000
> final oops: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/report.txt?x=100570b6300000
> console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=17f970b6300000

In case it wasn't obvious, this is a bogus bisection. It's a bug
ext4's inline_data support where there is a race between writing to an
inline_data file against setting extended attributes on that same
inline_data file.

Fix is coming up....

- Ted