'type' is a user-controlled value used to index into 's_qf_names', which can be used in a Spectre v1 attack. Clamp 'type' to the size of the array to avoid a speculative out-of-bounds read. Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jeremy Cline <jcline@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 6480e763080f..c04a09b51742 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ #include <linux/crc16.h> #include <linux/dax.h> #include <linux/cleancache.h> +#include <linux/nospec.h> #include <linux/uaccess.h> #include <linux/iversion.h> @@ -5559,6 +5560,7 @@ static int ext4_quota_on(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id, if (path->dentry->d_sb != sb) return -EXDEV; /* Journaling quota? */ + type = array_index_nospec(type, EXT4_MAXQUOTAS); if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_qf_names[type]) { /* Quotafile not in fs root? */ if (path->dentry->d_parent != sb->s_root) -- 2.17.1